{"id":3958,"date":"2026-01-10T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3958"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:08:40","slug":"ccms-colloquium-8","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/event\/ccms-colloquium-8\/","title":{"rendered":"CCMS Colloquium: Andrew Fiss (Michigan Technological University)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Andrew Fiss (Michigan Technological University)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><strong>Title:\u00a0<\/strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cSinging American Math: College Traditions from Book Burnings to Observatory Parties, 1880s-1920s&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><strong>Abstract:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cSinging Math\u201d is a practice that linked American colleges of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A part of broader college singing traditions, it stood apart because of its subject matter: mathematical sciences. Noting how math songs were sung outdoors, in theaters, and in observatories, this talk explores stories of textbook burials at Yale and Ohio Wesleyan; theatrical productions at MIT, Purdue, and the Michigan College of Mines; and observatory parties at Vassar Observatory, Lick Observatory, and Harvard Observatory. Overall, it argues that math songs are a form of technical communication, one that enjoyed large reach because of its multiple meanings and varied practices.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:\u00a0<\/strong>Andrew Fiss is associate professor of technical communication at Michigan Technological University. With an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Vassar College and graduate degrees in history and philosophy of science from Indiana University, he works in history of math, technical communication, and STS, and his book\u00a0<i>Performing Math: A History of\u00a0Communication and Anxiety in the American Mathematics Classroom<\/i>\u00a0(2021) won the 2023 Best Book Award in Technical or Scientific\u00a0Communication from the Conference on College Composition &amp; Communication.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4086 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-135x90.jpg 135w, https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006-135x90@2x.jpg 270w, https:\/\/colleges.claremont.edu\/ccms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Fiss-A-Humanities_FacultyPortraits20260212006.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCMS Colloquium invites you to a talk by Andrew Fiss (Michigan Technological University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[12],"class_list":["post-3958","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-colloquium","cat_colloquium"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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