Peer-Reviewed Papers
Inefficiency and inequity of the law review submission system. C.M. Topaz. PLoS One 21 (6), e0351410 (2026).
Temporal dynamics of faculty hiring in mathematics. C. FitzGerald, Y. Huang, K. Plaisier Leisman, C.M. Topaz. Nature – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10 (227) (2023).
Do Introductory Courses Disproportionately Drive Minoritized Students out of STEM Pathways. N. Brown, N. Hatfield, C.M. Topaz. PNAS Nexus 1 (4) (2022).
Affirmative Action, Critical Mass, and a Predictive Model of Student Body Demographics. D. Maes, J. Tucher, C.M. Topaz. PLOS One 16 (5) (2021).
- Public resource: interactive modeling tool
Comparing demographics Study of signatories to public letters on diversity in the mathematical sciences. C.M. Topaz, J. Cart, C. Diaz Eaton, A. Hanson Shrout, J.A. Higdon, K. Ince, B. Katz, D. Lewis, J. Libertini, C.M. Smith. PLOS One 15 (4) (2020).
- Public resource: data dashboard
Gender Representation on Journal Editorial Boards in the Mathematical Sciences. C.M. Topaz, S. Sen. PLOS One 11 (8) (2016).
Flipped calculus: A study of student performance and perceptions. L. Ziegelmeier, C.M. Topaz. PRIMUS 29 (9 – 10) (2015).
Trade, Articles & Editorials
College Sticker Price Is Not a Receipt. C.M. Topaz. The EduLedger (2026).
5 bewildering dispatches from an academic publishing system worth saving. C.M. Topaz. Inside Higher Ed (2026).
Don’t follow Harvard on grade caps. C.M. Topaz. Inside Higher Ed (2026).
The faculty merit act is meritless. C.M. Topaz. Inside Higher Ed (2026).
Who’s Invisible in the Data? C.M. Topaz, T. Bass. Inside Higher Ed (2025).
Most college science professors aren’t trained to teach. C.M. Topaz, N. Brown. Undark Magazine (2024).
WVU’s Cuts: A Threat to Digital Age Justice? C.M. Topaz. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (2023).
How STEM Faculty Can Fight Institutional Racism and Sexism. N. Brown, C.M. Topaz. Diverse Education (2022).
Datathons4Justice address social justice issues with data science. T. DeGiovanni, W. Hamilton, R. Hardenbrook, J. Higdon, O. Koppe, K. Patel, C.M. Topaz. SIAM News (2022).
Interested in applying to a liberal arts institution. L. Chen, R. Kasman, J. Rana, C.M. Topaz. Notices of the American Mathematical Society 66 (6) (2019).
Gender Disparities on Mathematical Sciences Editorial Boards. C.M. Topaz, S. Sen. Association for Women in Science (2019).
Six ways to upend the focus on good grades. C.M. Topaz, J.A. Higdon. MAA Teaching Tidbits (2017).