Adjunct Assistant Professor
La Mont earned both a
B.A. in Mathematics and an M.A.T. in Mathematics as a Tiger. Currently
enrolled in the Urban Schooling division of UCLA’s Graduate
School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS), this Oxy alumnus
brings seven years of combined teaching and coaching experiences at the
middle- and high school levels to bear on his research interests in
mathematics education.
As a Ph.D. candidate,
La Mont’s proposed course of research will explore the impact of
Critical Mathematics Literacy (as a culturally-relevant pedagogy and
curriculum) on the racial and academic identities of African-American
students of mathematics. He intends his research to inform the broader
discourse within the mathematics education community on notions of
‘equity’ relative to matters of race and racialized experience in the
mathematics classroom.
La Mont teaches
courses on the sociocultural foundations of U.S. education, as well as
on technology in K-12 education. He also supervises teacher candidates
in the field. Prior to his return to Oxy, La Mont served as a math
instructor and math coach in the Mountain View School District (El
Monte, CA).
