The prestigious Mathematical Association of America’s Mary P. Dolciani Award celebrates outstanding contributions in mathematics education and typically goes to mathematicians. But this year, Vanderbilt Peabody College scholar Nicole Joseph shifted the norm. An associate professor of teaching and learning, she will be presented with the honor in August at the MAA’s annual awards ceremony in Boston. Joseph joined Peabody College of education and human development in 2016. Throughout her 26-year career, she has explored the intersection of race and gender in math learning as both a math teacher and a professor of education. Those years of work are reflected in her recent book, Making Black Girls…