Shanna Dobson
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Humanities and Sciences
calstatela.edu/faculty/shanna-dobson
Biography
Dr. Shanna Dobson is an Assistant Professor at ArtCenter College of Design and Mathematics Lecturer at Cal State LA. She is the Chair of the Faculty Council and the Section Chair-Elect of the SoCal-Nevada Section of the MAA.
Dr. Dobson received her PhD in Mathematics (Summa cum laude) from the University of California, Riverside. Her doctoral advisor is Dr. Michel L. Lapidus, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics.
Dr. Dobson’s graduate research was generously supported by an NSF Mathematical Sciences Graduate Research Fellowship. She was a participant in the Institute for Advanced Study Women and Mathematics Program, and Ambassadorship.
Dr. Dobson’s research interests are Fractal and Arithmetic Geometry, and Topos Theory.
She is the Editor of Women in MathArt: Research, Creativity, and Teaching (AWMS Vol. 34). Dobson, Shanna (Ed.) (2024). Springer.
She is the Lead Guest Editor of Cutting EDGE Mathematics, Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Program, a Special Collection in Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Springer). 2025.
Dr. Dobson’s work champions creativity and innovation in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She examines the intersections of mathematics with continental philosophy, neuroscience, and the arts
Mathematics is an Imaginiarium.
Classes
- HSCI-273-01: Quantum Weirdness & Cosmology
- HSCI-272-01: Designing a Time Machine
- HSCI-273-02: Quantum Weirdness & Cosmology