A Brain & Memory Symposium

Join us for a post-show discussion with MIT PhD Candidate Dheeraj Roy as we discuss the brain and memory in relation to Marjorie Prime!

As a freshman at Drexel University, Dheeraj became involved in several educational outreach and mentoring programs around Philadelphia. While pursuing a dual degree program (B.S./M.S.) in engineering, he mentored West Philadelphia high school students as part of a SAT test preparation program and subsequently assisted in the college application process (Guiding Youth to Careers). As an undergraduate, Dheeraj became interested in research and worked in labs affiliated with the Mechanical Engineering and Biological Sciences departments at Drexel. Along with research, he participated in the Lindy Scholars program where volunteers mentored middle school students to help improve mathematics and literacy skills. On the weekends, he was an active member of the Red Cross disaster relief team and the National Multiple Sclerosis Delaware Valley chapter. Currently, Dheeraj is pursuing a doctoral program in neuroscience at MIT and hopes to remain active in new educational initiatives.

A Scholar Social all about Shakespeare!

Join us for a special post-show scholar social after Bedlam’s What You Will with Professor and Shakespeare expert, Diana Henderson!

Diana Henderson is Professor of Literature and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT.  Her areas of research and interest include Shakespeare, gender studies, early modern poetry and drama, modernism, media studies, and world drama. Her publications include the books Alternative Shakespeares 3, Collaborations with the Past: Reshaping Shakespeare Across Time and Media, A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen, Passion Made Public: Elizabethan Lyric, Gender and Performance, as well as more than forty scholarly articles. In addition to nine years as MIT’s Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Support, she has served as the President of the Shakespeare Society of America, worked as a dramaturg, was a principal participant in MIT’s collaborations with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is co-editor of Shakespeare Studies.

Join the cast & creative team of Bedlam’s Twelfth Night and What You Will to learn more about how they tackled not just one, but two versions of this classic from The Bard.

The Mathematics of Arcadia

Join us for a post-show Sunday Symposium with Professor Brendan Sullivan of Emmanuel College and Dr. Emma Previato of Boston University as we discuss the math behind Arcadia!

Brendan W. Sullivan is a Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at Emmanuel College in Boston. He earned a B.A. in Mathematics & Physics from Hamilton College, and an M.S. and D.A. in Mathematical Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University, where he won the Hugh Young Graduate Student Teaching Award. In addition to extensive teaching experience with undergraduates, he has studied differential equations, fractal geometry, and combinatorics and graph theory. Currently, his research interests are tiling problems in combinatorics and pursuit-evasion games on graphs, with a focus on Cops & Robbers. Meanwhile, he also enjoys solving and constructing crossword puzzles (published in the MAA’s Mathematics Magazine), improv comedy, volunteer tutoring, golf, and reading a book every week.

Dr. Emma Previato is professor of mathematics at Boston University, and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. She earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Harvard University, has published over 70 research articles and (co-)edited three books, as well as given over 200 domestic and international presentations and organized several research workshops and conferences. She serves on the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals. She was the recipient of the MAA/Northeastern Section 2003 Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. She teaches and mentors mathematics students, was the advisor of seven Ph.D. students, founded the BU Student Chapters of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), organized several undergraduate symposia and, since 2004, an annual outreach symposium, AFRAMATH.

Celebrate with the cast and creative team of Arcadia!