{"id":2384,"date":"2018-07-28T07:01:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T11:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/carrie-e-eaton\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:08:45","slug":"carrie-diaz-eaton","status":"publish","type":"faculty-profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/carrie-diaz-eaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Diaz Eaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Carrie Diaz Eaton uses a mixed methods approach to research in complex adaptive and co-evolving systems.\u00a0 Their primary research area is in inclusive and interdisciplinary undergraduate STEM education. Diaz Eaton uses a mix of modeling, computational text analysis, data analysis, surveys, ethnography, digital narratives, online communication, and community-based approaches to explore ask how systems are changing and to leverage these insights into change through advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Student internships and research areas include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interdisciplinary and inclusive STEM education research (funded positions available),<\/li>\n<li>Data science and social justice (context overlaps the other areas),<\/li>\n<li>Design and coevolution of sociotechnical information systems (including social media and AI),<\/li>\n<li>Mathematical ecology (community coevolution, disease modeling, and education).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Diaz Eaton&#8217;s degrees are in mathematics, and their research is grounded in approaches from complex adaptive systems in evolution and ecology. A long-time social justice advocate and community builder, Diaz Eaton has leveraged their work to create socio-cyber ecosystems which support interdisciplinary STEM education, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">including <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/qubeshub.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">QUBES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/qubeshub.org\/community\/groups\/score\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SCORE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edsin.qubeshub.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EDSIN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and now leads the Institute for a Racially-just, Inclusive and Open STEM education (RIOS Institute).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2018, Dr. Diaz Eaton was selected as a SACNAS Leadership Institute Fellow and in 2020 was awarded the Society for Mathematical Biology John Jungck Excellence in Education Prize for interdisciplinary computational and mathematical biology education and mentorship. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Diaz Eaton was on sabbatical as a visiting researcher and at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Mathematics at Brown University and the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation at the University of Chicago as a program organizer. Dr. Diaz Eaton currently serves as the Chair for the Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics for the Mathematical Association of America and a Faculty Mentor for the 2024-2025 AACU Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Diaz Eaton is also a proud 1st generation Latinx. She is also a mother to two children. Dr. Diaz Eaton values the complex interplay at the intersection of her identities, professional activ<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ism in STEM education, research, and teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Selected publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dewsbury, B and <strong>Diaz Eaton, C<\/strong>. 2025. In Preparation for Civic Engagement: Cultivating Critical Dialogue in STEM Classrooms. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-Centered Learning<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, pg 45-54. Ed. Zhao, M. Nova Publishers, New York. ISBN: 979-8-89530-229-3.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Henrich A, Klee S, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and Townsend J. 2024. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bookstore.ams.org\/view?ProductCode=CLRM%2F73&amp;fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2sCPb0BM43ySREYMEe3rYNYJYTHjQGROqMzqThzGRGgli8vqAhVrp4MIM_aem_ARWlxO8XXBhnTxL486JXUGeAumdsggnbP33q8mkrDsqqwwcAETn_MZlxHUmblSeZMMpG93pWfm7v1M52Y-BJVNuG\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math Majors Handbook<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, MAA Notes Series, Mathematical Association of America (MAA).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Villegas Martinez BM, Gesing S, Stirm C, Klimeck G, Zentner L, Wang S, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Donovan S, Zhao L , Song C, Kim IL, Strachan A, Zentner M and Kalyanam R. 2023. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/par.nsf.gov\/servlets\/purl\/10480204\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hubzero: Community Growth for Four Science Gateways Supporting Open Science<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computing in Science &amp; Engineering,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 25(1):34-42. doi: 10.1109\/MCSE.2023.3285092.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Invited Article, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones Q, Vindas Mel\u00e9ndez AR, Mendible A, Aminian M, Brooks HZ, Alexander N, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chodrow P. 2023. Data science and social justice in the mathematics community. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AMS Notices.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> October <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1090\/noti2773\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1090\/noti2773<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton C.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2023. STEM as Culture: Exploring exclusion and inclusion in mathematics and biology, in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matriccalcconf2.sciencesconf.org\/data\/pages\/CalcConf2023_Proceedings.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Learning and Teaching of Calculus Across Disciplines Conference Proceedings<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, pg 7-20.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Zhao Y, and Taylor R. (2023)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Centering connections and collaborations in the evaluation of STEM education transformation. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) XXV Conference Proceedings<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/xdmy4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">preprint<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 2022. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/proceedings.mlr.press\/v170\/eaton22a.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teaching Machine Learning in the Context of Critical Quantitative Information Literacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proceedings of the Second Teaching Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Workshop<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proceedings of Machine Learning Research<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 170:51-56\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexander N, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Shrout AH, Tsinnijinnie B, Tsosie K. (2022)<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarship.claremont.edu\/jhm\/vol12\/iss2\/14\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond Ethics: Considerations for Centering Equity-Minded Data Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12 (2): 254-300.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gesing S, Stirm C, Klimeck G, Zentner L, Wang S, Villegas Martinez BM, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Donovan S, Zhao L , Song C, Kim IL, Strachan A, Zentner M and Kalyanam R (2022). <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/10125\/79420\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Open Science via HUBzero: Exploring Five Science Gateways Supporting and Growing their Open Science Communities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proceedings of HICSS-55 (55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u00a0 Open Science Practices in Information Systems Research, January 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Bonner K, Cangialosi K, Dewsbury B, Diamond-Stanic M, Douma J, Smith MK, Taylor R, Wilfong K, Wojdak J (2022) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/10.1187\/cbe.20-08-0180\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sustainability Challenges for Open Resources to promote an Equitable Undergraduate Biology Education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBE-Life Science Education. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">21(3).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aikens M, Highlander HC, and <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 2021. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/doi\/10.1187\/cbe.20-06-0124\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Case for Biocalculus: Improving student understanding of the utility value of mathematics to biology and affect toward mathematics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBE-Life Science Educat<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ion<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1): ar5-ar5.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emery NC, Bledsoe EK, Hasley AO, and <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 2021. Cultivating inclusive instructional and research environments in ecology and evolutionary science. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecology and Evolution. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">11: 1480-1491. DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.7062\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.7062<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Akman O, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Horenzick D, Jenkins K, and Thompson KV. 2020. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11538-020-00781-4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building community-based approaches to systemic reform in mathematical biology education.<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">82(8), 1-21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topaz CM, Cart J, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Shrout AH, Higdon JA, \u0130nce K, Katz B, Lewis D, Libertini J, and Smith CM.\u00a0 2020. Comparing demographics of signatories to public letters on diversity in the mathematical sciences. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PLoS ONE. April 28, 2020. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0230811\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0230811<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton, C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Dahlquist, K, Highlander, H, LaMar, MD, Ledder, G., and Schugart, R. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2019. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u201cRule of Five\u201d Framework for Models and Modeling to Unify Mathematicians and Biologists and Improve Student Learning. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special Issue on Interdisciplinary Conversations <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for<\/span>\u00a0<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematical Undergraduate Studies [PRIMUS]. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DOI: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10511970.2018.1489318\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10.1080\/10511970.2018.1489318<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton, C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Bailey, LM. 2018. Finding Luz:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Illuminating our identities through duoethnography. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special Issue on Mathematics and Motherhood, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8(2):60-89. DOI: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarship.claremont.edu\/jhm\/vol8\/iss2\/8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10.5642\/jhummath.201802.08<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton, C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Highlander, H. 2017. The Case for BioCalculus: Design, Retention, and Student Performance. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBE-Life Science Education. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">16(2):ar25. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/content\/16\/2\/ar25.abstract\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Diaz Eaton, C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Anderson, LJ, Allen, D, Bowser, G, Pauley, MA, Williams, KS, and Uno, GE. 2016. Summit of the Research Coordination Networks for Undergraduate Biology Education. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CBE-Life Science Education. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">15(4):mr1.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/content\/15\/4\/mr1.full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donovan, S, <\/span><b>Diaz Eaton, C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Gower, ST, Jenkins, K., LaMar, MD., Poli, DB., Sheehy, R., and Wojdak, JM. \u00a02015. 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