Mathematics
Wilson Hall Room 326D
Alexander MooreAssistant Professor of Mathematics
Biography
Dr. Alexander Moore has been on the Mathematics faculty of Westfield State since 2023. He is happiest when he is either reading, writing, or working with his students. His research focuses heavily on Lacanian Psychoanalysis (in the Brazilian orientation), Continental Philosophy, and applications of Pure Mathematics, Science and Technology Studies, and Literature to speculate about his classroom practice and the unconscious. Before completing his Ph.D., he was a middle school mathematics teacher for six years. Nowadays, he teaches a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics, statistics, and mathematics education, primarily through a psychoanalytic method of Active Learning. He was named a Laura Bassi Scholar for one chapter of his doctoral dissertation. His major theoretical contributions are the concepts of mathematics psychosis, masculine-quilted-speech, and the psychoanalytic ethics of mathematics education. Through his research, he desires to produce change with his actual students and his actual classroom.
Education
Ph.D., Mathematics Education, Virginia Tech
M.S., Mathematics Education, Radford University
B.S., Physics, Roanoke College
Courses Taught
MATH 0104 Pre-Calculus
MATH 0108 Elementary Statistics
MATH 0111 Mathematical Applications
MATH 0153 Foundations: Number Systems
MATH 0254 Foundations: Geometry and Data Analysis
MATH 0306 Euclidean and Modern Geometries
MATH 0361 Technology and Teaching Mathematics
MATH 0613 Technology and Teaching Mathematics—Advanced
EXPL 0216 Ways of Knowing: Views Through Math and Science
Areas of Research
Mathematics Education
Lacanian Psychoanalysis
Ideology
Criticism
Sexuality
Gender
Mathematics and Society
Publications
Boyer, M. E., Moore, A. S., & von Renesse, C. (2026). From theory to practice and back again: Mentorship, apprenticeship, and experiential pre-service mathematics teacher education. Journal for Theoretical & Marginal Mathematics Education, 4(2), Article 0410. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19501060
Moore, A. S. (2025). Poo-blication: Flowers, turds, and mathematics education research. Journal for Theoretical & Marginal Mathematics Education, 3(2), Article 0301. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15692490
Moore, A. S. (2024). The pathology of mathematics education. In P. Ernest (Ed.), Ethics and mathematics education: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58683-5_13
Moore, A. S. (2023). A Lacanian ideology critique of gender in mathematics education [Doctoral dissertation]. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/116286
Manizade, A. G., Moore, A. S., & Beswick, K. (2023). The research on mathematics teaching and planning: Theoretical perspectives and implications of teachers’ pre-post classroom activities. In A. G. Manizade, N. Buchholz & K. Beswick (Eds.), The evolution of research on teaching mathematics: International perspectives in the digital era (pp. 91–134). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31193-2_4
Moore, A. S. (2022). The Big Other and sentimentalism: A sexual critique of mathematics, its education, and the disavowed fetish of technology. Boundaries of Philosophy. Estes Park, CO: The Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6406631
Moore, A. S. (2021). Queer identity and theory intersections in mathematics education: A theoretical literature review. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 33(4), 651–687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00354-7
Campus Engagement
- Program Coordinator, Elementary Mathematics Education
- Iota Chapter Advisor, Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society
Professional Service
- Co-Chair of the Topic Study Group on the Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, The 16th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME16)
- Founding Editor, Journal for Theoretical & Marginal Mathematics Education
