Karie Brown (kbrown383@gsu.edu) is an assistant professor in mathematics education in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department. Brown earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction, focusing on mathematics, from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Brown received the Hardie Dissertation Award and was a Fulbright Fellow in Chile. Brown is a mathematics educator and researcher whose interests include teaching professional learning and its intersections with politics, language, and community. Her work centers on the humans who do mathematics and the social nature of mathematics learning and doing.