About

Hello and welcome!  I'm Flux Rutherford, Mathematics Educator.  My pronouns are they/them.  It's nice to meet you!

I am a neuro-divergent non-binary person whose ancestors first arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the 1870’s.  Growing up near the forests of Washington state gave me the invaluable experience of feeling connected to and reverent of the natural world, a feeling that I carry in my heart to this day.

I feel a profound sorrow that this land was stolen from the Indigenous People by colonizers.  Please consider donating to your local tribal organization, such as Real Rent Duwamish.

I earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Portland State University in 2008, graduating Magna Cum Laude. While there I served as a member of a research team for three years investigating alternative classroom teaching methods for college level mathematics courses.  

I have also earned a Master's Degree at the University of Washington, where I focused on educational neuroscience-based curriculum and instructional design for elementary aged learners.  

My primary goal is to create a safe space for gender-expansive, lgbtqia+, and neuro-diverse learners to engage in mathematical thinking. 

Some of my additional interests include helping students cope with math anxiety, increasing gender equity in the classroom, and the intersection of mathematics with the arts.  

I have taught in and designed curriculum for all manner of environments: college math classes, all girl math camps, private high schools, academically intensive math camps, and mathematics based art classes.  

I believe that mathematics is one of the most beautiful, creative, cool, and useful pursuits in life and I would love to show you why.

When I am not busy getting excited about math, I can be found singing and dancing, drawing fractals and cartoons, caring for my non-human animal and plant friends, and generally being insatiably curious in every direction at once.