Silvia Ghinassi

she/her/hers
Math Instructor - Tenure Track
Shoreline Community College
STEM Division

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I believe that everybody can learn mathematics.
I am Tenure-Track Math Instructor at Shoreline Community College. My research is in geometric measure theory and its interplay with harmonic analysis and PDEs. As a postdoc, I worked at the University of Washington, with Tatiana Toro and at the Institute for Advanced study with Camillo De Lellis. My advisor is Raanan Schul, and I obtained my PhD in May 2019 at Stony Brook University.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, I am also the Shoreline Math Club faculty advisor. If you would like to collaborate with us, do not hesitate to contact me!

Email: sghinassi[at]shoreline.edu;
Office: FOSS 5343
Office hours: MW 2-3:30pm (hybrid)

Together with Jennifer Duncan (she/her), Emily Quesada-Herrera (she/her/ella), and Zoe Nieraeth (she/her), I organized QuMa: "Queer and Trans in Mathematical Analysis", a hybrid workshop taking place in Bilbao, June 12th-14th 2024. We open to organize it again in years to come, please reach out to any of us with any question!

In my CV you can find most things you want to know about me. However, if you want to know a little more I recommend starting from these (or from the tabs above):

A couple of short talks: at IAS and at SCGP.
A talk for non-mathematicians
My mathematical genealogy at a glance
A photo of my blackboard can be found in the book "Do Not Erase"
I was asked to talk about one of my favorite equations in a Scientific American article
Cute stuff

I acknowledge that I am on the traditional land of the first people of Seattle, the Duwamish People past and present and honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish Tribe.

I strongly believe in the axioms by Federico Ardila:

Axiom 1. Mathematical talent is distributed equally among different groups, irrespective of geographic, demographic, and economic boundaries.
Axiom 2. Everyone can have joyful, meaningful, and empowering mathematical experiences.
Axiom 3. Mathematics is a powerful, malleable tool that can be shaped and used differently by various communities to serve their needs.
Axiom 4. Every student deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.

I acknowledge the role that mathematics plays in sustaining injustice, and the potential it has for creating a freer world built on mutual care and collaboration.

I stand in solidarity with activists and organizers across the country and around the world who are mobilizing against state-sanctioned violence and systemic racism.