Directed Reading Program

The Directed Reading Program (DRP) is an initiative to pair undergraduate students with graduate student mentors to undertake independent study projects. The project lasts a semester, and consists of the pair working together to read through a mathematical text (e.g. a paper or a few chapters in a book), and culminating in the student giving a public math lecture at the end of the semester.

Wesleyan’s DRP is one of at least 30 similar programs running at colleges and universities around the country. The program is run by a graduate student committee with minimal faculty oversight.

Topics of Interest

If you already have a project idea in mind, great! Feel free to reach out to one of the Graduate Student DRP committee members. If not, below is a brief list of possible project topics. For more ideas, links to past projects can be found further down the page!

  • Algebraic Number Theory
  • Cryptography
  • Geometric Group Theory
  • Graph Theory
  • Hyperbolic Geometry
  • Logic and Set Theory

Past Projects

Fall 2024Spring 2025 (Coming Soon!)
Fall 2023Spring 2024
Fall 2022 (Cancelled)Spring 2023
Fall 2021Spring 2022
Fall 2019Spring 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID)
Fall 2018Spring 2019

Contact

Graduate Student DRP Committee

Lydia Ahlstrom
| lahlstrom@wesleyan.edu

Zack Porat
| zporat@wesleyan.edu

Arianna Zikos
| azikos@wesleyan.edu

Faculty Advisor

Felipe Ramírez
| framirez@wesleyan.edu