Mathematics educator · academic leader · public intellectual
The work of making possibility visible.
Dr. Terrence Richard Blackman brings mathematical thinking, educational leadership, and public conversation into one sustained practice.
A life in mathematics education
Building institutions where learning can do its best work.
Dr. Blackman is Dean of the School of Science, Health Technology at Medgar Evers College in the City University of New York, where he also serves as an Associate Professor of Mathematics.
His path across higher education reflects a commitment to advancing mathematical learning, supporting future leaders, and connecting academic inquiry with public life.
Dean, School of Science, Health Technology
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Medgar Evers College
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, Education Research, Policy & Practice
University of Denver
Selected work
Ideas worth returning to.
A living archive of mathematical inquiry, writing, and civic conversation.
Research
Arithmetic, geometry, and the patterns that connect them.
Explore Dr. Blackman’s mathematical writing, including work on the arithmetic and geometry of quaternion algebras.
↗02Writing
Terrence’s Take: ideas in active conversation.
A public-facing space for perspective, inquiry, and questions shaping education and society.
↗03Public scholarship
The Guyana Business Journal Magazine.
Engage a wider conversation on Guyana, development, institutions, and the people moving them forward.
↗On screen & in conversation
The public work of ideas.
From interviews to extended conversations, the media archive invites visitors into questions that travel beyond the classroom.
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Featured series
Transforming Guyana
Watch recent excerpts and explore the Guyana Business Journal & Magazine channel.
Resources & connections
Continue the inquiry.
Speaking engagements
Invite Dr. Blackman into the conversation.
For talks, panels, lectures, and conversations centered on mathematics education, academic leadership, and building more expansive futures.