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Not the only skeleton in the UC Berkeley Mathematics closet - see the story of Jenny Harrison [0] for another example.

[0] - http://articles.latimes.com/1993-05-02/magazine/tm-30007_1_j...

I had her for a class a few years ago, and like Coward, she was an excellent teacher who didn't care for the norms of the department. She was actually working on a new textbook at the time which was all about teaching the fundamentals of mathematics in a completely different way to give a better foundation for higher level mathematics. At the time, she had just taken a small group of non-STEM majors, and using her book, got them to graduate level math in just 1.5 years. Sadly I haven't seen the book released, but one can only hope the work of these talented individuals will not be hindered by silly politics.

The one book I saw in her list of publications[0], Universal linear algebra for students of mathematics and physics, seems to be awaiting publication, supposedly from Birkhäuser (a division of Springer), although I was unable to locate any reference to it on their site (possibly because the site sucks). It seems to be currently used, in pdf form, as a text for a course or two. I'd love to get my hands on a copy.

[0] https://math.berkeley.edu/~harrison/Publications.html

I am glad you enjoyed my course, archmikhail. The last chapter of my text needs to be written. I will do that as soon as the department lets me teach H110 again. Birkhauser accepted it years ago, but we need a new contract. I could just sell it on amazon as an ebook, I suppose. I have gotten a flurry of emails asking for copies this morning. This is very encouraging, but I have to finish it before releasing it.

1993? I see the relevance, but I think that's a bit dated. Even a math department Berkeley has come a considerable amount of ways from 1993. Back then I think she still had gender working against her

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