This book is inspired by Roger E. Howe's contributions to the international communities of mathematics and mathematics education. Renowned for his  research contributions in the fields of representation theory, automorphic forms, harmonic analysis, and invariant theory, Dr. Howe has also fundamentally deepened our understanding of the mathematics taught in the early school grades and has challenged and stimulated mathematicians and mathematics educators to work together to examine this part of the mathematical universe more critically and in imaginative new ways.  This volume will help summarize and highlight Howe's contributions to several topic areas in mathematics education, demonstrating the possibility and importance of engaging mathematicians in high-impact research in mathematics education, and showcasing the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration and exchange.

W. James Lewis is an Aaron Douglas Professor of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his doctorate in mathematics from Louisiana State University. Yeping Li is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Texas A&M University and "Eastern Scholar" Chair Professor at Shanghai Normal University. He received his PhD in Cognitive Studies in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. James J. Madden is the Patricia Hewlett Bodin Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Louisiana State University and Co-Director of the Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy at LSU. He received his PhD in Mathematics from Wesleyan University.