Beth Anne Castellano is a second-year mathematics Ph.D. student at Dartmouth College. Her research interests are in algebraic combinatorics, and she is passionate about creating inclusive and collaborative mathematical spaces.

Ina Petkova is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. In her research she studies knots and links (loops tied in space). Some of the important questions in knot theory are What surfaces can have a given knot as their boundary?, or How many times does a knot need to pass through itself to become unknotted?, or What happens if I cut a knot and reglue the pieces in a different way?