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Alma Steingart is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University, with expertise at the intersection of politics, mathematical rationalities, and modernist intellectual thought. She can be contacted at as2475@columbia.edu.
Education:
- B.A. from Columbia University (2006)
- Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
Her research explores how mathematical reasoning and computational technologies have shaped American electoral politics (1920–present) and influenced mid-century modernist aesthetics and intellectual discourse. Current projects include the manuscript Accountable Democracy: Mathematical Reasoning and Representative Democracy in America, 1920 to Now and the book Pure Abstraction: Mathematical Thought and High Modernism, forthcoming from University of Chicago Press.
Steingart’s recent publications reveal a focus on computational politics, axiomatic reasoning, and the epistemology of mathematical practices. Notable themes include redistricting, geometrical analysis, election forecasting, and the cultural implications of mathematical abstraction.
Scientific Awards and Grants:
- NSF CAREER Award (2020–2025)
- Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant (2020)
- Lavine Scholar (2019)
- William F. Milton Fund (2014)
- NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (2011)
She previously held prestigious positions as a Junior Fellow at Harvard Society of Fellows and a predoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Her teaching includes courses on Contemporary Civilization, Technology and U.S. Politics, and graduate seminars on twentieth-century U.S. history and computational governance.
