{"id":30986,"date":"2024-01-04T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=30986"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:37:17","slug":"mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. shares his passion for both teaching and learning with his math students. Read what Dutta had to say about his love for teaching, teaching advice and advice for students.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. headshot\" class=\"wp-image-30987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution-299x335.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/Aritra_Picture_High_resolution.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you enjoy about teaching?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My overall view is that teaching and research are connected because teaching conveys knowledge, while research is discovering knowledge and conveying that discovery. I have practiced both professionally by being an active researcher and interacting with different people in conferences and workshops worldwide, and teaching\/mentoring students in 4 vastly different countries (India, the United States, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Denmark).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some researchers I work with are world leaders in their research fields, and I learn many things from them whenever I interact. While teaching dedicated students, I learned with them.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once, I was told, \u201cA student is a temporary student, but a teacher is a permanent student,&#8221; and I am mesmerized by the truthfulness of this simple statement; I experience it every day in my profession in two different forms. I believe teaching is an art, an art cannot be taught. Many believe, with a script you can teach somebody how to teach. But to me, it comes from inside. I enjoy teaching because it comes from the inside.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. teaching behind a podium\" class=\"wp-image-30988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image-299x224.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is your favorite teaching advice?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Be yourself. In my experience, a student wants to see a teacher&#8217;s dedication, honesty and passion for the subject. A teacher&#8217;s role is to inspire enthusiasm. I am nobody to give advice, but the only suggestion I can give is to inspire the students and do that by not lowering the standard and making things easy, but by positively challenging the students. The students will feel that you genuinely care.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can students be successful in your class?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect the students will come to my class with an open mind to learn and work hard. Deep thinking, followed by hard work, is the recipe for all successes in the world since the beginning of human evolution. My class is not outside that world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/math\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about the Department of Mathematics here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. shares his passion for both teaching and learning with his math students. Read what Dutta had to say about his love for teaching, teaching advice and advice for students.&nbsp;&nbsp; What do you enjoy about teaching?&nbsp; My overall view is that teaching and research are connected because teaching conveys knowledge, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":30988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38,4,39,6490,12,13,5967,6525,28],"tags":[6446],"class_list":["post-30986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-departments","category-faculty-news","category-ucf-math","category-mathematics","category-news","category-notables","category-sdmss","category-top-news","tag-aritra-dutta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Morgan Lemmen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Morgan Lemmen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Morgan Lemmen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a\"},\"headline\":\"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/image.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Aritra Dutta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"COS News\",\"Departments &amp; Schools\",\"Faculty News\",\"Math\",\"Mathematics\",\"News\",\"Notables\",\"School of Data, Mathematical, and Statistical Sciences\",\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/image.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a\"},\"description\":\"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/image.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/image.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. teaching behind a podium\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"College of Sciences News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a\",\"name\":\"Morgan Lemmen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Morgan Lemmen\"},\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0","description":"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0","og_description":"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.","og_url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/","og_site_name":"College of Sciences News","article_published_time":"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Morgan Lemmen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0","twitter_description":"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Morgan Lemmen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/"},"author":{"name":"Morgan Lemmen","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a"},"headline":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0","datePublished":"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/"},"wordCount":379,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","keywords":["Aritra Dutta"],"articleSection":["COS News","Departments &amp; Schools","Faculty News","Math","Mathematics","News","Notables","School of Data, Mathematical, and Statistical Sciences","Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/","name":"Mathematics Assistant Professor Brings Knowledge from Intercultural Experiences to the Classroom\u00a0","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-01-04T19:34:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-15T14:37:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a"},"description":"Meet Mathematics Assistant Professor Aritra Dutta, Ph.D.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/mathematics-professor-intercultural-knowledge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/image.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1200,"caption":"Aritra Dutta, Ph.D. teaching behind a podium"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"College of Sciences News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/cb371e74b1632a80dad705e3db11359a","name":"Morgan Lemmen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8256bd87eeef7e297c7e55821a5a0be5c8fc6d0e6252ab5857621d3f54e9411a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Morgan Lemmen"},"url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31027,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30986\/revisions\/31027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}