Eloise Hamann is a retired Professor Mathematics from San Jose State Universtiy referred to as the poet in the Mathematics Department. She was a contributor and editor to many academic newsletters as well as a publisher of papers in mathematics. She wrote a number of position papers advocating for justice and common sense both within and without academia. She resides in Dublin, California and is a political activist concerned with preserving the planet. She is the mother of an award winning poet, Shannon Hamann. All of Shannon's work was individually published in a variety of poetry journals i...