The UMAP Journal

The Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications (UMAP) Journal

The Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications (UMAP) Journal, published quarterly, blends contemporary teaching modules with commentaries and articles to create a boldly different periodical. Each issue puts several real-world problems under a mathematical lens and demonstrates how real people are using mathematics in their jobs and lives. Whether it is exploring an elegant explanation of price-elasticity of illegal drugs, or the strategic implications of disarming the U.S. nuclear arsenal, The UMAP Journal is the modeling journal for anyone interested in applied mathematics. The current issue of UMAP is available free online, with previous issues available electronically with COMAP full membership. COMAP also offers a print subscription as an add-on to full members.

UMAP Journal Author Guide

Latest Issue

UMAP Journal 47.2 Summer 2026 Edition

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Editorial
New Director of Contests and Outreach

Article
Cancer Survival Rates Are Misleading

On Jargon
Mentoring through Predator-Pray: Polymath Junior Realizes Hopes

UMAP Modules
Reviving the UMAP Module

The Human Cough

Mercator’s World Map and the Calculus

Reviews

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Editor and Associate Editors

Editor

Paul J. Campbell
Beloit College
700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511-5595
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Department Editors

UMAP/ILAP Modules
Karoline Hood, U.S. Military Academy

Teaching Modeling
Kayla Blyman, St. Martin's University

MathServe
Paul A. Isihara, Wheaton College, IL

On Jargon
Yves Nievergelt, Eastern Washington University

Reviews
Hilary Fletcher, Chesterfield, VA

Associate Editors

Amanda Beecher, COMAP Inc.
Joanna A. Bieri, University of Redlands
Kayla Blyman, St. Martin's University
Lisette De Pillis, Harvey Mudd College
Keith Erickson, Georgia Gwinnett College
Hilary Fletcher, Chesterfield, VA
Doug Fletcher, Ebay
Solomon A. Garfunkel, COMAP Inc.
Steven B. Horton, U.S. Military Academy
Karoline Hood, US Military Academy
Paul A. Isihara, Wheaton College, IL
Jessica M. Libertini, US Military Academy
Eric Marland, Appalachian State University
Yves Nievergelt, Eastern Washington University
Michael O'Leary, Towson University
Andrew Oster, Eastern Washington University
Jan Rychtář, Virginia Commonwealth University
Philip D. Straffin, Beloit College
Shaohui Wang, Louisiana Christian University
Guangming Yao, Clarkson University

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