<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/charles-street-chats-haitham-alkhateeb.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>03/11/2026</pubDate><title>Professor Reflects on Teaching Math, Fostering Accessibility</title><description>In his 13th year at UBalt, Dr. Haitham Alkhateeb, a professor and director of mathematics at The University of Baltimore, sat down for an interview to share more about his experiences here and what his research and teaching means to him. </description><author>Charles Street Chats</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/haitham-alkhateeb-feature.jpg" alt="Haitham Alkhateeb gestures with his hands while sharing a story during an interview inside his office suite."/></image><image-cap/><quote>When students feel included and supported, they are more likely to persist, succeed and apply what they have learned beyond the classroom.</quote><quote-name>Haitham Alkhateeb</quote-name><quote-info>professor and director of mathematics </quote-info><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>