The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting equal treatment and equal opportunity for women and girls in the mathematical sciences, and to encouraging them to enter this field.
The Association was founded in 1971 as the Association of Women in Mathematics, but the name was changed almost immediately. It grew out of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlantic City in 1971, where a women's caucus was proposed.
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Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting equal treatment and equal opportunity for women and girls in the mathematical sciences, and to encouraging them to enter this field.
History
The Association was founded in 1971 as the Association
of Women in Mathematics, but the name was changed almost immediately. It grew out of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlantic City in 1971, where a women's caucus was proposed.
Mary W. GrayMary Lee Wheat Gray is an American mathematician. She is the author of books and papers in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, computer science, applied statistics, economic equity, discrimination law, and academic freedom....
was the early organizer, placing an advertisement in the February 1971 Notices of the AMS, and writing the first issue of the
AWM Newsletter that May. Early goals of the Association focused on equal pay for equal work, as well as equal consideration for admission to graduate school and support while there; for faculty appointments at all levels; for promotion and for tenure; for administrative appointments; and for government grants, positions on review and advisory panels and positions in professional organizations.
Presidents
- Mary W. Gray
Mary Lee Wheat Gray is an American mathematician. She is the author of books and papers in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, computer science, applied statistics, economic equity, discrimination law, and academic freedom....
, 1971–1973
- Alice T. Schafer
Alice Turner Schafer is an American mathematician. She was one of the founding members of the Association for Women in Mathematics in 1971.-Early life:...
, 1973–1975
- Lenore Blum
Lenore Blum received her Ph.D. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968. She then went to the University of California at Berkeley as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Mathematics. In 1973 she joined the faculty of Mills College where in 1974 she founded the...
, 1975–1979
- Judith Roitman
Judith "Judy" Roitman is a mathematician, currently a professor at the University of Kansas. She specializes in set theory, topology, Boolean algebra, and mathematics education.-Biography:...
, 1979–1981
- Bhama Srinivasan, 1981–1983
- Linda P. Rothschild, 1983–1985
- Linda Keen
Linda Jo Goldway Keen is a mathematician and professor of mathematics and computer science at Lehman College since 1968. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the City College of New York, then studied at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, earning her Doctor of Philosophy...
, 1985–1987
- Rhonda J. Hughes, 1987–1989
- Jill P. Mesirov, 1989–1991
- Carol Wood, 1991–1993
- Cora Sadosky, 1993–1995
- Chuu-Lian Terng
Chuu-Lian Terng is a mathematician. She received her B.S. from National Taiwan University in 1971 and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1976 under the supervision of Richard Palais, whom she later married. She is currently a professor at University of California at Irvine.She was a professor...
, 1995–1997
- Sylvia M. Wiegand, 1997–1999
- Jean E. Taylor, 1999–2001
- Suzanne Lenhart, 2001–2003
- Carolyn Gordon, 2003–2005
- Barbara Keyfitz, 2005–2007
- Cathy Kessel, 2007–2009
See also
- Noether Lecturer
- AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer
The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America annually present the Etta Z. Falconer Lectures to honor women who have made distinguished contributions to the mathematical sciences or mathematics education. These one-hour expository lectures are presented at...
- List of female mathematicians
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