WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS

TWO TO FOURRICHARD PEREZ-ROSILES

THOMAS COCHRANJORGE MOLINA

NICK MAYOMIRNA VASQUEZGENESIS ORTEGA

Historical Background• In 1971 Mary Gray held sit in at AMS national meeting

in Atlantic City and Lenore Blum protested for women’s rights in mathematics in Berkeley

• Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) 1971

• Women discouraged to continue math

• Julia Sherman and Elizabeth Fennema studies of Madison, WI

• Important women and programs

Thomas Cochran

WOMEN INVOLVEDMary Gray

• Born April 8, 1939 in Nebraska

• Received her Ph.D. from University of Kansas in 1964

• Became first president of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) from 1971-1973

Mirna Vasquez

WOMEN INVOLVEDLenore Blum

• Born December 18, 1942 in New York City

• Received her Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1968

• Started the first Mathematics and Computer Science department at Mills College in 1973

Mirna Vasquez

Spelman-Bryn Mawr

• Goals

• Participants

• What they do

• MentorsGenesis Ortega

Research Experiences for Undergraduates

(REU)• On average 25-30% of the participants have been

women.

• Students have typically completed at the very minimum four courses beyond sophomore calculus.

• Student gets assigned to compatible faculty member.

• Enthusiastic faculty members are key to success.

• 10 to 12 women any given year in faculty of professors.

Richard Perez

Mills College Summer Mathematics Institute

(SMI)• The Mills SMI was first conceived in 1990

• It was a six week intensive mathematics program for women

• Encouraged women to pursue mathematics to the graduate level

• The program consisted of mainly four seminars

Nick Mayo

Program Results!• Results of SMI

o Between the years of 1991-1995 over 100 participants were involved in the program.

o 62 participants continued onto graduate school.o Program more successful than anticipated.o Reason for success was due to the influence of strong role models.

• Results of Spelman-Bryn Mawro 1992-1993 16 participants continued onto other programs.o Fourteen obtained bachelors programs and 9 of those entered

graduate school.o 1994-1995 program 17 participated.o 10 provided research data for the following summer and seven got

Bachelors.

Jorge Molina

Conclusion

• Other available programs Carleton and St. Olaf

• Debra Nolan’s objective of book

Jorge Molina

WORKS CITED• Nolan, Debrah, ed. Women in Mathematics:

Scaling the Heights. n.p. The Mathematical Association of America, n.d.