The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

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Welcome to the Association for Women in Mathematics! The purpose of the Association for Women in Mathematics is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences. Have fun investigating our web pages! - Georgia Benkart, President of the AWM

Announcements...

New Study from National Academy of Sciences - A new study has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States by Sian L. Beilock et al., looks at female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’ math achievement.

Registration now open for the Infinite Possibilities Conference
(IPC; www.ipcmath.org) IPC is a 2-day national conference designed to support, encourage and educate underrepresented minority women in mathematics and statistics. The conference hosts professionals, high school, college and graduate students who have an interest and love of mathematics. IPC will take place March 18-20, 2010 on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, CA. Travel support is available for students interested in attending the conference, however funds are limited and priority will be given to students who register early. The registration deadline is February 5th. For more conference information visit www.ipcmath.org/conf_details.html.

FORWARD Workshop
A workshop, FORWARD to Professorship, will take place June 1-3, 2010 in Washington DC for women and minorities who may be considering, or are currently in, a tenure track position in science, engineering, or mathematics. This workshop is part of the FORWARD in SEM (Focus on Reaching Women for Academics, Research and Development in Science, Engineering and Mathematics) program of George Washington and Gallaudet Universities, which is funded by a National Science Foundation ADVANCE leadership award. Information concerning registration and scholarships can be found on the website: http://student.seas.gwu.edu/~forward/advance/
Applicants are due by March 1, 2010.

Fields Institute Research Immersion Fellowship
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/proposals/research_immersion.html

This program supports individuals with high potential to re-enter an active research career after an interruption for family responsibilities. To qualify, candidates must have been in a postdoctoral or faculty position at the time their active research career was interrupted. The duration of the career interruption should be at least one year and no more than eight years. Examples of qualifying interruptions include a complete or partial hiatus from research activities for child rearing; an incapacitating illness or injury of the candidate, spouse, partner, or a member of the immediate family; or relocation to accommodate a spouse, partner, or other close family member.

Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 has been released (see http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/). Science and Engineering Indicators, published by the National Science Board, provides a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.

A digest of the Indicators is available here: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/digest10/

Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities, Worldwide Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Jan. 6, 2010) — Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, even though boys are more confident in their math abilities, and girls from countries where gender equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathematics assessment tests, according to a new analysis of international research.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100105112303.htm

Hard Problems, Approximate Solutions: Finding Balance between Math and Family Demands.

Thursday, January 14, 1 – 2:30 pm
Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences Panel Discussion
Room 3003, 3rd floor, Moscone

Description: Virginia Woolf said it all in “A Room of One’s Own.” How do we find time for our own mathematical work amidst intergenerational family demands? The challenges of balancing family life (such as raising children, caring for elderly parents, providing child care for grandchildren, or supporting a partner) with a professional life are myriad.

This panel, the first in a series of panels on this issue, will focus on two approaches to a solution: successful institutional models that allow time for family responsibilities and personal frameworks that allow time for career goals.

Panelists presenting the larger issues of family and work within academia include Mary Ann Mason from the University of California Berkeley and co-author of the paper “Do Babies Matter? The Effect of Family formation on the Lifelong Careers of Academic Men and Women,” Carol Hollenshead, former director of the University of Michigan’s Center for the Education of Women and co-author of “Developing and Implementing Work Family Policies for Faculty”, and Joyce Yen, Program/Research Manager for the University of Washington’s ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. Maura Mast (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Dawn Lott (Delaware State University) will provide perspectives on institutional and personal approaches to surviving the family-work crunch. Organized by Kathleen O’Hara. Sponsored by the AMS-ASA-AWM-IMS-MAA-NCTM-SIAM Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences.

****Extra Performance Added****
TRUTH VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH MAZE

Are women inferior to men in math and science as Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard, suggested several years ago? NYC writer/performer and recovering mathematician Gioia De Cari offers a woman's perspective on this question, as she shares her experiences in higher mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the autobiographical solo show, TRUTH VALUES: ONE GIRL'S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.'S MALE MATH MAZE, directed by Miriam Eusebio and presented by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).

WHEN: Thursday January 14 and Friday January 15 at 8pm, and now
due to popular demand, a performance Saturday January 16 at 8pm

WHERE: Zeum Theater, 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco;
next to the Moscone Center

TICKETS: $35 Call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006,
or visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91887.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit AWM.

Discussions organized by AWM will follow immediately after the Thursday and Friday shows.

MAA Tensor Programs Mathematicians who would like to conduct programs which encourage women and girls to continue the study of mathematics -- at all levels of education and work — are invited to consider applying for a small grant from the MAA's Tensor Programs:
http://www.maa.org/wam/tensor.html
and for minorities:
http://www.maa.org/programs/tensor-summa.html

The AWM program of events at the 2010 Joint Mathematics Meeting, January 13 – 16, 2010, San Francisco, CA is now available online at http://www.awm-math.org/2010_JMM_Events.pdf

The local organizing committee for the International Congress of Women in Mathematics (ICWM 2010) at Hyderabad have produced three posters for the meeting which can be found at http://home.iitk.ac.in/~madan/ICWM-2010-Posters/

2010 Noether Lecture - The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is pleased to announce that Carolyn Gordon will deliver the Noether Lecture at the 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings. Gordon, the Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College was selected for this honor because of her fundamental contributions to inverse spectral problems

AMS-KMS meeting in Seoul - AWM and the Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences (KWMS) will hold a joint activity at the AMS-KMS meeting in Seoul. We encourage those attending the meeting to participate in the Mentoring and Networking Hours Saturday Dec. 19, 17:00-19:00. There will be a panel, "Empowering Women Mathematicians for Excellence," featuring AWM members Ruth Charney (Brandeis University), Jane Hawkins (University of North Carolina), and Hee Oh (Brown University) along with KWMS member Haesook Lee (Ewha Womans University), followed by discussion, dinner, and networking.

Truth Values - Are Women Inferior to Men in Math and Science?. . . as Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard, suggested several years ago? NYC writer/performer and recovering mathematician Gioia De Cari offers a woman’s perspective on this question, as she shares her experiences in higher mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the autobiographical solo show, TRUTH VALUES: ONE GIRL’S ROMP THROUGH M.I.T.’S MALE MATH MAZE, directed by Miriam Eusebio. WHEN: Thursday, January 14 and Friday January 15 at 8 PM WHERE: Zeum Theater, 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco; next to the Moscone Center TICKETS: $35. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Association for Women in Mathematcs. Call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006, or visit unexpectedtheatre.org. For more information and ONLINE PRESS KIT WITH PHOTOS, visit www.unexpectedtheatre.org.

Now accepting applications for the IAS Women and Mathematics Program "p-adic Langlands Program" to be held May 17-28, 2010. See http://www.math.ias.edu/wam/2010 for details on how to apply. - Deadline for applications is February 20.

Deadline for ICM2010 Travel Grants Extended to 11/25/2009
The AMS has received funding from the National Science Foundation to provide travel support for U.S. attendees of the International Congress of Mathematicians, to be held August 19-27, 2010 in Hyderabad, India. The AMS is administering the selection process. Awardees will be notified in February, 2010. To apply, visit the AMS web page: http://www.ams.org/employment/icm2010.html
Applications are being accepted on an electronic application system until November 25, 2009.

11th International Conference of The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project has just completed its tenth successful international conference in Dresden, Germany, following conferences in Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Australia, Sicily, Czech Republic, Malaysia and the USA. Our project was founded in 1986 and is dedicated to the planning, writing and disseminating of innovative ideas and materials in Mathematics, Statistics, Science and Computer Education. The next conference is planned for September 10 – 16, 2011 in Grahamstown, South Africa. The chairman of the Local Organising Committee is Professor Marc Schafer of Rhodes University. The conference will open with an evening welcome reception on Sunday, Sep 10th and will close with lunch on Saturday, Sep 16th. Major sponsors will include Autograph.

The title of the conference is "Turning Dreams into Reality: Transformations and Paradigm Shifts in Mathematics Education". Paper proposals are now invited on all innovative aspects of mathematics, statistics, science and computer education. Our conferences are renowned for their friendly and productive working atmosphere. They are attended by innovative teachers and mathematics educators from all over the world, 44 countries were represented at our last conference for example. There will be an additional full social programme for accompanying persons. For ALL further conference details please email Alan Rogerson , Chairman of the International Programme Committee, at alan@rogerson.pol.pl.

AWM Biographies Contest - To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, AWM is sponsoring an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. This contest is open to middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Be sure to get your submissions to the AWM Essay Contest submitted by the February 27th deadline!

L’ORÉAL USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2010
Now accepting Post-Doc Fellowship Applications for L’ORÉAL USA Fellowships for Women in Science 2010. Applications will open 11/05/09 and will be closed 12/15/09. Please see www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninscience for more information.

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