AWM at MathFest 2015

August 5 – 8, 2015, Washington, D.C.

 

Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Marriott Foyer (outside Salon 1, upper level)

Poster Session: Highlights from AWM Student Chapters

  • Abstracts
  • Organizers:
    • Alissa Crans, Loyola Marymount University
    • Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University
    • Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts, Boston

This poster session will highlight achievements by AWM Student Chapters in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the formation of the first chapters. This program has expanded to fifty chapters and has impacted thousands of undergraduate and graduate women across the country. AWM Student Chapters sponsor and host a range of activities including invited speakers, Pi Day Celebrations, field trips, outreach programs to local schools, Sonia Kovalesky Days, and career panels. In this poster session, AWM Student Chapters are invited to share their stories, ideas, and successes with other AWM Student Chapters and with the mathematical community.

  • Posters:
    • AWMUTA: A Group Engaged In Outreach
    • Julie Sutton, The University of Texas – Arlington
    • Theresa A. Jorgensen, The University of Texas – Arlington
    • Engaging Students in Mathematics through AWM at Georgia College
    • Emily Baum, Georgia College and State University
    • Kirsten Morris, Georgia College and State University
    • JMU’s AWM Adventures!
    • Victoria Kelley, James Madison University
    • Katie Sipes, James Madison University
    • Clemson Student Chapter of Association for Women in Mathematics
    • Rachel Grotheer, Clemson University
    • Sarah Anderson, Clemson University
    • Amy Grady, Clemson University
    • Fiona Knoll, Clemson University
    • Society for Women in Mathematics at Mines
    • Rebecca Swanson, Colorado School of Mines
    • Debra Carney, Colorado School of Mines
    • AWM at Clarkson University
    • Katie Fowler, Clarkson University
    • Leah Granger, Clarkson University
    • Boston University AWM Student Chapter
    • Emma Previato, Boston University

Friday, August 7, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m., outside Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3

AWM – MAA Morning Coffee

The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Association of America invite you to enjoy coffee and light refreshments before the Eta Z. Falconer Lecture.

Friday, August 7, 2015, 8:30 a.m. – 9:20 a.m., Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3

AWM – MAA Etta Z. Falconer Lecture: “A Multiplicity All At Once”: Mathematics for Everyone, Everywhere

Erica Walker, Columbia University

What does it mean to learn mathematics? What does it mean to say that some people are “math people”? In this talk, I draw upon 20 years of research and teaching to describe multiple contexts for mathematics learning and socialization across the lifespan. I share findings from studies with elementary students, high school youth, teachers, and mathematicians to describe how they engage in mathematical practice, develop mathematics identities, and craft meaningful spaces for rich mathematics learning. I discuss implications of this work for reframing teaching and learning, both within and outside of schools, to better foster people’s success, interest, and creativity in mathematics.

Theme Contributed Paper Session – The Contributions of Women to Mathematics: 100 Years and Counting

Friday, August 7, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m., Marriott Wardman Park, Washington 2

  • Schedule and Abstracts
  • Organizers:
    • Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University
    • Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University
    • Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts Boston

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the MAA, the AWM sponsors this session to acknowledge and recognize the contributions, achievements, and progress of women mathematicians over the past 100 years. This century has seen great mathematical achievements by women, the most recent and most public being Maryam Mirzakhani winning the Fields Medal. To honor this and other advances in mathematics by women, this session welcomes talks about mathematics done by women and historical or biographical presentations
celebrating women in mathematics.

Theme Contributed Paper Session – The Contributions of Women to Mathematics: 100 Years and Counting

Saturday, August 8, 2015, 1:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., Marriott Wardman Park, Washington 2

  • Schedule and Abstracts
  • Organizers:
    • Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University
    • Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Lamar University
    • Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts Boston

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the MAA, the AWM sponsors this session to acknowledge and recognize the contributions, achievements, and progress of women mathematicians over the past 100 years. This century has seen great mathematical achievements by women, the most recent and most public being Maryam Mirzakhani winning the Fields Medal. To honor this and other advances in mathematics by women, this session welcomes talks about mathematics done by women and historical or biographical presentations
celebrating women in mathematics.