Evelyn Boyd Granville in 1997. Photo by Margaret Murray, via Mathematicians of the African Diaspora by Scott W. Williams.
Evelyn Boyd Granville, the second African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, turns 90 today (May 1, 2014).
Although Granville was one of the only black students at both Smith and Yale, she says she never felt d [...]
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Happy Birthday, Evelyn Boyd Granville...
Evelyn Boyd Granville in 1997. Photo by Margaret Murray, via Mathematicians of the African Diaspora by Scott W. Williams.
Evelyn Boyd Granville, the second African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, turns 90 today (May 1, 2014).
Although Granville was one of the only black students at both Smith and Yale, she says she never felt d [...]
Mathematics + Fatherhood: An Intervie...
Back in September, I published an interview with mathematician and mom Constance Leidy by mathematician and mom Lillian Pierce. It was part of a series of interviews for the Association for Women in Mathematics about how women balance motherhood with their mathematical careers. (You can find another interview in this series at Cathy O’ [...]
Mathematics, Live: A Conversation wit...
Trachette Jackson: For me, I think, when you talk to people who are doing mathematics as their career, they often start with, “I was always good at math.” That was true of me, but I never thought of pursuing it as a career. I just thought it was something that I liked and that I was good at, until I got to college. I wasn’t [...]
Mathematics+Motherhood: An Interview ...
Mathematician Constance Leidy and her daughter. Image: Thomas S. England.
On Roots of Unity, I hosted a guest post interview of Constance Leidy by Lillian Pierce. In it, Leidy talks about the challenges of being a single parent and how she has made motherhood and math both part of her life.
A Conversation with Laura DeMarco and...
An image created in the course of Laura DeMarco’s dynamical systems research. Image: Laura DeMarco.
I talked with mathematicians Laura DeMarco and Amie Wilkinson about how they got interested in math, the importance of female role models for young women in math, and their advice for aspiring mathematicians. You can read my interview wit [...]
Interview on Math Tango
“Shecky Riemann” of Math Frolic and Math Tango asked me a few questions about my approach to writing about math.
“I try to see myself as an entertainer at least as much as an educator. For the most part, I want my pieces to make people happy. If they learn something as well, that’s a nice bonus.”
You can read the [...]
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