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Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 whose continuing goal is to encourage women in the mathematical sciences.
Canadian Associations for Women in Mathematics
The information on this and the other women’s pages of the CAMEL was assembled by the Committee for Women in Mathematics of the Canadian Mathematical Society.
Caucus for Women in Statistics
The Caucus for Women in Statistics was formed in 1970 to focus on specific problems associated with the participation of women in statistically oriented professions. The Caucus is an independent association with membership open to all women and men who support its purposes and objectives.
EWM is an affiliation for women bound by a common interest in the position of women in mathematics. The organization was founded in 1986 and has its office in Helsinki, Finland.
This is the website of a French organization for Women and Mathematics, which was founded in 1987. There are many pages on the site including a page of statistics looking at the number of French women in pure and applied math who head up conferences and are professors a French universities.
International Mathematical Union Women in Mathematics
This is the website of the International Mathematical Union for Women in Mathematics. The website went live in 2014. There are many pages on this website including pages for Organizations, Events, People, Initiatives, and Resources, as well as a Search Engine.
Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences
The Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences (KWMS) is now an affiliate member of the Association for Women in Mathematics. KWMS hosts an international conference for women each year, and will be a major sponsor of ICWM2014 in conjunction with ICM2014 in Seoul.
Women and Mathematics Education
The general purpose of WME is to promote the mathematics education of girls and women.
Women and Mathematics Information Server
This is an activity of the Committee for the Participation of Women in the
Mathematical Association of America. There are four sections on the site:
ASA Committee on Women in Statistics (COWIS)
The charge of this committee is: to make the members of ASA more aware of the common professional interests and problems of women members of ASA; to promote the status of women who are already in the statistics profession; to encourage women to enter the field of statistics; to establish contact and share ideas with other professional groups having similar goals; to jointly coordinate the management of the Gertrude Cox Scholarship with the Caucus for Women in Statistics
AMS Committee on Women in Mathematics (CoWIM)
In order to support the broadest possible participation of women in mathematics, the Committee on Women in Mathematics will collect and disseminate data, propose actions to encourage participation, career development and recognition of women in mathematics, and promote best practices within the mathematical community.
Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences
The JCW, founded in 1971 as a committee of the American Mathematical Society, is now a joint committee of the following organizations: AMS, ASA, AWM, IMS, MAA, NCTM, & SIAM. It’s charge is to identify and recommend actions which those societies should take to alleviate some of the disadvantages that women mathematicians now experience and to document its recommendations and actions by presenting data.
MAA Committee on the Participation of Women
The charge of the committee is to work for full involvement of women in the affairs of the MAA and to develop MAA activities that will encourage women in careers in mathematical sciences. This committee was formed in 1987.
Organizations and Committees for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
AWSEM’s mission is to create and support a regional network of science and technology practitioners, educators, parents, businesses and community organizations committed to the enrichment of opportunities in Science, Engineering and Mathematics for young women.
American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women
The Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy was founded in 1979. The charge of the committee is to recommend to the AAS Council practical measures that can be taken to improve the status of women in astronomy and encourage their entry into this field.
American Physical Society Committee for the Status of Women
The Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) was founded in 1972 to address the encouragement and career development of women physicists.
Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women in Computing
The mission of ACM-W is to engage in activities and projects that aim to improve the working and learning environments for women in computing.
Association for Women in Computing
The Association for Women in Computing is a non-profit professional organization for women and men who have an interest in information and technology. The Association was founded in 1978 and is dedicated to the advancement of women in the technology fields.
Association for Women in Science
The Association for Women in Science is dedicated to achieving equality and full participation for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
As of early 2014, there were 50 student chapters of the Association for Women in Mathematics at colleges and universities in the U.S.
The Noetherian Ring at the John’s Hopkins University
Named in honor of Emmy Noether, the Noetherian Ring is an organization of women graduate students and professors in the Mathematics Department of the Johns Hopkins University. The Hopkins Ring is modeled after the Noetherian Ring at University of California.
The Noetherian Ring at Princeton
The Noetherian Ring at Princeton is an organization of female mathematicians at Princeton of all levels (undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, junior and senior faculty). We offer opportunities for female mathematicians to interact with one another in many different forums, with the goal of building networks of support.
The Noetherian Ring at the University of California
Named in honor of Emmy Noether, the Noetherian Ring is an organization of women graduate students, postdocs, and professors in the Mathematics Department of the University of California at Berkeley.
Women in Math at University of Maryland
Women in Math (WIM) is an organization at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP). WIM is dedicated to serving the needs of women mathematicians at UMCP. WIM is planning many activities for the upcoming semester, including monthly lunches.
Women in Math at University of Pennsylvania
UPenn Women in Math is group of women grad students, faculty, and visitors in the Mathematics Department at Penn. The group meets for lunch and sometimes invites special women visitors to the Department.
Women in Mathematics at Wisconsin
Women in Mathematics at Wisconsin (WIMAW) fosters the growth and development of the members of the mathematics community at UW Madison through exposure to outstanding women mathematicians and provides a supportive community among the women in the department with a connection to the larger math community.
These pages are part of the Worklife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law website.
Sections:
Girls’ Angle: A Math Club for Girls
Girls’ Angle is: a math club for girls; a comprehensive approach to math education for girls; a supportive community for women and girls who study, use, and create mathematics.
History of Math Archive at St. Andrews
This extensive collection of webpages includes indexes of biographies (alphabetical and chronological with a section on female mathematicians), histories in various cultures, histories (by topic), and famous curves (such as the Spiral of Archimedes). There are many other remarkable indexes at this site.
History of Math Home Page at Clark University
This is a site by David E. Joyce. The last update was in 1998. There are four major sites (not including the main page), which are:
Prof. Joyce has other math resources on his home page.
History of Math at the University of Tennessee Math Archives
This site consists of an extensive collection of links to sites on the history of mathematics.
How to Do a Massive Two-Body Job Search
Ellen Spertus, Professor of Computer Science at Mills College and former part-time software engineer at Google, provides advice based on her own experience.
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
This website showcases the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematics and Education Blog by Cathy Kessel
Past AWM President Cathy Kessel comments on issues related to mathematics and education, including June 2010 articles by NY Times Science writer John Tierney and the book Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article Understanding current causes of women's underrepresentation in science by Ceci and Williams (2/7/2011).
The Math in the Movies Page, by Arnold G. Reinhold
A Guide to Major Motion Pictures with Scenes of Real Mathematics
National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)
NAM’s mission and purpose is to promote excellence in the mathematical sciences and promoting the mathematical development of underrepresented American minorities.
National Research Council’s 2010 Rankings of Graduate Programs
The National Research Council released A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States based on data collected from more that 5,000 doctoral programs for the 2005-2006 academic year. From this site you can download comprehensive Excel spreadsheets and then concentrate on data for the specific program(s) you are interested in. The NRC did not provide a single linear ranking of programs but rather provided data so users can choose weights for characteristics that are most important to them and them obtain a ranking based on those weights. PhDs.org, an independent website not affiliated with the National Research Council, incorporated data from the research-doctorate assessment into its Graduate School Guide. Users of the Guide can choose the weights assigned to the program characteristics measured by the National Research Council and others, and rank graduate programs according to their own priorities. You can download an Excel file of the data released for graduate programs in mathematics here.
This page on Nobelprize.org, the official web site of the Nobel prize, includes a list of all the women who were awarded Nobel prizes. There are links to photos, biographical sketches, and further information and books about the laureates.
Web site for prospective and current graduate students. You can do a customized search for graduate schools based on criteria you enter. The site has incorporated data from the 2010 study of graduate programs by the National Research Council. PhDs.org also has information for undergraduates and academics in the sciences.
Penn State’s List of Mathematics Departments Web Servers
The List contains links to mathematics departments’ web servers throughout the world. There are numerous other links.
The Poster Project:Visualizing Women in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
The Poster Project is a collaboration between Pamela Davis Kivelson and Dusa McDuff and contains wonderful posters of women mathematicians and engineers. The primary goal of this project is to change the intellectual and emotional climate surrounding the idea of scientific research in order to increase the number of women and girls who choose to pursue careers related to the physical sciences and mathematics, and to retain, at the high school and university level and beyond, women who have already chosen such careers.
References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe
Created by Jennifer J. Freyd and J.Q. Johnson of the University of Oregon and updated in 2008 by Karyn Lewis of the University of Oregon and Anne MacLachlan of the University of California, Berkeley
Sections:
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
SACNAS is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Chicano/Hispanic and Native American scientists − from college students to professionals − to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science.
The Office of Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian at the University of Wisconsin
This site contains a list of links to sites related to women and gender (not directly science-specific). There is a section on STEM in the Women’s Knowledge Digital Library.
This site maintained by Robin Whitty contains a list of theorems (and their proofs) that were proven or jointly proven by women. There are also downloadable files for a calendar of women mathematicians and their theorems.
Stories for, by, and about women in science presented by The Feminist Press.
The most common question students ask math teachers at every level is “When will I use math?” WeUseMath.org is a non-profit website that helps to answer this question. This website describes the importance of mathematics and many rewarding career opportunities available to students who study mathematics.
Women Mathematicians in the National Academy of Sciences
There are currently 5 women among the 2000 current members of the National Academy of Sciences whose discipline is Mathematics.