Women in Math

AWM Student Chapter at the University of Maryland

Welcome to the Women in Mathematics (WIM) Web Page

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.

Fall 2020 - Spring 2010

Date	Time	Flyer	Event Description
Friday, September 4th, 2020	2pm EST	Tea Time	Getting to know each other vitually through Zoom while enjoying a cup of your favorite drink!
Thursday, September 10th, 2020	5pm EST	Board Game Night	We will have games waiting for you! Come and celebrate the start of the semester through some exciting games!

Check back soon for details about these and other upcoming events!

Other Announcements

• We are on facebook and instagram. We also have a listserv for the latest WIM announcements - contact any officer for details. Connect with WIM!

Officers

The executive board for the 2020 - 2021 year is listed below.

                 

Name	Position
Stephanie Allen	President
Kayla Davie	Vice President
Brook Herzog	Secretary
Victoria Whitley	Treasurer
Jiajing Guan (JJ)	Webmaster
Anna Sotnikova	General Board Member
TBD	Undergraduate Representative
Raluca Rosca	Faculty Advisor

For a list of previous executive boards, visit here.

Supporters

• UMCP - Department of Mathematics

Contact Information

WIM can be reached through our organization's email address or by speaking directly to a member of our executive board.

• WIM Email Address -womeninmathumd@gmail.com

• Stephanie Allen (President) - sallen7@umd.edu

Activities Archive

2019-2020 Academic Talks, Academic Events, and Social Events -WIM events in 2019-2020 included:

Undergrad Meet and Greet/Board Game Night (September 25, 2019): Social event co-hosted with Women in Physics, Maryland Center for Women in Computing, and Women in Engineering)

Information session for American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship (October 9, 2019): Information session co-hosted with Dr. Lise-Marie Imbert Gerard

Alumni Talk Series (October 10, 2019): Dr. Shelby Wilson ('12) Assistant Professor at University of Maryland

Trivia Night (october 21, 2019): Social event in collaboration with Capital One, OSTEM, Women in Engineering, Code: Black, and Society for Professional Hispanic Engineers

Alumni Talk Series (November 14, 2019): Dr. Carolina Franco ('12) Research Mathematical Statistician at the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology (CSRM) at the U.S. Census Bureau

Alumni Talk Series (February 20, 2020): Dr. Amanda Galante Applied Mathematician at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Women in Math Tea (March 5th 2020)

2018-2019 Academic Talks, Academic Events, and Social Events -WIM events in 2018-2019 included:

WIM Orientation Lunch (August 2018)

Alumni Talk Series (October 9, 2018): Ming Zhong ('16) Postdoctoral Researcher at John Hopkins University

Women in Math and Women in Physics Meet & Greet (October 2018): Social event co-hosted with WIP for undergraduate math and physics majors

Alumni Talk Series (November 2018): Jen Rezeppa ('00) Demand & Channel Planning Senior Manager at Tesla Inc

Alumni Talk Series (March 2019): Meiyu Shen ('15) Mathematical statistician at the FDA

WIM Movie Night (March 2019)

2017-2018 Academic Talks, Academic Events, and Social Events -WIM events in 2017-2018 included:

WIM Orientation Lunch (August 2017)

Professional Writing Forum (November 2017): Graduate school applications, NSF grants, CVs,etc.

End of Semester Tea (December 2017): Lunch/tea with AMSC/MATH grad students, postdocs, faculty

Centennial High School Visit (March 2018)

Geometry Week Reception (March 2018)

Alumni Talk (April 2018): Victoria Taroudaki ('15) from Eastern Washington University, Department of Mathematics

2015-2016 Academic Talks - WIM speakers in 2015-2016 included:

Amanda Streib from the Institute for Defense Analyses - Center for Computing Sciences (IDA/CCS)

Carol Rosenberg from the National Security Agency (NSA)

Maria Cameron from the University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Mathematics

Lauren Harrell from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

October 24, 2014 WIM Meeting - The founder and first AWM president Prof. Mary Gray gave an inspiring talk on her research and career as a statistician and lawyer. She explained how her research in statistics and law helped to rescue mathematicians' from prison, raised her own salary as a female professor, and lowered the dropping rates of female students from middle school in India. For meeting notes, click here.

USA Science & Engineering Festival - Pictures of WIM members volunteering at the festival are here.