M. Gweneth Humphreys Award Explained

The M. Gweneth Humphreys Award or Humphreys Award is a mathematics award established by the Association for Women in Mathematics in recognition of mathematics educators who have exhibited outstanding mentorship.[1] The award is named for Mabel Gweneth Humphreys (1911-2006) who earned her Ph.D. at age 23 from the University of Chicago in 1935.[2] She taught mathematics to women for her entire career, first at Mount St. Scholastica College, then for several years at Sophie Newcomb College, and finally for over thirty years at Randolph Macon Woman's College. This award, funded by contributions from her former students and colleagues at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, recognizes her commitment to and her influence on undergraduate students of mathematics.[1]

Recipients

The following mathematicians have been honored with the Humphreys Award:[3]

YearRecipient
2023Erika Tatiana Camacho
2022Maria Helena Noronha
2021Raegan Higgins
2020Margaret M. Robinson
2019Suzanne Weekes
2018Erica Flapan
2017Helen G. Grundman
2016Naomi Jochnowitz
2015Ruth Haas
2014William Yslas VĂ©lez
2013James A. Morrow
2012Deanna Haunsperger
2011Rhonda Hughes

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Humphreys Award - AWM Association for Women in Mathematics. sites.google.com. 2016-08-18.
  2. Book: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics . 978-0-8218-4376-5. Judy . Green . Judy Green (mathematician) . Jeanne . LaDuke . Jeanne LaDuke . Pioneering Women in American Mathematics - The Pre-1940 PhD's . . History of Mathematics . 34 . 1st . 2008 . Biography on p.300-303 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
  3. Web site: Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians. www.agnesscott.edu. 2016-08-20.