Mary P. Dolciani Award Explained

Mary P. Dolciani Award
Founded:	2012
Founders:	Mathematical Association of America
Website:	https://www.maa.org/node/310

The Mary P. Dolciani Award is an award established in 2012 by the Mathematical Association of America.^[1] The award recognizes a pure or applied mathematician with a record of distinguished contributions to K-16 mathematics education in the United States or Canada and comes with a $5,000 award. Examples of significant contributions include, but are not limited to, the development of K-16 mathematics curriculum, educational technology, or programs to improve teaching or teacher preparation.^[2] The prize is funded by a grant established by mathematician, educator, and author Mary P. Dolciani, who dedicated her career to improving mathematics education and is the author of several secondary- and college-level mathematics textbooks.

It should be distinguished from the Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research, awarded beginning in 2019 by the American Mathematical Society.^[3]

Award recipients

2020

• Henry O. Pollak, Columbia University

2019

• Joseph Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth

2018

• Al Cuoco, Distinguished Scholar, Education Development Center^[4]

2017

• Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University^[5]

2015

• Sybilla Beckmann, University of Georgia

2014

• Alan H. Schoenfeld, University of California at Berkeley^[6]

2013

• Hyman Bass, University of Michigan

2012

• William G. McCallum, University of Arizona

References

1. Web site: Dolciani Award. Mathematical Association of America.
2. Web site: Dolciani Award Guidelines. Mathematical Association for America.
3. Web site: Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research. Prizes and awards. American Mathematical Society. 2020-10-28.
4. Web site: August 3, 2018. EDC's Al Cuoco Receives 2018 Mathematical Association of America Award. Educational Development Center.
5. Web site: 2018. Shubin Honored with Mary P. Dolciani Award. Math Teachers' Circle Network.
6. Web site: Alan H. Schoenfeld. UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.