The Association for Women in Mathematics announced last week that the organization has welcomed its newest President, an award-winning mathematician and accomplished women's advocate, Dr. Talitha Washington.
On February 1st, Dr. Washington took office as the President-Elect for the Association for Women in Mathematics, continuing her legacy of supporting women and girls in mathematics. She will become president of the association in 2023 and will serve for two years.
Currently, Washington is a professor of mathematical sciences at Clark Atlanta University and director of the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Data Science Initiative.
The Association for Women in Mathematics encourages women and girls to study and have active careers in the mathematical sciences and promotes equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.
As the first Black woman to be President-Elect, one of Washington's goals is to advocate for broad engagement and participation which strengthens the entire mathematical community and our nation.
Etta Zuber Falconer (21 November 1933 – 19 September 2002) worked in several capacities with the Association for Women in Mathematics during her career.
Zuber Falconer was the 11th African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics (1969). She served on the mathematics faculty at Norfolk State University, before moving to Spelman, where she spent almost 30 years. According to a former secretary of the National Association of Mathematicians, she became "one of America's most influential mathematics and science educators, generously sharing her time, talents, energies, scholarly publications and presentations with thousands of persons throughout the USA."
