Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin
Jacqueline Ann Jensen-Vallin is an American mathematician. She is an associate professor of mathematics at Lamar University,[1] the editor-in-chief of MAA FOCUS, the newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA),[2] and the governor of the Texas Section of the MAA.[3] Her research interests include combinatorial group theory, low-dimensional topology, and knot theory;[1] she is also known for her work in mathematics education and the history of women in mathematics.
Education and career[]
Jensen-Vallin did her undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut, completing a double major in mathematics and psychology in 1995.[1] She went to the University of Oregon for her graduate studies, and completed her doctorate there in 2002. Her dissertation, Finding -Generators for Exotic Homotopy Types of Two-Complexes, concerned algebraic geometry and was supervised by Michael Dyer.[1][4]
After completing her doctorate, she joined the faculty at Sam Houston State University in 2002. She moved to Lamar University in 2014.
Book[]
With Janet Beery, Sarah J. Greenwald, and Maura B. Mast, Jensen-Vallin is an editor of the book Women in Mathematics: Celebrating the Centennial of the Mathematical Association of America (Springer, 2017).[5]
Awards and honors[]
Jensen-Vallin was one of the 2008 winners of the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member.[6]
The Association for Women in Mathematics gave her their Service Award in 2018.[1][7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Curriculum vitae, February 2018, retrieved 2018-07-14
- ^ MAA FOCUS, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-07-14
- ^ Governors, Texas Section, MAA, retrieved 2018-07-14
- ^ Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201903/rnoti-p395.pdf
- ^ Henry L. Alder Award, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-07-14
- ^ "AWM Service Award". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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