Janet Beery

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Janet Lynn Beery is an American mathematician and historian of mathematics. She is a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Redlands,[1] editor-in-chief of mathematics history journal Convergence,[2] and author of a book on the mathematics of Thomas Harriot.

Education and career[]

Beery graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1983, majoring in mathematics and English literature. She went to Dartmouth College for her graduate education in mathematics, earning a master's degree there in 1985 and completing her Ph.D. in 1989.[1][3] Her dissertation, Transitive Groups of Prime Degree, was in group theory, supervised by Thomas F. Bickel.[4]

While at Dartmouth, she also worked as an instructor at the University of Puget Sound. She has been on the University of Redlands faculty since 1989.[3]

Contributions[]

With Jackie Stedall, Beery is the editor of Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers: the 'Magisteria Magna' (European Mathematical Society, 2009).[5] She is also an editor of Women in Mathematics – Celebrating the Centennial of the Mathematical Association of America (Springer, 2017), with Sarah J. Greenwald, Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, and Maura Mast.

She has been editor-in-chief of Convergence, a journal of the Mathematical Association of America, since 2009.[3] She has also been active with the College Board in developing examination questions and instructional material for the AP Calculus exam,[1][3] and has been clerk of the Association for Women in Mathematics since 2014.[6]

Recognition[]

In 2010 the Mathematical Association of America gave Beery their Meritorious Service Award.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Janet Beery, Professor, Math/Compt Science, University of Redlands, retrieved 2018-11-18
  2. ^ About Convergence, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-11-18
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2018-11-18
  4. ^ Janet Beery at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ Reviews of Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers:
    • Gouvêa, Fernando Q. (March 2009), "Review", MAA Reviews
    • Schemmel, Matthias (September 2010), "Before calculus", Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 64 (3): 303–304, doi:10.1098/rsnr.2010.0016, JSTOR 20753908
    • Shea, William R. (2010), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2516550CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • "Review", European Mathematical Society Reviews, May 2011
  6. ^ AWM Executive Committee, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2018-11-19. See also AWM Newsletter, March–April 2014.
  7. ^ 2010 Prizes and Awards, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2018-11-18

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