Mentoring Program for Women in Mathematics

女性数学辅导计划

• 批准号: 9802179
• 负责人: Robert MacPherson
• 金额: $ 10.74万
• 依托单位: Institute For Advanced Study
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-03-01 至 2001-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9802179&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mentoring; Program; Women; Mathematics

For many years now, the percentage of PhDs in mathematics granted to women in the United States has been at least 20% of the total. There are many colleges and universities in which half the mathematics majors are women. However, there is an observed lack of women at the most visible, highest levels of research, teaching and management. This is often explained as a time-lag, with the assumption that the numbers of women university professors and mathematical leaders will come in the future to reflect the demographics of the student populations. There are positive signs, as many mathematics departments now have one or two female professors, there have been women presidents of all the major professional organizations, and several of the most renowned industrial research groups are headed by women. At least three of the twenty prestigious Sloan postdoctoral research fellowships each year go to women, and the statistics of the National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowships are even better. There are, however, some signs that the situation overall is not as healthy as it might be. The numbers of women at research institutes like the Institute for Advanced Study and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute are not up to the 20% figure, probably partly as the most prestigious schools do not uniformly have many women enrolled (we find that there are only three women in graduate school in mathematics at Princeton University right now.) In particular, the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute Summer Session has had difficulty attracting representative numbers of women. The Mentoring Program for Women in Mathematics is a ten-day workshop designed to prepare students for the summer session of the PCMI. The workshop includes lectures, seminars, problem sessions and exposure to a variety of scientists. It is set up to encourage both peer group mentoring and networking, as well as interaction between four or five levels of participants. The short-term goal i s to gather young women mathematicians together in a challenging and supportive environment. This incidentally provides a basis for an active women's network as well as an introduction to the scholars in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study of a spirited, serious and enthusiastic group of young women. The long-term goal is to help increase the number of women professional mathematicians in this country by providing information, senior role models and an excellent research environment for young female mathematics students. In the years 1994, 1995, and 1996, the short-term goal of the proposal has been realized very successfully. The written comments of participants in the program are overwhelmingly positive and speak of concrete advantages provided to the participants: intellectual advances, contacts with women mathematicians, increased self-confidence and, in some cases, the decision to pursue a professional career in mathematics. It is too soon to judge if the long-term goal of the program will be realized, but we are encouraged by the number of participants who have made a return visit to the program at a later stage of their careers. Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern University Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin Program Organizers

多年来，美国授予女性的数学博士学位比例至少是总数的20％。 有许多学院和大学，一半的数学专业是女性。 但是，观察到的女性缺乏最明显，最高水平的研究，教学和管理。 这通常被解释为一段时间，假设女性大学教授和数学领导者的人数将来会反映出学生人口的人口统计。 有积极的迹象，因为许多数学部门现在都有一两个女教授，所有主要专业组织中都有女性总统，并且一些最著名的工业研究小组由女性领导。 每年二十个享有声望的斯隆博士后研究奖学金中，至少有三个授予女性，而国家科学基金会博士后研究金的统计数据甚至更好。 但是，有些迹象表明，总体情况并不那么健康。 研究机构等女性高级研究和数学科学研究所等妇女人数并没有达到20％的数字，可能部分是因为最有声望的学校没有统一的女性入学率（我们发现现在只有三名女性在普林斯顿大学的数学研究生中的女性。 数学女性的指导计划是为期十天的研讨会，旨在为学生准备PCMI的夏季课程。 该研讨会包括讲座，研讨会，问题会议以及对各种科学家的接触。 它的设置是为了鼓励同行小组指导和网络，以及四个或五个级别的参与者之间的互动。 短期目标是在充满挑战和支持的环境中聚集年轻女性数学家。 顺便说一句，这为活跃的女性网络提供了基础，并介绍了一群充满活力，认真和热情的年轻女性的高级研究研究所的居住学者。 长期目标是通过为年轻女性数学学生提供信息，高级榜样和出色的研究环境来帮助增加该国女性数学家的数量。 在1994年，1995年和1996年的几年中，该提案的短期目标已经非常成功地实现。 该计划参与者的书面评论绝大多数是积极的，并谈到了给参与者提供的具体优势：智力进步，与女性数学家的接触，增加自信心，在某些情况下决定从事数学职业职业。 还为时过早地判断该计划的长期目标是否将实现，但是我们受到了在其职业生涯后期对该计划进行回访的参与者的鼓励。 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀大学计划组织者的东北大学Karen Uhlenbeck的Chuu-Lian Terng Karen Uhlenbeck