Biography:Pamela E. Harris
Pamela E. Harris | |
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Born | November 28, 1983 |
Alma mater | Marquette University University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
Awards | Mathematical Association of America Henry L. Alder Award (2019) Karen EDGE Fellow (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions |
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Thesis | Combinatorial problems related to Kostant’s weight multiplicity formula (2012) |
Doctoral advisor | Jeb Willenbring |
Pamela Estephania Harris (born November 28, 1983) is a Mexican-American mathematician, educator and advocate for immigrants. She is currently an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,[1] was formerly an associate professor at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and is co-founder of the online platform Lathisms.[2][3] She is also an editor of the e-mentoring blog of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).[4]
Early life and career
Harris first emigrated with her family from Mexico to the United States when she was 8 years old.[5][6] They returned to Mexico, before eventually settling in Wisconsin when Harris was 12.[5][7] Because she was undocumented, she could not attend university.[8][7] Instead, she studied at the Milwaukee Area Technical College, where she earned two associate degrees in two and a half years.[7][8] After she married a US citizen and her immigration status changed, she transferred to Marquette University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics.[8][5] She went on to complete her master's degree and in 2012 a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her Ph.D. dissertation was advised by Jeb F. Willenbring.[9] Harris was a Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) fellow in 2012.[10] She was a Davies Research Fellow at the United States Military Academy,[5][7] and, in 2016, joined the faculty at Williams College[11][7] where she was an associate professor.[12] In 2022, she joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as an associate professor.[1]
Harris studies algebraic combinatorics, in particular the representation of Lie algebras.[7][13] In order to understand this representation she studies vector partition functions, in particular Kostant's partition function.[5] She is also interested in graph theory and number theory.[13] In 2016 she co-founded an online platform called 'Lathisms' which aims to promote the contributions of Latinxs and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences.[2][5] In 2020 she co-authored the book "Asked and Answered: Dialogues On Advocating For Students of Color in Mathematics".[14] Harris, along with Aris Winger, run a podcast, Mathematically Uncensored, through the Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences. Starting in October 2020, they discussed current issues in mathematics that minorities encounter.[15]
Recognition
In 2020, Harris was selected as part of the inaugural class of Karen EDGE Fellows.[16] In 2019, Harris won the Mathematical Association of America Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member,[17] for her mentorship towards undergraduate research and for being a "fierce advocate for a diverse and inclusive mathematics community."[18] She further received the early career Faculty Mentor Award from the Council of Undergraduate Research in the Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division.[11] She was a 2022 winner of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.[19]
She gave one of the Mathematical Association of America Invited Addresses at the 2019 Joint Mathematics Meetings.[20] In 2019 she was a featured speaker at the national conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).[8][21][22] She was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, in the 2022 class of fellows, "for contributions to algebraic combinatorics, for mentorship of undergraduate researchers, and for contributions to a more equitable and inclusive mathematical community".[23] In 2022 she will become a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics, "For exceptional leadership in establishing programs and mentoring networks that support, encourage, and advance women and underrepresented minorities in the mathematical sciences; and for contributions through public speaking that create positive systemic change in the culture and climate of the mathematics profession."[24]
In 2018 Harris was featured in the book Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics.[6][21]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Faculty-Department of Mathematical Sciences". University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. https://uwm.edu/math/our-people/people-faculty/.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "Check out the Lathisms website, co-founded by Professor Harris!" (in en-US). https://math.williams.edu/check-out-the-lathisms-webiste-co-founded-by-professor-harris/.
- ↑ "About". https://www.lathisms.org/about-2.
- ↑ "About the Editors" (in en-US). January 25, 2013. https://blogs.ams.org/mathmentoringnetwork/editors/.
- ↑ Jump up to: 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Williams, Talithia (October 23, 2019). "Spotlight on: Pamela Harris" (in en-GB). Chalkdust. http://chalkdustmagazine.com/biographies/spotlight-on-pamela-harris/. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Williams, Talithia (2018). "Pamela E. Harris (b. November 28, 1983): Improving Diversity on the Mathematical Sciences" (in en). Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics. Race Point Publishing. pp. 192–195. ISBN 978-0-7603-6028-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=rURaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA192.
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Cortez, Ricardo; Ardila, Federico (September 1, 2018). "Pamela Harris: The Mathematical Rise and Social Contribution of a Dreamer". Notices of the American Mathematical Society 65 (8): 1. doi:10.1090/noti1723. https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201808/rnoti-p1025.pdf.
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Serrato Marks, Gabriela (January 16, 2020). "Five facts about Pamela E. Harris, Mexican-American mathematician and educator of "leaders of character"". https://massivesci.com/articles/pamela-harris-mathematics-williams-college-undocumented-scientist-zecondorf/.
- ↑ Pamela E. Harris at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Fellow Search Form | Mathematical Association of America". https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/professional-development/project-next/fellows/fellow-search-form.
- ↑ Jump up to: 11.0 11.1 "CUR Math/CS Division Selects 2019 Faculty Mentor Awardees | General News – News | Council on Undergraduate Research". https://www.cur.org/MathCS_2019FacMentorAwds/.
- ↑ "Faculty". https://math.williams.edu/faculty/.
- ↑ Jump up to: 13.0 13.1 "Research" (in en). https://www.pamelaeharris.com/research.
- ↑ "Asked and Answered". https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/87843401-asked-and-answered-dialogues-on-advocating-for-students-of-color-in-mat.
- ↑ "Mathematically Uncensored" (in en). https://aperiodical.com/tag/mathematically-uncensored/.
- ↑ "2020 Inaugural Class of Karen EDGE Fellows". https://www.edgeforwomen.org/2020-inaugural-class-of-karen-edge-fellows/.
- ↑ "Henry L. Alder Award". Mathematical Association of America. https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/teaching-awards/henry-l-alder-award.
- ↑ "Henry L. Alder Awards - Pamela Harris". https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/MathFest2019/Alder_Harris.pdf.
- ↑ "Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award: Pamela Harris". Mathematical Association of America. August 2022. https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/Awards/Haimo_Harris.pdf.
- ↑ "Joint Mathematics Meetings 2019". https://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2019/2217_invited.html.
- ↑ Jump up to: 21.0 21.1 "Keynote Speakers – SACNAS" (in en-US). https://www.2019sacnas.org/keynote-speakers/.
- ↑ "SACNAS Announces Keynote & Featured Speakers for 2019 SACNAS - The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Hawai'i" (in en-US). 2019-08-13. https://www.sacnas.org/2019/08/13/announcing-keynote-featured-speakers-for-2019-sacnas-the-national-diversity-in-stem-conference/.
- ↑ "2022 Class of Fellows of the AMS". American Mathematical Society. https://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/fellows/fellows_by_year.cgi.
- ↑ "2022 Class of AWM Fellows". https://awm-math.org/awards-awm-fellows-2022-awm-fellows/.
External links
- Personal webpage
- Curriculum vitae
- Meet a Mathematician! Video interview
- Carrington, Léolène (January 22, 2018). "#WCWinSTEM: Pamela E. Harris, Ph.D. (interview)". Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM. https://www.vanguardstem.com/archive/2018/1/22/wcwinstem-pamela-e-harris-phd.
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