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Council on the Profession

MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Prof. Amy Cohen CorwinChairElected by the Board of Governors
Dr. Minerva Cordero-EppersonMemberEx Officio, Chair of the Committee on Minority Participation
Dr Joel L CunninghamMemberEx Officio, Chair Department Review
Mr Lloyd E DouglasMemberEx Officio, Chair of Minority Participation
Dr Douglas E EnsleyMemberEx Officio, Chair, Early Career Mathemeticians
Dr Jill E GuerraMemberEx Officio, Chair, Participation of Women
Dr Joel K HaackMemberScience Policy
Herbert E KasubeMemberStatus of the Profession
Committee Charges
1/28/2011Established August 1997.
The charge is to advise the Association on issues involving individual mathematicians in the teaching, research, and service activities; and issues affecting the professional responsibilities of mathematics departments within their institutions.

Included among the issues involving individual mathematicians in their teaching and research activities are: teaching loads and class size; professional development and continuing education; rewards and recognition; evaluation of teaching and research; professional ethics ;

Included among the issues affecting the professional responsibilities of mathematics departments within their institutions are: standards for employment and promotion; the role of part-time faculty; responsibilities within the institution for teaching mathematics; relationships with client disciplines; compensation; professional development activities for department chairs.

N.B. This committee should work to help faculty and department chairs be better informed about activities directed to addressing issues affecting collegiate mathematics, such as salaries and operating budgets, preparing and updating the Guidelines.
AMS-ASA-AWM-IMS-MAA-NCTM-SIAM Joint Committee on Women
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Tanya L LeiseCo-Chair1/31/2015MAA Representative; 2nd Term
Ms Janet BestMember1/31/2015SIAM Representative
Janet BuckinghamMember1/31/2016ASA Representative
Martha CarrMember1/31/2014NCTM Representative
Ms Anne GelbMember1/31/2016SIAM Representative
Dr Christine GuentherMember1/31/2015AMS Representative
Dr Susan M HermillerMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Ms Terrell L HodgeMember1/31/2014AWM Representative
Prof Gerald J PorterMember1/31/2015MAA Representative, 2nd Term
Dr Amber L PuhaMember1/31/2014IMS Representative
Dr Paula K RobersonMember1/31/2014ASA Representative
Ms Svetlana RoudenkoMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Dr Jane-Ling WangMember1/31/2014IMS Representative
Activity DateCommittee Charges
1/28/2011The charge of this committee is to identify mechanisms for the enhancement of opportunities for women in the mathematical and statistical sciences, recommend actions to the governing bodies of the member societies in support of these opportunities, and document its recommendations by presenting data.
AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Joint Data Committee
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Richard J ClearyChair1/31/2015MAA Representative, 3rd Term
Prof. Charles L EpsteinMember1/31/2016ASA Representative
Dr Susan C GellerMember1/31/2015MAA Represnetative, 2nd Term
Amanda L Golbeck PhdMember1/31/2016ASA Representative
Aloysius HelminckMember1/31/2015SIAM Representative; 2nd Term
Dr Ellen E KirkmanMember1/31/2014MAA Representative
Peter MarchMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Dr James W MaxwellMember1/31/2014Ex Officio, AMS Staff
Dr David R MorrisonMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Prof Bart S NgMember1/31/2014Siam Representative
Dr William Y VelezMember1/31/2015AMS Representative
Dr Edward C WaymireMember1/31/2016AMS Representative
Activity DateCommittee Charges
9/01/2012To set policies governing the collection and dissemination of data on matters of concern to the U.S. mathematical sciences community. In this capacity, the committee also provides guidance to the staff at the AMS who conduct the relevant data collection through the surveys that constitute the Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences. The Committee is also charged with reporting to the mathematical community, through its chair, by written reports in the Notices of the AMS.
Data collection in the past has included the gathering and interpretation of data on the employment of mathematicians, the annual production of Ph.D.'s in the mathematical sciences, and the tracking of starting salaries, faculty salaries, and graduate programs.
In addition, as charged by the 11/88 ECBT, the Committee should also study the continuing and long-range data gathering needs of the mathematical community and make recommendations to the sponsoring societies concerning the establishment of an ongoing data collection effort that will insure reliable, timely, and usable data on the profession.
The Committee has editorial responsibility for the annual publication Assistantships and Graduate Fellowships in the Mathematical Sciences. The Committee should meet on a regular basis, at least annually, to address the issues that fall within its charge.
AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM)
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Dr James M CrowleyMemberSIAM Executive Director
Dr Barbara T FairesMember1/31/2015MAA Secretary
Prof Donald E McClureMember1/31/2014AMS Secretary
Dr. J Michael PearsonMemberMAA Executive Director
Steve PiersonMemberASA Director of Science Policy
Ronald WassersteinMemberASA Executive Director
AMS-MAA Joint Committee on Mathematicians with Disabilities
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Dr Michael A FilasetaChair1/31/2014AMS Representative
Dr David M JamesMember1/31/2015MAA Representative, 2nd Term
Dr Mitchell LuskinMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
James TurnerMember1/31/2015AMS Representative
Activity DateCommittee Charges
1/28/2011This committee was formed in January 1997. The Chair rotates on an annual basis with the senior member of that organization's membership automatically being chair. The committee is charged to work to ensure that physical disabilities are not an obstacle to careers in mathematics by: promoting mathematics as a career for people with physical disabilities; encouraging employers to make the workplace accessible to individuals with disabilities; ensuring that mathematics meetings are held at sites that are accessible to people with disabilities; requiring that all advertisers and participants in the Employment Register do not discriminate against people with physical disabilities; and recommending other actions and policies that can help ensure that individuals with disabilities can participate fully in the mathematical community.
AMS-MAA Joint Committee on TAs and Part-Time Instructors
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Dr Janet McShaneChair1/31/2016MAA Representative, 2nd Term
Prof Morton BrownMember1/31/2014MAA Representative
Prof David C CarothersMember1/31/2014MAA Representative
Mary GlaserMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Dr. Angela KubenaMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Mr Jeff RemmelMember1/31/2016AMS Representative
George YatesMember1/31/2014MAA Representative, 2nd Term
Activity DateCommittee Charges
6/15/2011The committee shall identify and address concerns related to the orientation, training, supervision and evaluation of teaching assistants and part-time instructors. The committee shall coordinate maintenance of data to establish current situations and practices and dissemination of information through meetings and publications. The committee shall coordinate efforts with other appropriate committees of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.
From AMS Council meeting in April 1988, c/oRobert Daverman
AMS-MAA-SIAM Joint Committee on Employment Opportunities
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Sharon ArroyoMember1/31/2015SIAM Representative
Dr Linda BraddyMemberMAA Staff Deputy Executive Director
Leslie J ButtonMember1/31/2014SIAM Representative
Steven FerrucciMemberAMS Staff Liaison
Dr Sharon GarthwaiteMember1/31/2014AMS Representative
Dr Susan C GellerMember1/31/2015MAA Representative; 2nd Term
Ellen J MaycockMember1/31/2014AMS Staff
Mr Matthew RicheyMember1/31/2016MAA Representative
Dr Ivelisse M RubioMember1/31/2015AMS Representative
Prof Gerard A VenemaMember1/31/2014MAA Representative
Committee on Departmental Review
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Dr Joel L CunninghamChair1/31/2016
Prof Donna L BeersMember1/31/20142nd Term
Ms Jill M DietzMember1/31/2016
Prof Ruth HaasMember1/31/2014
Mr David R HillMember1/31/2014
Dr Camille A McKayleMember1/31/2015
Prof Catherine M MurphyMember1/31/2015
Dr Elizabeth G YanikMember1/31/2014
Activity DateCommittee Charges
1/28/2011To provide guidance to departments engaged in periodic program review. The focus of the Committee is on how the review process helps strengthen departments of mathematical sciences and the role consultants play in this process. The Committee identifies individuals who are prepared to serve as external consultants and maintains and disseminates resources that guide departments and consultants during the review process.
Committee on Early Career Mathematicians
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Dr Douglas E EnsleyChair1/31/20152nd Term (1st as Chair)
Prof Edward F AboufadelMember1/31/20152nd Term
Dr Jennifer Roche BowenMember1/31/2014
Ralucca GeraMember1/31/2016Young Mathematicians Network (YMN) Representative
Dr Aparna W HigginsMember8/31/2014Ex Officio - Director of Project NExT
Audrey L MalagonMember1/31/2015
Dr Jennifer M McNultyMember1/31/2015
Jessica S SidmanMember1/31/2016
Dr Cynthia J WyelsMember1/31/2015
Activity DateCommittee Charges
1/04/2012The charge of the MAA Committee on Early Career Mathematicians is to develop, promote, and oversee programs and services for mathematicians in the early stages of their careers (in the first ten years). This is to include programs already existing in this area, such as Project NExT.
Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics
MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
Mr Lloyd E DouglasChair1/31/2016
Mr Carlos Castillo-ChavezMember1/31/2016
Mr James A DonaldsonMember1/31/2015
Dr Chad D GiustiMember1/31/2015
Dr Deborah L GochenaurMember1/31/20142nd Term
Dr Dawit HaileMember1/31/2014
Karen Morgan IvyMember1/31/2014
Dr Dawn LottMember1/31/2015
Prof Frank MorganMember1/31/2015
Dr Talithia WilliamsMember1/31/2016
Activity DateCommittee Charges
1/28/2011This committee was formed in 1989 to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Minorities in Mathematics. Specifically, the committee should:

  • Prepare for approval by the MAA Board of Governors a major policy statement which outlines the current situation with respect to mathematics education and minorities from kindergarten through graduate school and which states the need for increasing the number of minorities in mathematics as a top priority of the Association.

  • Put in priority order and set a time-table for the forty-two specific recommendations of the Task Force Prepare for approval by the MAA Board of Governors a national program aimed at improving mathematics education for minorities;

  • Begin the search for outside funding to support the establishment of an office of Minority Participation in mathematics, and to define its responsibilities;

  • Investigate the possibilities for collaborative efforts with other private and public agencies which share the mutual interest of improving mathematics educations for minorities.
  • Committee on the Participation of Women
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Dr Jill E GuerraChair1/31/2016
    Lida K BarrettMember1/31/2014
    Ms Jill M DietzMember1/31/2016AWM representative
    Dr Allan P DonsigMember1/31/2015
    Ms Cathy B KesselMember1/31/2014
    Dr Colm K MulcahyMember1/31/2015
    Ms Jennifer J QuinnMember1/31/2016
    Dr. Kimberly A RothMember1/31/2014
    Activity DateCommittee Charges
    1/28/2011This committee was formed in 1987 with the following This committee was formed in 1987 with the following charge:

    To work for full involvement of women in the affairs of the MAA and to develop MAA activities that will encourage women in careers in mathematical sciences.

    To achieve these objectives the committee is encouraged to:
  • suggest panels and speakers for national meetings,
  • make suggestions to MAA sections, committees, editors, and officers concerning actions that would increase involvement of women in the MAA, and
  • prepare materials (articles, pamphlets, research reports) that will help inform all members of the MAA about issues of importance concerning the participation of women in the MAA.
  • Committee on the Status of the Profession
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Herbert E KasubeChair1/31/2016
    Dr Duane A CooperMember1/31/2016
    Dr John D FultonMember1/31/20142nd Term
    Tyler J JarvisMember1/31/20152nd Term
    Dr Robin H LockMember1/31/20152nd Term
    Prof Ken OnoMember1/31/2016
    Dr Henry J RicardoMember1/31/20152nd Term
    Dr Kay B SomersMember1/31/2015
    Dr Francis Edward SuMember1/31/2015
    Dr Rosemary SullivanMember1/31/2016
    Dr James J TattersallMember1/31/20142nd Term
    MAA Representatives on the CBMS
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Dr. J Michael PearsonMemberMAA Executive Director
    MAA Representatives to the AAAS
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Prof Robert L DevaneyMember1/31/2014
    Prof Kenneth C MillettMember1/31/2015Section A (Mathematics)
    Mr Ivars PetersonMemberSection T (Information, Computing, and Communication ), MAA Staff
    Project NEXT Director
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Dr Aparna W HigginsChair8/15/2014
    Science Policy Committee
    MemberPositionTerm Ends Comments
    Dr Joel K HaackChair1/31/20141 year term extension
    Dr Joel M CohenMember1/31/2016
    Katherine Dutton CrowleyMember1/31/2016
    Dr Joel L CunninghamMember1/31/2015
    Prof Robert L DevaneyMember1/31/2015President
    Dr Daniel L GoroffMember1/31/2016
    Dr David C ManderscheidMember1/31/2016
    Prof. Robert Eugene MegginsonMember1/31/2015
    Dr C G Tino MendezMember1/31/2015
    Jason E MillerMember1/31/2014
    Dr. Katherine S SochaMember1/31/2016
    Dr Paul M ZornMember1/31/2014Past President
    Activity DateCommittee Charges
    1/28/2011The Science Policy Committee was formed in 1986.
    The charge is:
  • discuss and act on questions of policy in relations between the MAA and governmental agencies, and between the MAA and other mathematical and scientific societies;
  • coordinate its discussions and actions with the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs of the Joint Policy Board of Mathematics;
  • identify speakers and panelists for MAA meetings on topics that bear directly on questions of public policy; to report in a timely fashion to the President and Executive Director on any issue that requires prompt action; and
  • report in writing biannually to the Board of Governors of MAA.
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