EDUCATION: University of Chicago, Ph.D. in History (August 1982); University of Virginia, M.S. in Mathematics (May 1978); University of Virginia, B.A. with Highest Distinction in Mathematics and French (May 1977)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: Professor of Mathematics and History, University of Virginia, 1999 to the present; Visiting Associate Professor, Morris Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine and the Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago, 1996-1997; Associate Professor of Mathematics and History, University of Virginia, 1993-1999; Assistant Professor of Mathematics and History, University of Virginia, 1988-1993; Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987-1988; Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Sweet Briar College, 1982-1987
SHORT-TERM POSITIONS: Visiting Fellow, Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Summer 1992; Foreign Director of Studies in the History of Science, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, Spring 1985
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS: Corresponding Member of the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences, 2002-; John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1996-1997; National Science Foundation (NSF), Visiting Professorship for Women Recipient, 1996-1997; Brazilian Society for the History of Mathematics, Plenary Speaker, Natal, Brazil, April 2001; Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Invited Hour Speaker, National AMS/MAA meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2000; MAA Invited Hour Speaker, National AMS/MAA Meeting, San Francisco, CA, January 1995; Invited Speaker in the History of Mathematics, International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich, Switzerland, August 1994; American Mathematical Society (AMS) Invited Hour Speaker, Eugene, Oregon, June 1994; and Miami, Florida, April 2006; Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of Virginia, Elected 1977
GRANTS: NSF Conference Grant for "Workshop on the History of Algebra in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, April 2003; NSF Conference Grant for "Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Community, 1800-1945," 1999; NSF Grant, Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, July 1990-June 1993; NSF Scholars Award, Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, Awarded 1985, Taken 1986-1987; American Council of Learned Societies Travel Grant, Summer 1988
INVITED LECTURES: To date, I have given over 150 invited lectures in departments of history, history of science, and mathematics and at conferences and institutes in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Mathematical Society; British Society for the History of Mathematics; Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics; History of Science Society; Mathematical Association of America; Phi Beta Kappa
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
History of Mathematics: Editor, Historia Mathematica, Jan. 1, 1996-Dec. 31, 1999; Managing Editor, Historia Mathematica, Jan. 1, 1994-Dec. 31, 1995; Book Review Editor, Historia Mathematica, Jan. 1, 1990-Dec. 31, 1993; Elected Member, Executive Committee of the International Commission for the History of Mathematics, International Mathematical Union, January 1995-December 2004; Elected Chair, 2002-2005; Member of the Editorial Boards of Historia Mathematica, the Revue d'histoire des mathématiques, and Mathesis.; Co-organizer and co-chair (with Jeremy Gray) of the Workshop on History of Modern Algebra, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, April 2003.; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Adrian C. Rice) of the international conference, "Mathematics Unbound: The Internationalization of Mathematics, 1800-1945, Charlottesville, VA, May 27-29, 1999; Conference Organizer and Chair, "The History of Mathematics: How Is It Done? Who Is It For?," University of Chicago, May 9, 1997
History of Science: Member of Council, History of Science Society (HSS) , 2001-2004; Member, Committee on Publications, HSS, 2004-2008; Member, Nominating Committee, Section L (History of Science), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-2003; Member, Committee on Meetings and Programs, HSS, 1999-2001; Organizer and Commentator of (refereed) Session, "Tracing the Development of Mathematics in Early Twentieth-Century America," National Meeting of the HSS, Austin, Texas, November 2004; Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of (refereed) Session (with Joseph Dauben), "Innovations in Mathematics: Historical Perspectives," National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Anaheim, California, January 1999; Program Co-Chair (with Paul Theerman), HSS National Meeting, Atlanta, 1996; Co-Organizer (with Joseph Dauben) and Chair of Session, "Mapping the Contours of the American Mathematical Research Community: 1900-1950," National Meeting of the HSS, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 13-16, 1994; Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of (refereed) Session (with Judith Grabiner), "How Mathematicians Think," National Meeting of the AAAS, Boston, Massachusetts, February 11-16, 1993; Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of Session (with Joseph Dauben), "The History of American Mathematics," National Meeting of the HSS, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 1992; Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Paul Theerman), Conference "Experiencing Nature: A Conference Honoring Allen G. Debus on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday and Thirtieth Anniversary at the University of Chicago," University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, October 30, 1991; Associate Editor for Mathematical Subjects, American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999; Member of the Schuman Prize Committee of the HSS, 1989-1991 (chair in 1991) (this committee to selects the best graduate student essay in the history of science); Organizer and Chair of Session, "The History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century," National Meeting of the HSS, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 1987
Mathematics: Member of Council, American Mathematical Society (AMS), 1998-2001; Member, AMS Committee on Meetings and Programs, 1998-2002; Member, AMS HMATH Committee, 1996-2003 (Chair 1999-2008); Chair, Selection Committee for Invited Speakers in the History of Mathematics at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998; and Beijing, 2006; Member, Selection Committee for AMS/MAA hour speakers for the national meeting in Baltimore, January 1998; San Antonio, January 1999 (committee chair); Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Patti Wilger Hunter and Joseph Dauben), Special Session on the History of Mathematics, National Meeting of the AMS, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2005; San Antonio, Texas, January 2006; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Joseph Dauben and David Zitarelli), Special Session on the History of Mathematics, National Meeting of the AMS, Phoenix, Arizona, January 2004; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Umberto Bettazzini), Special Session on "Mathematical Schools: Italy and the United States at the Turn of the Twentieth Century," AMS-UMI First Joint International Meeting, Pisa, Italy, June 2002; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with David Zitarelli), Special Session on the History of Mathematics, National Meeting of the AMS, Washington, D.C., January 2000 and New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2001; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Victor Katz), Special Session on the History of Mathematics, National Meeting of the AMS, San Antonio, Texas, January 1999; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with David Zitarelli), Special Session on the History of American Mathematics, Regional Meeting of the AMS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 1998; Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Jim Tattersall), Special Session on the History of Mathematics, National Meeting of the AMS, San Diego, California, January 1997 and Baltimore, Maryland, January 1998; Member, Editorial Board, The American Mathematical Monthly, January 1997-present; Member, Committee on the History of Mathematicss, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), 1997-2002; AMS Representative to the AAAS's Section L (History and Philosophy of Science), February 1995-February 1998; Member, AMS/MAA Committee on Archives, 1992-present; Chair 1998-2001; "Year's Ago" Column Editor, The Mathematical Intelligencer, September 1989-December 1992