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

Commonwealth Professor Emerita of History and Mathematics, 2023-present

Commonwealth Professor of History and Mathematics, University of Virginia, 2016 to 2023

Chair, Corcoran Department of History, 2016 to 2019 

Professor of Mathematics and History, University of Virginia, 1999–2016 

Associate Dean for the Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, June 2009 to June 2012 

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

Professeur invité (Invited Professor), Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France, March–April, 2016, 

Enseignant-Chercheur (Professor-Researcher) in the History of Science, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, May 2010 

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 

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 OTHER HONORS

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Section A), 2020

American Mathematical Society (AMS) Invited Hour Speaker, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 2019 

Winner of the 2018 Albert Leon Whiteman Prize of the AMS (This international prize honors "notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics.") 

Centennial Speaker, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Centennial Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2015 

Elected to the Raven Society (the University of Virginia's "oldest and most prestigious honorary society"), March 2013 

Inaugural Fellow of the AMS, 2012 to the present 

Australian Mathematical Society/New Zealand Mathematical Society, Plenary Hour Speaker, Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2008 

British Society for the History of Mathematics/Gresham College Lecturer, Gresham College, London, England, September 2002 

Elected Corresponding Member of the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences, June 2002 

Brazilian Society for the History of Mathematics, Plenary Speaker, Natal, Brazil, April 2001 

John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 1996–1997 

MAA Invited Hour Speaker, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 1995; Washington, D.C., January 2000; and San Diego, CA, January 2008 

Invited Speaker in the History of Mathematics, International Congress of Mathematicians, Zürich, Switzerland, August 1994 

AMS Invited Hour Speaker, Eugene, OR, June 1994; and Miami, FL, 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," University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, May 1999 

NSF Visiting Professorship for Women Recipient, 1996–1997 

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 

INVITED LECTURES

To date, I have given over 240 invited lectures in departments of history, history of science, and mathematics and at conferences and institutes Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, the United Kingdom, 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 

Phi Beta Kappa 
 

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

History of Mathematics 

(Elected) Member, Council of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, 2014–2018 

Chair, Executive Committee (EC) of the International Commission for the History of Mathematics, 2002–2009; Member of EC, January 1995–2009; Member ex officio of the EC, 2009--2017 

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 

"Year's Ago" Column Editor, The Mathematical Intelligencer, September 1989–December 1992 

Member of the Editorial Boards of the American Mathematical Monthly (1996–2006), Historia Mathematica (2000–present), the Revue d'histoire des mathématiques (2001–present), the and the Cahiers François Viète (March 2016–present) 

Co-organizer (with Joseph Dauben and DALUO Langjie) of a Satellite Conference on the History of Mathematics in conjunction with the Fourth International Conference on Representation Theory, Lhasa, Tibet, July, 2007 

Co-organizer (with Michel Armatte, Hélène Gispert, and Donald MacKensie), "Symposium: Méthodologie et Corpus," Luminy, France, September, 1999 

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, Committee on Finance of the History of Science Society (HSS), 2009–2017 

Chair, Forum for the History of the Mathematical Sciences of the HSS, 2008 to the present 

Member of Council of the HSS, 2001–2004 

Member, Committee on Publications, HSS, 2004–2008 (Chair in 2007–2008) 

Member, Nominating Committee, Section L (History of Science), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001–2003 

Member, Committee on Meetings and Programs, HSS, 1999–2001 

Member of the Schuman Prize Committee of the HSS, 1989–1991 (Chair in 1991) 

Associate Editor for Mathematical Subjects, American National Biography (Oxford University Press), December 1990–December 1999 

Co-organizer (with Joseph Dauben and Albert Lewis) of (refereed) Session on " `Secreta Secretorum'? Sarton, the History of Mathematics, and the History of Science," National Meeting of the HSS, Boston, MA, November, 2013 

Co-organizer (with Patti Hunter) of (refereed) Session on "Studies in the Internationalization of Mathematics: Goals, Strategies, and Outcomes in the 19th and 20th Centuries," National Meeting of the HSS, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 2008 

Co-organizer (with Mary Sol de Mora) of (refereed) Session on "Speciation in Science: Historical-Philosophical Studies on the Emergence and Consolidation of Scientific Disciplines," International Congress for the History of Science, Beijing, China, July, 2005. 

Organizer and Commentator of (refereed) Session, "Tracing the Development of Mathematics in Early Twentieth-Century America," National Meeting of the HSS, Austin, TX, November 2004 

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of (refereed) Session (with Joseph Dauben), "Innovations in Mathematics: Historical Perspectives," National Meeting of the AAAS, Anaheim, CA, January 1999 

Program Co-Chair (with Paul Theerman), HSS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1996 

Co-Organizer (with Joseph Dauben) and Chair of (refereed) Session, "Mapping the Contours of the American Mathematical Research Community: 1900-1950," National Meeting of the HSS, New Orleans, LA, October 1994 

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of (refereed) Session (with Judith Grabiner), "How Mathematicians Think," National Meeting of the AAAS, Boston, MA, February 1993 

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair of (refereed) Session (with Joseph Dauben), "The History of American Mathematics," National Meeting of the HSS, Washington, D.C., December 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, IL, October 1991 

Organizer and Chair of (refereed) Session, "The History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century," National Meeting of the HSS, Raleigh, NC, October 1987 

Mathematics 

Member, Editorial Board, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 2024-2028

Co-Editor-in-Chief, The Mathematical Intelligencer, 2021-2026

Elected Member of the Nominating Committee of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), 2016–2019

Member of Council of the AMS, 1998–2001 

Member, AMS Committee on Meetings and Programs, 1998–2002 

Member, AMS HMATH Committee, 1996–2013 (Chair 1999–2013) 

AMS Representative to the AAAS's Section L (History and Philosophy of Science), February 1995–February 1998 

Member, AMS/MAA Joint Archives Committee, 1992–2005, 2006–2008 (Chair 1998–2005, 2007–2008), 2015–2018 

Member, Committee on the History of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), 1997–2002 

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 Joint Meetings of the AMS in Baltimore, MD, January 1998; and San Antonio, TX, January 1999 (Committee Chair) 

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Paul Wolfson and Frank Grosshans), Special Session on "Nineteenth-Century Algebra and Analysis," Joint Meetings of the AMS, Baltimore, MD, January 2014 

Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Joseph Dauben, Patti Wilger Hunter, and Deborah Kent) of the "Special Session in the History of Mathematics," Joint Meetings of the AMS, Washington, DC, January 2009; (with Joseph Dauben, Patti Wilger, and Victor Katz), San Diego, CA, January 2008; and New Orleans, LA, January 2007; (with Joseph Dauben and Patti Wilger Hunter), San Antonio, TX, January 2006; (with David Zitarelli), Washington, DC, January 2000; (with Victor Katz), San Antonio, TX, January 1999; (with Jim Tattersall), Baltimore, MD, January 1998; and San Diego, CA, January 1997 

Organizer, "Special Session on the History of Mathematics," AMS Sectional Meeting, Miami, FL, April, 2006. 

Co-organizer (with Jeremy Gray and Michael Singer), "Workshop on the History of Algebra in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries," Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, April 2003 

Co-organizer and Co-chair (with Umberto Bottazzini), 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