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Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin

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Jacqueline Ann Jensen-Vallin is an American mathematician. She is a chair and professor of mathematics at Lamar University,[1] former editor-in-chief of MAA FOCUS, the newsletter of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA),[2] and a former governor of the Texas Section of the MAA.[3] Her research interests include combinatorial group theory, low-dimensional topology, and knot theory;[1] she is also known for her work in mathematics education and the history of women in mathematics.

Education and career

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Jensen-Vallin did her undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut, completing a double major in mathematics and psychology in 1995.[1] She went to the University of Oregon for her graduate studies, and completed her doctorate there in 2002. Her dissertation, Finding -Generators for Exotic Homotopy Types of Two-Complexes, concerned algebraic geometry and was supervised by Micheal Dyer.[1][4]

After completing her doctorate, she joined the faculty at Sam Houston State University in 2002. She moved to Lamar University in 2014.

Book

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With Janet Beery, Sarah J. Greenwald, and Maura B. Mast, Jensen-Vallin is an editor of the book Women in Mathematics: Celebrating the Centennial of the Mathematical Association of America (Springer, 2017).[5]

Awards and honors

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Jensen-Vallin was one of the 2008 winners of the Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member.[6]

The Association for Women in Mathematics gave her their Service Award in 2018.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Curriculum vitae, February 2018, retrieved 2018-07-14
  2. ^ MAA FOCUS, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-07-14
  3. ^ Governors, Texas Section, MAA, retrieved 2018-07-14
  4. ^ Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ Quertermous, Katie Spurrier (March 2019). "Women in Mathematics: A Review by Katie Spurrier Quertermous" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66 (3): 395–398. doi:10.1090/noti1861. S2CID 127156649.
  6. ^ Henry L. Alder Award, Mathematical Association of America, archived from the original on 2021-02-14, retrieved 2018-07-14
  7. ^ "AWM Service Award". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 26 August 2019.