Mathematical Association of America
| Formation | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
Membership | 25,000 |
President | Joseph Gallian |
| Website | http://www.maa.org/ |
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. Members include teachers at the college and high school level; graduate and undergraduate students; and mathematicians and scientists. It sponsors the annual Putnam Competition and awards the Chauvenet Prize.
The MAA was founded in 1894 by Benjamin Finkel. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., it may be best known as publisher of technical and popular mathematics books, as well as five journals aimed at mathematicians and educators, and for sponsoring light-hearted but nontrivial exercises such as building mathematical surfaces out of Lego bricks.
Meetings
The MAA sponsors the annual summer MathFest and cosponsors with the American Mathematical Society the Joint Mathematics Meeting, held in early January of each year. Twenty-nine regional sections also hold regular meeings.
Publications
The association publishes multiple journals:
Competitions
The MAA sponsors numerous competitions for students, including the Putnam exam for undergraduate students, and the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) for middle- and high-school students. The AMC program also includes the American Invitational Mathematics Examination and the United States of America Mathematics Olympiad. Through this program, outstanding students are identified and invited to participate in the Mathematical Olympiad Program. Ultimately, six high school students are chosen to represent the U.S. at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Sections
The MAA is composed of the following twenty-nine regional sections.
Allegheny Mountain, EPADEL, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Intermountain, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana/Mississippi, MD-DC-VA, Metro New York, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska - SE SD, New Jersey, North Central, Northeastern, Northern CA - NV-HI, Ohio, Oklahoma-Arkansas, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Seaway, Southeastern, Southern CA - NV, Southwestern, Texas, Wisconsin
Memberships
The MAA is one of four partners in the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM, http://www.jpbm.org/index.html), and participates in the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS, http://www.cbmsweb.org/), an umbrella organization of sixteen professional societies.
See also
- American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
- American Mathematical Society
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
External links
- MAA official website
- Convergence, the MAA's Math History and Math Education Magazine