Английская Википедия:Genevieve M. Knight
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox mathematician Genevieve Madeline Knight (June 18, 1939 – August 19, 2021) was an American mathematics educator.Шаблон:R
Education and career
Knight was the youngest of three sisters who all became mathematics and science educators, daughters of a seamstress and a civil service radar specialist. As a freshman at Fort Valley State College in 1957, Knight was studying home economics when the Sputnik launch created a big push for more American students to become educated in mathematics and the sciences. Knight transferred to mathematics, "because it had fewer labs than any of the sciences", and graduated in 1961.Шаблон:R
She completed a master's degree in 1963 at Atlanta University, under the supervision of Abdulalim A. Shabazz, and took a teaching position at the Hampton Institute, also becoming an NSF fellow, a position that allowed her to travel and meet with other college mathematics teachers. In 1966, she returned to graduate school, and completed a doctorate in mathematics education in 1970 at the University of Maryland, College Park under the supervision of Henry H. Walbesser.Шаблон:R
Returning from her doctorate, Knight remained at the Hampton Institute, where she became chair of mathematics and computer science.Шаблон:R In 1985 she moved to Coppin State College as a full professor.Шаблон:R She retired in 2006.
Recognition
In 1980, the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics named Knight as their College Teacher of the Year.Шаблон:R In 1993 she was named Maryland Mathematics Teacher of the Year, and the Mathematical Association of America gave Knight a Distinguished Teaching Award.Шаблон:R In 1996 the University System of Maryland named her as that year's Wilson H. Elkins Distinguished Professor.Шаблон:R The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics gave her their 1999 lifetime achievement award for her service to mathematics education, outspoken support of equity "regardless of ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic background", and distinguished teaching.Шаблон:R She was the 2013 Cox–Talbot Lecturer of the National Association of Mathematicians, one of the member societies of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.Шаблон:R In 2018 the Association for Women in Mathematics named her as one of their inaugural Fellows.Шаблон:R
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- Coppin State University faculty
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