Terrie Christine Stevens, also known as T. Christine Stevens, is an American mathematician whose research concerns topological groups, the history of mathematics, and mathematics education. [1] She is also known as the co-founder of Project NExT, a mentorship program for recent doctorates in mathematics, which she directed from 1994 until 2009. [2] [3] [4]
Stevens graduated from Smith College in 1970, [5] and completed her doctorate in 1978 at Harvard University under the supervision of Andrew M. Gleason. Her dissertation was Weakened Topologies for Lie Groups. [6] [7]
She held teaching positions at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, at Mount Holyoke College and at Arkansas State University before joining Saint Louis University, where for 25 years she was a professor of mathematics and computer science. [8] [6]
She was also a Congressional Science Fellow assisting congressman Theodore S. Weiss in 1984–1985, [1] [5] and was a program officer at the National Science Foundation in 1987–1989. [1] After retiring from SLU, she became Associate Executive Director for Meetings and Professional Services of the American Mathematical Society. [9] [6] She also served as an AMS Council member at large from 2011 to 2013. [10]
In 2004 Stevens won the Gung and Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America for her work on Project NExT. [6] [8] In 2010 Stevens was awarded the Smith College Medal by her alma mater. [4] [5] She has been a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2005, [11] and in 2012, she became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society. [12] She was the 2015 winner of the Louise Hay Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics. [9]
Terrie Christine Stevens, also known as T. Christine Stevens, is an American mathematician whose research concerns topological groups, the history of mathematics, and mathematics education. [1] She is also known as the co-founder of Project NExT, a mentorship program for recent doctorates in mathematics, which she directed from 1994 until 2009. [2] [3] [4]
Stevens graduated from Smith College in 1970, [5] and completed her doctorate in 1978 at Harvard University under the supervision of Andrew M. Gleason. Her dissertation was Weakened Topologies for Lie Groups. [6] [7]
She held teaching positions at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, at Mount Holyoke College and at Arkansas State University before joining Saint Louis University, where for 25 years she was a professor of mathematics and computer science. [8] [6]
She was also a Congressional Science Fellow assisting congressman Theodore S. Weiss in 1984–1985, [1] [5] and was a program officer at the National Science Foundation in 1987–1989. [1] After retiring from SLU, she became Associate Executive Director for Meetings and Professional Services of the American Mathematical Society. [9] [6] She also served as an AMS Council member at large from 2011 to 2013. [10]
In 2004 Stevens won the Gung and Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America for her work on Project NExT. [6] [8] In 2010 Stevens was awarded the Smith College Medal by her alma mater. [4] [5] She has been a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2005, [11] and in 2012, she became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society. [12] She was the 2015 winner of the Louise Hay Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics. [9]