Candice Renee Price is an African-American mathematician and co-founder of the website ''

Mathematically Gifted & Black Mathematically Gifted & Black (MGB) is a website that features the accomplishments of black scholars in mathematical sciences. In addition to highlighting the work and lives of established mathematicians in the African Diaspora, the platform aims ...

,'' which features the contributions of modern-day black mathematicians. She is an advocate for women and people of color in STEM.

Research

Price's area of mathematical research is

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Career

Price obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics from

California State University, Chico California State University, Chico (Chico State) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing ...

in 2003, and a master's degree from

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

in 2007. She earned her doctoral degree in mathematics from the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (U of I, UIowa, or Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized int ...

in 2012, under the advisement of Isabel Darcy. She is currently an associate professor at

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smit ...

. She was previously an assistant professor at the

University of San Diego The University of San Diego (USD) is a Private university, private Catholic Church, Catholic research university in San Diego, California, United States. Chartered in 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University ...

and at

West Point The United States Military Academy (USMA), commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York that educates cadets for service as Officer_(armed_forces)#United_States, comm ...

(United States Military Academy). Price is one of the founding organizers of the ''Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS''), an annual multi-day symposium started in 2011 that features the research of

algebra Algebra is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract systems, known as algebraic structures, and the manipulation of expressions within those systems. It is a generalization of arithmetic that introduces variables and algebraic ope ...

and

topology Topology (from the Greek language, Greek words , and ) is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a Mathematical object, geometric object that are preserved under Continuous function, continuous Deformation theory, deformat ...

graduate students, as well as providing career and professional development opportunities. In 2017, Price, along with Erica Graham, Raegan Higgins, and Shelby Wilson, started the website ''Mathematically Gifted & Black'', which, coinciding with Black History Month, highlights the life and works of a modern-day Black mathematician every day in February.

Awards and honors

Price was a 2013 MAA Project NExT fellow. For her work on ''Mathematically Gifted & Black'', she was awarded the 2022 Presidential Recognition Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)''.'' She was a 2024 recipient of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. She co-delivered an invited plenary address at the 2021 National Math Festival. She delivered a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) invited lecture at

MathFest MathFest is a mathematics conference hosted annually in late summer by the Mathematical Association of America. It is known for its dual focus on teaching and research in mathematics, as well as for student participation. MathFest Locations T ...

2021.

References

External links

*http://mathematicallygiftedandblack.com which features the contributions of modern-day black mathematicians. *http://www.candicerprice.com *Meet a Mathematician
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