What does NAM do?
Overview of Programs
The National Association of Mathematicians, Inc. has events at the Joint Mathematics Meetings as well as MAA's MathFest. In all, NAM has twelve signature events which take place at five points throughout the year:
- Winter Event: Joint Mathematics Meetings
- Spring Event: Regional Faculty Conference on Research and Teaching Excellence
- Summer Event: MAA MathFest
- Fall Event: NAM Undergraduate MATHFest
Events at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
At the largest gathering of mathematicians in the United States, NAM has six key events:
- Haynes-Granville-Browne Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients
- Cox-Talbot Lecture
- NAM Lifetime Achievement Award
- NAM Panel Discussion
- NAM Business Meeting
- Claytor-Woodard Lecture
NAM's Invited Lectures
We have three other lectures throughout the year at our other signature programs:
- Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid Lecture at the Regional Faculty Conference on Research and Teaching Excellence
- MAA-NAM David Harold Blackwell Lecture at MAA MathFest
- J. Ernest Wilkins Lecture at NAM's Undergraduate MATHFest
NAM's Representation at Various Meetings
NAM acts as an advocacy organization for underrepresented minorities in the mathematical sciences. We have representatives which attend meetings and conferences throughout the year:
- ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
- American Statistical Association (ASA) StatFest
- AMS-ASA-ISM-MAA-SIAM Joint Data Committee
- Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS)
- Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS)
- Infinite Possibilities Conference (IPC)
- Joint Committee on Women in the Mathematical Sciences (JCW)
- Joint Mathematics Meetings
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA) MathFest
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Minority Chairs Meeting at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference