Citizenship United States Name Barbara Osofsky Fields Mathematics Alma mater Rutgers University | Institutions Rutgers University Known for Abstract algebra Institution Rutgers University | |
Thesis Homological Properties of Rings and Modules (1964) Doctoral students Nan Chen
Jeffrey Levine
Jay Shapiro
Jorge Viola-Prioli | ||
Doctoral advisor Carl Clifton Faith | ||
Barbara L. Osofsky is a retired professor of mathematics at Rutgers University. Her research concerns abstract algebra.
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Career
Osofsky received her Ph.D. from Rutgers in 1964. She then worked at Rutger's university until 2004, when she retired. She served as acting chair of the Rutgers mathematics department in 1978.
Awards and honors
In 1973, Osofsky addressed a national meeting of the AMS. She was the first woman in 50 years to do so. She became the first female editor of an AMS journal in 1974 when she became the editor of Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.
From 2000 to 2002, Osofsky served as First Vice-President of the Mathematical Association of America. In 2005, she was awarded the MAA meritorious service award.
In 2012, Osofsky became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.