Citizenship United States Name Ellen Kirkman | Fields Mathematics | |
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Thesis 'On the Characterization of Inertial Coefficient Rings' (1975) Notable awards Treasurer of Association for Women in MathematicsFellow of the American Mathematical Society Residence Rhode Island, United States | ||
Doctoral advisor Edward E. Ingraham Institutions Wake Forest University | ||
Ellen Elizabeth Kirkman is professor of mathematics at Wake Forest University. Her research interests include noncommutative algebra, representation theory, and homological algebra.
She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics from Michigan State University in 1975. Since 2012 she has been treasurer of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
Kirkman's professional activities include serving on the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Nominating Committee 2009–11, as an Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Governor 2006–8, on the Joint Data Committee of AMS-ASA-MAA-IMS-SIAM (2000– 2007 and 2009–present), directing the CBMS 2010 survey of undergraduate mathematical sciences programs, and involvement in several EDGE programs. She has received service awards from Wake Forest University and the Southeastern Section of the MAA. She is an associate editor of Communications in Algebra. In 2012, Kirkman became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.