Ruth Charney

Ruth Charney
Ruth Charney
	Ruth Charney in 1977
Born	1950
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Princeton University
Known for	Geometric group theory, Artin groups
Awards	President of Association for Women in Mathematics; President of the American Mathematical Society; Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Brandeis University
Thesis	Homological Stability for the General Linear Group of a Principal Ideal Domain (1977)
Doctoral advisor	Wu-Chung Hsiang

Ruth Michele Charney (born 1950)^[1] is an American mathematician known for her work in geometric group theory and Artin groups. She holds the Theodore and Evelyn G. Berenson Chair in Mathematics at Brandeis University. She was in the first group of mathematicians named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.^[2] She served as president of the Association for Women in Mathematics during 2013–2015,^[3] and has been elected to serve as president of the American Mathematical Society for the 2021–2023 term.^[4]

Life

Charney attended Brandeis University, graduating in mathematics in 1972.^[5] She then attended Merce Cunningham Dance Studio for a year, studying modern dance. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1977 under Wu-Chung Hsiang.^[6]

Work

Following her graduation from Princeton, Charney took a postdoctoral position at University of California, Berkeley, followed by an NSF postdoctoral appointment/assistant professor position at Yale University.^[7] She worked for Ohio State University until 2003, when she returned to work at Brandeis University.

Charney served as president of the Association for Women in Mathematics during 2013–2015.^[5] She emphasized the importance of encouraging young women in mathematics through summer programs, mentorships, and parental involvement.^[8]

She has served as an editor of the journal Algebraic and Geometric Topology from 2000 to 2007.^[9]^[7]

In 2019 she was elected to serve as president of the American Mathematical Society during 2021–2023.^[4]

Honors

In 2013 Charney was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in the inaugural class.^[2]
In 2017 she was selected as a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.^[10]

Selected publications

Charney, Ruth; Davis, Michael W. Finite K(π,1)s for Artin groups. Prospects in topology (Princeton, NJ, 1994), 110–124, Ann. of Math. Stud., 138, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 1995. MR1368655
Charney, Ruth Geodesic automation and growth functions for Artin groups of finite type. Math. Ann. 301 (1995), no. 2, 307–324. MR1314589
Charney, Ruth Artin groups of finite type are biautomatic. Math. Ann. 292 (1992), no. 4, 671–683. MR1157320
Charney, Ruth An introduction to right-angled Artin groups. Geom. Dedicata 125 (2007), 141–158. MR2322545

References

^ Birth date from ISNI authority control file, accessed 2018-11-26.
^ ^a ^b "Inaugural Fellows of the AMS" (PDF).
^ "Ruth Charney Curriculum Vita" (PDF). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ruth Charney Elected AMS President". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Burrows, Leah (October 21, 2013). "Charney makes it all add up: Mathematician (and former dancer) wants to multiply women in math". Brandeis NOW. Brandeis University. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ "Ruth Michele Charney". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. NDSU Department of Mathematics. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Personal Profile of Prof. Ruth Charney". Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ Suhay, Lisa (March 14, 2014). "Calculating women: How to get more girls into math". Christian Science Monitor. Boston. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ "Ruth Charney Theodore and Evelyn Berenson Professor of Mathematics Brandeis University (CV)". Brandeis University. 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

External links

Ruth Charney's Author Profile on MathSciNet

[1] Birth date from ISNI authority control file, accessed 2018-11-26.

[amsfellow-2] "Inaugural Fellows of the AMS" (PDF).

[3] "Ruth Charney Curriculum Vita" (PDF). Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[AMSPres-4] "Ruth Charney Elected AMS President". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[NOW-5] Burrows, Leah (October 21, 2013). "Charney makes it all add up: Mathematician (and former dancer) wants to multiply women in math". Brandeis NOW. Brandeis University. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[6] "Ruth Michele Charney". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. NDSU Department of Mathematics. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[MSRI-7] "Personal Profile of Prof. Ruth Charney". Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[Suhay-8] Suhay, Lisa (March 14, 2014). "Calculating women: How to get more girls into math". Christian Science Monitor. Boston. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[9] "Ruth Charney Theodore and Evelyn Berenson Professor of Mathematics Brandeis University (CV)". Brandeis University. 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[10] "2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

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1991–2010	Carol S. Wood (1991–1993) Cora Sadosky (1993–1995) Chuu-Lian Terng (1995–1997) Sylvia M. Wiegand (1997–1999) Jean E. Taylor (1999–2001) Suzanne Lenhart (2001–2003) Carolyn S. Gordon (2003–2005) Barbara Keyfitz (2005–2007) Cathy Kessel (2007–2009) Georgia Benkart (2009–2011)
2011–0000	Jill Pipher (2011–2013) Ruth Charney (2013–2015) Kristin Lauter (2015–2017) Ami Radunskaya (2017–2019) Ruth Haas (2019–2021) Kathryn Leonard (2021–2023) Talitha Washington (2023–2025)

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