{{Short description|American mathematician, computer scientist, and textbook author}} {{Use dmy dates|cs1-dates=ly|date=March 2021}} {{Use list-defined references|date=March 2021}} '''Judith Lee MacKenzie Gersting''' (born August 20, 1940){{r|born}} is an American mathematician, computer scientist, and textbook author. She is a professor emerita of computer science at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis{{r|iupui}} and at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.{{r|hilo}}
==Education and career== Gersting graduated from Stetson University in 1962,{{r|green}} and completed a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1969 at Arizona State University. Her dissertation, ''Some Results on <math>t</math>-Regressive Isols'', concerned recursive function theory and was supervised by Matt Hassett.{{r|mg|wphd}}
After holding a faculty position in the department of mathematical sciences at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) for ten years, and becoming a full professor there, she spent a year at the University of Central Florida before returning to IUPUI in 1981 as professor of mathematics and acting chair of the department of computer and information science.{{r|green}} She came to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo in 1990,{{r|regents}} and chaired the computer science department there for many years. After retiring from the University of Hawaiʻi, she became a part-time faculty member at IUPUI.{{r|hilo}}
==Books== Gersting's books include: *''Abstract Algebra: A First Look'' (with Joseph E. Kuczkowski, Marcel Dekker, 1977){{r|aa}} *''The Metric System'' (with Elaine V. Alton, Cummings, 1977){{r|tms}} *''Yes–No; Stop–Go: Some Patterns in Mathematical Logic'' (with Joseph E. Kuczkowski and Don Madden, Crowell, 1977){{r|ynsg}} *''Mathematical Structures for Computer Science'' (W. H. Freeman, 1982; 7th ed., 2014){{r|mscs}} *''Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry'' (Wadsworth, 1984; Dover, 1992){{r|tcag}} *''The Computer: History, Workings, Uses & Limitations'' (with Michael C. Gemignani, Ardsley House, 1988){{r|tc}} *''The Programming Process with Pascal'' (West Publishing, 1989) *''Invitation to Computer Science'' (with G. Michael Schneider, West Publishing, 1995; 8th ed., Cengage, 2018) *''Visual Basic Programming: A Laboratory Approach'' (Computer Science Press, 1996)
With Henry M. Walker, she was co-chair and co-editor of the annual symposium on computer science education of SIGCSE in 2002.{{r|sigcse}}
==Recognition== The University of Hawaii system awarded Gersting the Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006.{{r|regents}}
==References== <references>
<ref name=aa>Reviews of ''Abstract Algebra'': T. W. Hungerford, {{MR|0441596}}; D. Simson, {{zbl|0354.00005}}</ref>
<ref name=born>Birth date from [https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82036438.html Library of Congress catalogy entry], retrieved 2021-03-09</ref>
<ref name=green>{{citation|journal=Green Sheet|volume=11|issue=32|date=August 16, 1981|title=Three directors named by board|page=1|hdl=2450/8512|publisher=Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis}}</ref>
<ref name=hilo>{{citation|url=http://cse.uhh.hawaii.edu/people/judith_gersting/|title=Dr. Judith Gersting|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Computer Science & Engineering|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>
<ref name=iupui>{{citation|url=https://science.iupui.edu/people-directory/people/gersting-judith.html|title=Judith Gersting, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Computer & Information Science|publisher=IUPUI School of Science|work=People Directory|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>
<ref name=mg>{{mathgenealogy|id=16453}}</ref>
<ref name=mscs>Reviews of ''Mathematical Structures for Computer Science'': Miklós Bóna (2012), ''MAA Reviews'', [https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/mathematical-structures-for-computer-science-a-modern-approach-to-discrete-mathematics]; Edward Dubinsky (1984), ''Amer. Math. Monthly'', {{doi|10.2307/2322156}}, {{JSTOR|2322156}}; U.Klemm, {{zbl|0649.68001}}; E. Keith Lloyd (1988), ''Math. Gaz.'', {{doi|10.2307/3618023}}, {{JSTOR|3618023}}; Anthony Ralston (1983), ''American Scientist'', {{JSTOR|27852312}}</ref>
<ref name=regents>{{citation|url=https://hilo.hawaii.edu/news/press/release/490|title=Gersting receives UH Regents' Excellence in Teaching Award|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo|date=May 18, 2006|work=News and Events|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref>
<ref name=sigcse>{{citation|title=SIGCSE '02: Proceedings of the 33rd SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|isbn=978-1-58113-473-5|year=2002|doi=10.1145/563340|last1=Gersting |first1=Judith |last2=Walker |first2=Henry M. |last3=Grissom |first3=Scott }}</ref>
<ref name=tc>[https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/47328 Review of ''The Computer'': Harold Borko, ''ACM Computing Reviews'']</ref>
<ref name=tcag>Review of ''Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry'': Hung Dinh (1993), ''Amer. Math. Monthly'', {{JSTOR|2324233}}</ref>
<ref name=tms>Review of ''The Metric System'': Loren C. Larson (1977), ''Amer. Math. Monthly'', {{JSTOR|2321279}}</ref>
<ref name=wphd>{{citation | last1 = King | first1 = Amy C. | last2 = McCroskey | first2 = Rosemary | doi = 10.1093/philmat/s1-13-14.1.79 | issue = 1 | journal = Philosophia Mathematica | pages = 79–129 | title = Woman Ph.D.'s in mathematics in USA and Canada: 1886–1973 | volume = s1-13-14 | year = 1976}}</ref>
<ref name=ynsg>{{citation | date = March 1978 | issue = 6 | journal = Science and Children | jstor = 43161980 | pages = 27–30 | title = Outstanding science trade books for children in 1977 | volume = 15}}</ref>
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