Rebecca Goldin

{{short description|American mathematician}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Rebecca Goldin | image = Rebecca Goldin Oberwolfach 2012.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Goldin at [[Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics|Oberwolfach]], 2012 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = [[Mathematics]] | workplaces = [[George Mason University]] | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = Ph.D., [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], 1999 | thesis_title = The Cohomology of Weight Varieties | thesis_url =  | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = [[Victor Guillemin]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Work on [[Hamiltonian action]]s and [[Moment map#Symplectic quotients|symplectic quotients]] | influences = | influenced = | awards = Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize <br> [[AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer]] 2008

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'''Rebecca Freja Goldin''' is an American mathematician who works as a professor of mathematical sciences at [[George Mason University]]<ref>[http://math.gmu.edu/fac-staff-directory.php GMU Math Faculty], retrieved 2016-06-30.</ref> and director of the [[Statistical Assessment Service]], a nonprofit organization associated with GMU that aims to improve the use of [[statistics]] in journalism.<ref>[http://www.stats.org/about/ about STATS.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817085402/http://www.stats.org/about/ |date=2016-08-17 }}, retrieved 2016-06-30.</ref> Her mathematical research concerns [[symplectic geometry]], including work on [[Hamiltonian action]]s and [[Moment map#Symplectic quotients|symplectic quotients]].<ref name="michler"/>

==Education and career== After graduating with honors in mathematics from [[Harvard University]],<ref name="interview">[http://www.maa.org/news/interview-rebecca-goldin An Interview with Rebecca Goldin], [[Mathematical Association of America]], October 31, 2008, retrieved 2016-06-30.</ref> Goldin studied in France for a year with [[Bernard Teissier]] at the [[École Normale Supérieure]],<ref name="mason">{{citation|url=http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9985|title=Mathematics Professor Goldin Receives First Michler Prize|magazine=The Mason Gazette|date=March 30, 2007|access-date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821023105/http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9985|url-status=dead}}.</ref> pursuing research on [[toric variety|toric varieties]].<ref name="michler"/> She completed her Ph.D. in 1999 at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] under the supervision of [[Victor Guillemin]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=37015}}</ref>

After postdoctoral research at the [[University of Maryland]], she joined the GMU faculty in 2001.<ref name="interview"/><ref name="mason"/>

==Recognition== She was the inaugural winner of the [[Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize]] of the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] (AWM), in 2007.<ref name="michler">{{citation|url=http://www.awm-math.org/PR/PR_michler_prize_goldin.pdf|title=Rebecca Goldin selected as first recipient of Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize|publisher=[[Association for Women in Mathematics]]|date=March 28, 2007|access-date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=July 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224112/http://www.awm-math.org/PR/PR_michler_prize_goldin.pdf|url-status=dead}}.</ref><ref name="mason"/> She was also the 2008 [[AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer]], speaking on "The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Media".<ref>{{citation|url=http://math.gmu.edu/documents/goldin.pdf|title=Rebecca Goldin named 2008 Falconer Lecturer|publisher=[[Association for Women in Mathematics]]|accessdate=2016-07-06}}.</ref>

She was included in the 2019 class of fellows of the [[American Mathematical Society]] "for contributions to differential geometry and service to the mathematical community, particularly in support of promoting mathematical and statistical thinking to a wide audience".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/new-fellows|title=2019 Class of the Fellows of the AMS|publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]]|accessdate=2018-11-07}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://math.gmu.edu/~rgoldin/ Home page]

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