# Rebecca Goldin

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American mathematician

Rebecca Goldin Goldin at Oberwolfach, 2012 Alma mater Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999 Known for Work on Hamiltonian actions and symplectic quotients Awards Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer 2008 Scientific career Fields Mathematics Institutions George Mason University Thesis The Cohomology of Weight Varieties Doctoral advisor Victor Guillemin Website math.gmu.edu/~rgoldin/

**Rebecca Freja Goldin** is an American mathematician who works as a professor of mathematical sciences at [George Mason University](/source/George_Mason_University)[1] and director of the [Statistical Assessment Service](/source/Statistical_Assessment_Service), a nonprofit organization associated with GMU that aims to improve the use of [statistics](/source/Statistics) in journalism.[2] Her mathematical research concerns [symplectic geometry](/source/Symplectic_geometry), including work on [Hamiltonian actions](/source/Hamiltonian_action) and [symplectic quotients](/source/Moment_map#Symplectic_quotients).[3]

## Education and career

After graduating with honors in mathematics from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University),[4] Goldin studied in France for a year with [Bernard Teissier](/source/Bernard_Teissier) at the [École Normale Supérieure](/source/%C3%89cole_Normale_Sup%C3%A9rieure),[5] pursuing research on [toric varieties](/source/Toric_variety).[3] She completed her Ph.D. in 1999 at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) under the supervision of [Victor Guillemin](/source/Victor_Guillemin).[6]

After postdoctoral research at the [University of Maryland](/source/University_of_Maryland), she joined the GMU faculty in 2001.[4][5]

## Recognition

She was the inaugural winner of the [Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize](/source/Ruth_I._Michler_Memorial_Prize) of the [Association for Women in Mathematics](/source/Association_for_Women_in_Mathematics) (AWM), in 2007.[3][5] She was also the 2008 [AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer](/source/AWM%2FMAA_Falconer_Lecturer), speaking on "The Use and Abuse of Statistics in the Media".[7]

She was included in the 2019 class of fellows of the [American Mathematical Society](/source/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".[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [GMU Math Faculty](http://math.gmu.edu/fac-staff-directory.php), retrieved 2016-06-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [about STATS.org](http://www.stats.org/about/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160817085402/http://www.stats.org/about/) 2016-08-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), retrieved 2016-06-30.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-michler_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-michler_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-michler_3-2) [*Rebecca Goldin selected as first recipient of Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224112/http://www.awm-math.org/PR/PR_michler_prize_goldin.pdf) (PDF), [Association for Women in Mathematics](/source/Association_for_Women_in_Mathematics), March 28, 2007, archived from [the original](http://www.awm-math.org/PR/PR_michler_prize_goldin.pdf) (PDF) on July 9, 2011, retrieved July 6, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-interview_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-interview_4-1) [An Interview with Rebecca Goldin](http://www.maa.org/news/interview-rebecca-goldin), [Mathematical Association of America](/source/Mathematical_Association_of_America), October 31, 2008, retrieved 2016-06-30.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mason_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mason_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mason_5-2) ["Mathematics Professor Goldin Receives First Michler Prize"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160821023105/http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9985), *The Mason Gazette*, March 30, 2007, archived from [the original](http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9985) on August 21, 2016, retrieved July 6, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Rebecca Goldin](https://mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=37015) at the [Mathematics Genealogy Project](/source/Mathematics_Genealogy_Project)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Rebecca Goldin named 2008 Falconer Lecturer*](http://math.gmu.edu/documents/goldin.pdf) (PDF), [Association for Women in Mathematics](/source/Association_for_Women_in_Mathematics), retrieved 2016-07-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*2019 Class of the Fellows of the AMS*](https://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/new-fellows), [American Mathematical Society](/source/American_Mathematical_Society), retrieved 2018-11-07

## External links

- [Home page](http://math.gmu.edu/~rgoldin/)

Authority control databases: Academics Mathematics Genealogy Project MathSciNet

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