Raegan Higgins

Raegan J. Higgins
BornBaton Rouge, LA
Known forWork with the EDGE program
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorAllan Clemens Peterson and Lynn Erbe

Raegan J. Higgins is an American mathematician and co-director of the EDGE program for Women. She is also one of the co-founders of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which highlights the accomplishments of Black mathematicians.[1]

Research

Higgins studies time scales and its application to mathematical biology.[2]

Education

Higgins went to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3] She attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln for her graduate studies studying under the advisement of Lynn Erbe and Allan Clemens Peterson.[4]  She graduated in 2008 and was one of the first two African-American women to earn a doctoral degree in Mathematics from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.[3]

Career

Higgins, along with Ami Radunskaya, is co-director of the EDGE program which supports women who are pursuing graduate degrees and ultimately careers in the mathematical sciences. She participated in the EDGE program in 2002 as a graduate student. She was also a workshop facilitator from 2014 to 2017.[5] Professor Higgins became Co-Director of the program in 2017.[6]

In 2008, Higgins joined the faculty at Texas Tech University in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.[7] She earned tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor, becoming the first African American to receive Tenure and Promotion in the Mathematics & Statistics Department at Texas Tech.[3]

Honors and Grant Awards

In 2020, Higgins received the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) service award.[8] She has won several National Science Foundation grants for various programs in mathematical education.[9][10][11][12] She also earned the 2021 AWM Gweneth Humphreys Award.[13] She co-delivered an invited plenary address at the 2021 National Math Festival.[14]

Higgins' accomplishments earned her recognition by Mathematically Gifted & Black as a Black History Month 2018 Honoree.[15]

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Mathematically Gifted & Black.
  2. ^ "TTU Raegan Higgins Research Spotlight". Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Raegan Higgins". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Raegan Higgins – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "EDGE for Women Past Programs". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "EDGE for Women Directors". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Texas Tech Faculty Page". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "AWM Service Awards 2020". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1852944 – Leveraging Learning Assistantships, Mentoring, and Scholarships to Develop Self-Determined Mathematics Teachers for West Texas". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#0831420 – The West Texas Middle School Math Partnership". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  11. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1356604 – South Plains Mathematics Fellows". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  12. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1701664 – Pre-Alliance Planning: The Bridges Across Texas Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "Raegan Higgins Wins the Humphreys Award" (PDF). AWM Newsletter. January–February 2021.
  14. ^ "2021 Festival Online". National Math Festival. November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  15. ^ "Raegan Higgins". Mathematically Gifted & Black.


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