Candice Renee Price | |
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Born | California |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Iowa |
Known for | DNA Topology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Smith College |
Doctoral advisor | Isabel Darcy |
Candice Renee Price is an African-American mathematician and co-founder of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which features the contributions of modern-day black mathematicians. [1] She is an advocate for women and people of color in STEM. [2]
Price's area of mathematical research is DNA topology. [3]
Price obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics from California State University, Chico in 2003, and a master's degree from San Francisco State University in 2007. [3] She earned her doctoral degree in mathematics from the University of Iowa in 2012, under the advisement of Isabel Darcy. [4]
She is currently an associate professor at Smith College. [3] She was previously an assistant professor at the University of San Diego [5] and at West Point (United States Military Academy). [6]
Price is one of the founding organizers of the Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS), an annual multi-day symposium started in 2011 that features the research of algebra and topology graduate students, as well as providing career and professional development opportunities. [7]
In 2017, Price, along with Erica Graham, Raegan Higgins, and Shelby Wilson, started the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which, coinciding with Black History Month, highlights the life and works of a modern-day Black mathematician every day in February. [1]
Price was a 2013 MAA Project NExT fellow. [8] For her work on Mathematically Gifted & Black, she was awarded the 2022 Presidential Recognition Award [9] of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) . She was a 2024 recipient of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. [10]
She co-delivered an invited plenary address at the 2021 National Math Festival. [11] She delivered a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) invited lecture at MathFest 2021. [12]