Sybilla Beckmann | |
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Nationality | American |
Title | Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics |
Awards | Louise Hay Award |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Brown University |
Thesis | Fields of Definition of Solvable Branched Coverings (1986) |
Doctoral advisor | David Harbater |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Georgia Yale University |
Main interests | Mathematical cognition Mathematical education of teachers Mathematics content for grades pre-K - 8 |
Sybilla Beckmann is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics,Emeritus,at the University of Georgia and a recipient of the Association for Women in Mathematics Louise Hay Award.
Sybilla Beckmann received her Sc.B. in Mathematics from Brown University in 1980 [1] and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of David Harbater in 1986. [2] She taught at Yale University as a J.W. Gibbs Instructor of Mathematics,before becoming a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia. [3] She retired in 2020. [1]
Beckmann's main interests include mathematical cognition,mathematical education of teachers,and mathematics content for pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8. [4]
Beckmann's publications include the following. [5] [6]
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