VITA

Diane Herrmann

Born: July 4, 1953
Cincinnati, Ohio

Education

B.S. Allegheny College 1975, summa cum laude
M.S. University of Chicago 1976
Ph.D. University of Chicago 1988
Thesis Title: Kantor Generalized Quadrangles in p-groups
Thesis Advisor: George Glauberman

Positions held

Teaching Assistant under COSIP grant, Allegheny College 1974-75
Danforth Fellow at University of Chicago 1975-79
College Fellow, University of Chicago 1976-77
Lecturer, University of Chicago 1977-1983
Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago 1983-present
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in Mathematics, University of Chicago 1983-present

Honors & Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, 1974
James C. Doyle Mathematics Prize, Allegheny College 1975
Louise Jordan Award for Superior Scholarship and General Merit, Allegheny College 1975
Lawrence and Josephine Graves Award for Excellence in College Teaching, University of Chicago 1979
Society of Sigma Xi, 1988
Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Chicago, 1991

Professional Activities

Member, American Mathematical Society
Member, Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Member, MAA Committee on Advising, 1991-present
MAA Committee on Student Chapters, 1988-91
Member, MAA Task Force on Summer Meetings, 1994-1995
Member, Association for Women in Mathematics
Council Member, University of Chicago Chapter of Sigma Xi
Member, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division Governing Committee
Member, Society for Values in Higher Education
Chapter Adviser, University of Chicago Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America, 1988-present
Associate Director of Summer Programs and Lecturer, University of Chicago Young Scholars Program for Mathematically Talented Students, Summers 1988-present
Faculty Supervisor, Mathematics component of University of Chicago Summer Program for Entering Minority Students, 1985-present
Mentor, Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP),Summers 1989-present
Lecturer, Seminars for Elementary Math Specialists and Educators (SESAME), 1994

Mathematics Specialty

Finite Group Theory

Publications

On Order Five Automorphisms of Two Groups, Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics, Volume 9, Number 1, 1977
The College Fellow Program as Professional Development, You're the Professor, What's Next?, MAA Notes Number 35, 1994

Outside Lectures

1992, AMS-MAA Special Session on Preparing for Future College Teaching, "The College Fellow Program as Professional Development."
1993, Saturday Scholars Lecture Series, Plainfield High School, "Geometry and its Unsolved Problems."
University of Chicago, Chicago Teaching Program Workshops, "How to Lecture at the Blackboard."
1994, Allegheny College and Meadville Area High School Mathematics Department Spring Speaker
1995, Speaker, Central Regional Conference, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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