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Talitha Washington

Professor of Mathematics, Clark Atlanta University
Director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative
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Dr. Washington is the inaugural Director of the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative and a Professor of Mathematics at Clark Atlanta University, and is an affiliate faculty at Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Spelman College. She is a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the Convergence Accelerator. Previously, as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education, she was instrumental in building and establishing NSF's first Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.

​She is the recipient of the 2019 BEYA STEM Innovator Award, MAA's 2018 Leitzel 
Lecturer, an ASI Fellow, and featured by NSF as a Woman History Maker.  In 2019, she received the distinguished Outstanding Faculty Award from Howard University. In 2020, she received the NSF Director's Award for Superior Accomplishment. Washington was elected to the 2021 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. In 2021, she was selected as a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

​Dr. Washington completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Spelman College and studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include the applications of differential equations to problems in biology and engineering, as well as the development of nonstandard finite difference schemes to numerically solve dynamical systems.

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  • Conference
    • Schedule 2021 >
      • Opening Session
      • APAC Session
      • EMEA Session
      • Americas Session
      • Closing Session
      • Workshops
      • Meet the Speakers
      • Best of WiDS
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    • Regional Events 2021 >
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    • Ambassadors 2021
    • International Women's Day
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    • Sponsors
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  • Datathon
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