Resources For Underrepresented Persons in Math

General Resource List

• SWIMM Resource Page for Undergraduates
  Resource page for undergraduates written by coordinators of the Stanford Women in Math Mentoring program. Lists Stanford-specific resources along with a general list of summer programs, fellowships, conferences, and workshops pertinent for all undergraduate members of the math community.
  
  
• Resource Page from Mark Tomforde
  General resource list of the same type of content written by Mark Tomforde of the University of Houston.
  
  
• Resources for Minority Faculty and Students from Mathematical Association of America)
  “[This] list provides resources for minorities in mathematics - great for both the students and for the professors who advise them. This includes organizations, programs, events, and funding opportunities, which support the success of members of minority groups in the mathematical sciences. The word ‘minority’ refers to members of those groups underrepresented in the mathematical sciences, including African-Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders.”
  
  
• President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  "In 2011, the University of California and the University of Michigan created the Partnership for Faculty Diversity to support new scholars interested in faculty and research careers who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research and service. This partnership supports programs at the ten-campus UC system, the three UC-affiliated national laboratories, University of Michigan, University of Colorado Boulder, The California Alliance, University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Minnesota, New York University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and University of North Carolna at Chapel Hill to offer postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities. The programs are particularly interested in supporting scholars with the potential to bring to their academic and research careers the perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in higher education."

Summer Programs

• PRiME (REU)
  8-week residential program to conduct research in pure mathematics run by the department of Mathematics at Pomona College. "​The program is directed by Edray Goins (Pomona College) and Alex Barrios (Carleton College). During the eight week program, students will work together on research projects in arithmetic geometry."
  
  
• Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Summer Session
  Summer courses and workshops for women in mathematics who are beginning a PhD in the coming fall. A combination of lectures and networking opportunities for women in math and mathematical sciences featuring a very broad panel.
  
  
• Diversity in Mathematics: Online Undergraduate Summer School
  “The online summer school is open to female-identifying, non- binary and two- spirit undergraduate students studying mathematics or a related discipline such as computer science, physics and statistics at a university in Canada or in the northwest United States, with at least one year of studies remaining in their program. Priority will be given to second and third-year students. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation for attendance.
  
  Please note that the purpose of the program is to introduce the undergraduate participants to a wide variety of professions and careers, in academia and in industry, where advanced mathematics is used every day with spectacular success. It is NOT a purely research-oriented or purely industry-oriented summer school, rather a sampler of different flavours of mathematics-based careers.”
  
  
• MSRI-UP (Undergraduate Program)
  “The main objective of the MSRI-UP is to identify talented students, especially those from underrepresented groups, who are interested in mathematics and make available to them meaningful research opportunities, the necessary skills and knowledge to participate in successful collaborations, and a community of academic peers and mentors who can advise, encourage and support them through a successful graduate program.”
  
  
• Math Alliance Affiliated REUs
  Math Alliance is a national organization that supports underrepresented students in mathematics. See here
  “There are a variety of programs that are affiliated with the Alliance. Each of these programs welcome Alliance Scholars.”

Summer Programs

• PRiME (REU)
  8-week residential program to conduct research in pure mathematics run by the department of Mathematics at Pomona College. "​The program is directed by Edray Goins (Pomona College) and Alex Barrios (Carleton College). During the eight week program, students will work together on research projects in arithmetic geometry."
  
  
• Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Summer Session
  Summer courses and workshops for women in mathematics who are beginning a PhD in the coming fall. A combination of lectures and networking opportunities for women in math and mathematical sciences featuring a very broad panel.
  
  
• Diversity in Mathematics: Online Undergraduate Summer School
  “The online summer school is open to female-identifying, non- binary and two- spirit undergraduate students studying mathematics or a related discipline such as computer science, physics and statistics at a university in Canada or in the northwest United States, with at least one year of studies remaining in their program. Priority will be given to second and third-year students. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation for attendance.
  
  Please note that the purpose of the program is to introduce the undergraduate participants to a wide variety of professions and careers, in academia and in industry, where advanced mathematics is used every day with spectacular success. It is NOT a purely research-oriented or purely industry-oriented summer school, rather a sampler of different flavours of mathematics-based careers.”
  
  
• MSRI-UP (Undergraduate Program)
  “The main objective of the MSRI-UP is to identify talented students, especially those from underrepresented groups, who are interested in mathematics and make available to them meaningful research opportunities, the necessary skills and knowledge to participate in successful collaborations, and a community of academic peers and mentors who can advise, encourage and support them through a successful graduate program.”
  
  
• Math Alliance Affiliated REUs
  Math Alliance is a national organization that supports underrepresented students in mathematics. See here
  
  “There are a variety of programs that are affiliated with the Alliance. Each of these programs welcome Alliance Scholars.”

Conferences

• Field of Dreams
  “The Field of Dreams Conference introduces potential graduate students to graduate programs in the mathematical sciences at Alliance schools as well as professional opportunities in these fields. Scholars spend time with faculty mentors from the Alliance schools, get advice on graduate school applications, and attend seminars on graduate school preparation and expectations as well as career seminars.”
  
  
• Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Summer Session
  Summer courses and workshops for women in mathematics who are beginning a PhD in the coming fall. A combination of lectures and networking opportunities for women in math and mathematical sciences featuring a very broad panel.
  
  
• Infinite Possibilities Conference
  “The Infinite Possibilities Conference (IPC), a program of Building Diversity in Science (BDIS), is a national conference that is designed to promote, educate, encourage and support minority women underrepresented in mathematics and statistics. Participants represent women at all stages of the pipeline, from high school, college, and graduate students; to postdocs and early career faculty; to senior researchers from academia, industry, and government.”
  
  
• Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)
  “The primary mission of the Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is to showcase the excellent research conducted by underrepresented students studying topology and algebra. Dedicated to furthering the success of underrepresented students, USTARS seeks to broaden the participation in the mathematical sciences by cultivating research and mentoring networks. USTARS is open to all people interested in the topological and algebraic fields.”
  
  
• Blackwell-Tapia Conference
  “This biennial conference and prize honors two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American students to pursue careers in mathematics—David H. Blackwell, the first African-American member of the National Academy of Science, and Richard A. Tapia, winner of the National Medal of Science in 2010.”
  
  
• Nebraska Conference for Women in Math
  “NCUWM's overall goal is to arm participants with knowledge, self-confidence and a network of peers to help them become successful mathematicians. We do this by providing role models, insider knowledge and an opportunity to present original research. Our focus is to encourage and mentor undergraduate women to pursue graduate study in mathematics and seek mathematical careers. Conference participants also will have a chance to learn about life in graduate school from the perspective of current women graduate students representing math departments from across the country. Space is limited at the conference so individuals who identify as women, including trans women and non-binary women, are given priority.”
  
  
• Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference
  “This event showcases the achievements of Latinx in the mathematical sciences. The goal is to encourage Latinx to pursue careers in the mathematical sciences, to promote the advancement of Latinx currently in the discipline, to showcase research being conducted by Latinx at the forefront of their fields, and, finally, to build a community around shared academic interests.”
  
  
• Spring Opportunities Workshop
  “Typically the target audience for this biennial workshop rotates between women and underrepresented minority groups in the mathematical sciences. The goal is to familiarize the audience with professional opportunities in academia, industry, and government; and to address challenges currently faced by women or underrepresented minorities in the mathematical sciences.”

Organizations Supporting Underrepresented Mathematicians

• National Association of Mathematicians
  “The National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) is a non-profit professional organization in the mathematical sciences with membership open to all persons interested in the mission and purpose of NAM which are:
  
  • promoting excellence in the mathematical sciences
  • promoting the mathematical development of all underrepresented minorities.”
  
  
• Math Alliance
  “Our goal is simple: we want to be sure that every underrepresented or underserved American student with the talent and the ambition has the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree in a mathematical science.”
  
  
• AWM (Association for Women in Mathematics)
  “AWM’s programs not only support those who participate in them directly, but also help influence the mathematics culture more generally, so that young women entering the field today encounter an environment that is more nurturing than that of the 1970’s and 1980’s. AWM has played a critical role in increasing the presence and visibility of women in the mathematical sciences in the nearly 50 year History of the AWM.”
  
  Please note that the purpose of the program is to introduce the undergraduate participants to a wide variety of professions and careers, in academia and in industry, where advanced mathematics is used every day with spectacular success. It is NOT a purely research-oriented or purely industry-oriented summer school, rather a sampler of different flavours of mathematics-based careers.”
  
  
• EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education)
  “The EDGE Program is administered by the Sylvia Bozeman and Rhonda Hughes EDGE Foundation with the goal of strengthening the ability of women students to successfully complete PhD programs in the mathematical sciences and place more women in visible leadership roles in the mathematics community. Along with the summer session, EDGE supports an annual conference, travel for research collaborations, travel to present research and other open-ended mentoring activities.”