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Raegan Higgins

Raegan Higgins

American mathematician

Raegan J. Higgins is an American mathematician and co-director of the EDGE program for Women. She is also one of the co-founders of the website Mathematically Gifted & Black, which highlights the accomplishments of Black mathematicians.[1]

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Research

Higgins studies time scales and its application to mathematical biology.[2]

Education

Higgins went to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3] She attended University of Nebraska-Lincoln for her graduate studies studying under the advisement of Lynn Erbe and Allan Clemens Peterson.[4]  She graduated in 2008 and was one of the first two African-American women to earn a doctoral degree in Mathematics from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.[3]

Career

Higgins, along with Ami Radunskaya, is co-director of the EDGE program which supports women who are pursuing graduate degrees and ultimately careers in the mathematical sciences. She participated in the EDGE program in 2002 as a graduate student. She was also a workshop facilitator from 2014 to 2017.[5] Professor Higgins became Co-Director of the program in 2017.[6]

In 2008, Higgins joined the faculty at Texas Tech University in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics.[7] She earned tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor, becoming the first African American to receive Tenure and Promotion in the Mathematics & Statistics Department at Texas Tech.[3]

Honors and Grant Awards

In 2020, Higgins received the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) service award.[8] She has won several National Science Foundation grants for various programs in mathematical education.[9][10][11][12] She also earned the 2021 AWM Gweneth Humphreys Award.[13] She co-delivered an invited plenary address at the 2021 National Math Festival.[14]

Higgins' accomplishments earned her recognition by Mathematically Gifted & Black as a Black History Month 2018 Honoree.[15]

References

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    "About Us". Mathematically Gifted & Black.
  2. [2]
    "TTU Raegan Higgins Research Spotlight". Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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    "Raegan Higgins". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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    "Raegan Higgins – The Mathematics Genealogy Project". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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    "EDGE for Women Past Programs". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "EDGE for Women Directors". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Texas Tech Faculty Page". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. [8]
    "AWM Service Awards 2020". Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  9. [9]
    "NSF Award Search: Award#1852944 – Leveraging Learning Assistantships, Mentoring, and Scholarships to Develop Self-Determined Mathematics Teachers for West Texas". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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    "NSF Award Search: Award#0831420 – The West Texas Middle School Math Partnership". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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    "NSF Award Search: Award#1356604 – South Plains Mathematics Fellows". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  12. [12]
    "NSF Award Search: Award#1701664 – Pre-Alliance Planning: The Bridges Across Texas Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation". nsf.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  13. [13]
    "Raegan Higgins Wins the Humphreys Award" (PDF). AWM Newsletter. January–February 2021.
  14. [14]
    "2021 Festival Online". National Math Festival. November 18, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Raegan Higgins". Mathematically Gifted & Black.
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