1. By: Asha Hanstad, Sana Vasi, & Nasira Pratt
Women of Color in Math
By: Asha Hanstad, Sana Vasi, & Nasira Pratt

2. Why? (Overview)
It is important to acknowledge the lack of diversity in the mathematical field in order to understand how rare and incredible it is for women of color to succeed in mathematically-based fields
In order to understand the lack of diversity, we must look at the oppressional institutions that uphold these normative gender and race gaps
We are going to do this by outlining some of the barriers and disparities for women of color in math, and looking at 3 well accomplished women of color in the STEM field

3. Double Bind Mathematical ability is associated with white males
STEM fields are dominated by white males
Women of color are underrepresented in mathematically based fields since they are both racial and gender minorities
women hold less than 25 percent of all STEM jobs
of science and math doctorates awarded in 2004 in America, black women earned 1.7 percent while white women earned 15 percent
of engineering doctorates awarded, black women earned 1.7 percent while white women earned 30 percent
women of color make up fewer than 1 in 10 employed scientists and engineers

4. Barriers Stereotyping Bicultural Stress Tokenism
100 percent of women of color in STEM reported gender bias
Latinx women reported to being concerned about being stereotyped as “too emotional,” while Black women were concerned about being seen as “angry Black women.”
Pressure to prove themselves
Bicultural Stress
little tolerance of cultural differences
forced to live in 2 cultural contexts
Tokenism
pressure to excel

5. Cora Ratto de Sadosky (1912- 1981)
Argentinian Mathematician
Political activist
Led the Argentinian University Student Union
Created “La Junta de la Victoria”
International Women’s Union in Paris
Built the School of Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires in 1945
Received her doctorate and formed her thesis
Served as an Associate Professor of Mathematics
Introduction to Linear Algebra
Contributed to the Establishment of the Albert Einstein Scholarship

6. Katherine Adebola Okikiolu (1965- Present)
Half Nigerian & Half British Mathematician
Obtained her BA in Math at Cambridge University & PhD at the University of CA
Known for her work with Elliptic Differential Operators
Received the Sloan Research Fellowship in 1997
The first Black woman to publish an article in the Annals of Mathematics in 2001

7. Maryam Mirzakhani (1977- Present)
From Tehran, Iran
Received her PhD from Harvard University in 2004
Assistant professor at Princeton until 2008
Currently a professor at Stanford
Biggest Contribution:
Advance in Dynamical Systems in regards to Reimann surfaces
Concerned with geodesics in prime number theorem
proved that a simple number was asymptotic which led to more mathematical advancement

8. CONCLUSION
While it is difficult for women of color to have access to the knowledge and career of fields dominated by white males, these mathematicians prove that women of color are capable to be in the STEM fields and resilient enough to combat the stereotypes associated.