Philip Treisman

Philip Uri Treisman is an American mathematician and mathematics educator. He is the Director of the Charles A. Dana Center,^[1] and is a Professor of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin.^[2] He is credited with pioneering the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP), aimed at helping students from underprivileged backgrounds excel in calculus and other courses in science. The program was first implemented at the University of California, Berkeley and has now disseminated throughout college campuses across the United States.^[3] His efforts to improve American education have been recognized by Newsweek, the Harvard Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation, among other publications and societies.^[4][5][6] He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^[7]

He graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and from the University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in 1985.^[8]

Awards

• 1987 Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in American Higher Education^[3]
• 1992 MacArthur Fellow
• 2006 The Harvard Foundation's Scientist of the Year Award^[9]
• 2016 Mathematics Leadership Excellence Award, American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges^[10]
• 2019 Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America^[11]
• 2020 James Bryant Conant Award, Education Commission of the States^[12]

References

1. "Uri Treisman, Ph.D." The University of Texas Dana Center. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
2. "UT Experts : University Communications : The University of Texas at Austin". UT Experts. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. Asera, Rose (May 2001). Calculus and Community: A History of the Emerging Scholars Program (pdf) (Report). College Entrance Examination Board. pp. 1–50. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
4. Cose, Ellis (28 April 1996). "The Realities Of Black And White". Newsweek. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
5. Leahy, Cory (9 February 2006). "Dr. Uri Treisman named Scientist of the Year by Harvard Foundation for work in math and science education". UT News. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
6. "Philip Uri Treisman". MacArthur Foundation. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
7. Hoy, Anne Q. (2017-11-20). "2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
8. "Philip Uri Treisman". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
9. "Dr. P. Uri Treisman Honored at the Annual Albert Einstein Science Conference" (PDF). Harvard Foundation Journal. 26 (2): 12, 44. Spring 2006.
10. "Mathematics Leadership Excellence Award Awardee 2016". American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
11. Peeples, Joanne; Álvarez, James; Charney, Ruth; Harris, John; Lewis, Jim; Neudauer, Nancy (2019). "Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for 2019 to Philip Uri Treisman for Distinguished Service to Mathematics". The American Mathematical Monthly. 126 (3): 195–198. doi:10.1080/00029890.2019.1551605. S2CID 128145969.
12. "Education Commission of the States Awards" (PDF). Education Commission of the States. Retrieved 2024-11-24.

External links

• "Dr. Philip Treisman Meets Isaac Newton in Surreal Space", Digital Writing & Research Lab, Amanda Dulcinea Cuéllar
• "Philip Uri Treisman", Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Treisman, Uri (1992). "Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College". The College Mathematics Journal. 23 (5): 362–372. doi:10.1080/07468342.1992.11973486. ISSN 0746-8342.