{"id":16401,"date":"2023-08-18T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=16401"},"modified":"2023-08-18T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:09:51","slug":"first-female-tenured-usc-mathematics-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/first-female-tenured-usc-mathematics-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"First female tenured USC mathematics professor reflects on academic career"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Montgomery_Review_Top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Montgomery_Review_Top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Montgomery_Review_Top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/08\/Montgomery_Review_Top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Throughout her career, Susan Montgomery has advanced mathematics and women\u2019s representation in STEM fields. (Photo: Peter Zhou.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=faculty\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>First female tenured USC mathematics professor reflects on academic career<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  After more than 50 years of achievement in the field, USC Dornsife\u2019s Susan Montgomery sets her sights on retirement (sort of).\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Annie Bang and Darrin S. Joy<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">August 18, 2023<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 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children, Susan Montgomery basked in the wonders of the natural world, collecting rocks and shells, leaves and butterflies, cluttering her room with specimens from the world around her.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most other children, though, she set exceptionally high ambitions for herself at a very young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor some reason, I wanted to be a doctor when I was 6,\u201d she says, \u201cprobably because doctors were the only serious professionals I had met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But those ambitions soon faded, replaced by a more numeric pursuit sparked by gifts from her engineer father.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fun puzzles my dad brought home from his office were actually math reasoning problems,\u201d she says. \u201cI realized being a doctor was not really fun, unlike math, which maintained my interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery\u2019s burgeoning passion for mathematics grew further as she entered high school. \u201cI began to love math in ninth grade, when we started algebra,\u201d she says. \u201cThe teacher let me go at my own speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/susan-montgomery\/\">professor of mathematics<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Montgomery is one of the longest tenured faculty members in the department.<\/p>\n<h2>On a track to tenure and greater representation<\/h2>\n<p>Upon graduating from high school in her hometown of Lansing, Michigan, Montgomery enrolled as a math major at the University of Michigan, her father\u2019s alma mater and conveniently just an hour away in Ann Arbor. \u201cAnd women were not admitted to any Ivy League universities until the \u201970s,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>She earned bachelor\u2019s degree, then went on to earn a master\u2019s degree and a PhD in math at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>She joined USC Dornsife in 1970, the first female tenure-track professor in the university\u2019s mathematics department.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior faculty member and the only woman in the department, Montgomery formed connections with mathematicians at other universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to a lot of meetings and corresponded with people \u2014 by old mail!\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>At USC, she joined a small group of women science faculty. This would set her on a path to participate in the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wise.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">WiSE<\/a> (Women in Science and Engineering) program when it formed more than 20 years ago. This past spring, WiSE celebrated Montgomery\u2019s contributions and accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/gary-rosen\/\">Gary Rosen<\/a>, professor of mathematics and a member of the WiSE Advisory Board, said Montgomery\u2019s efforts to increase gender equality for women pursuing higher education and careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields have been instrumental in driving change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProfessor Montgomery has played a significant role in the WiSE program since its inception, working to increase research opportunities for USC women scientists and engineers at all levels,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cAs a member of the Department of Mathematics, she has dedicated considerable time and energy for the benefit of our faculty, staff and students.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Exemplary mathematics scholar and educator<\/h2>\n<p>While Montgomery\u2019s contributions to mathematics research have been extensive, she says the most fulfilling aspect of her occupation has been \u201cinteracting with students and seeing them progress through the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has served as department chair and, more recently, has done an absolutely superb job overseeing our graduate program,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cIn particular, she has worked tirelessly recruiting some of the strongest classes of PhD students that I have had the pleasure to teach and advise since coming to USC nearly 40 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery\u2019s career as a mathematician includes a flurry of accomplishments, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984 and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012. She received the Albert S. Raubenheimer Distinguished Faculty Award from USC Dornsife\u2019s Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in 1985 and the Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering from 2017 to 2020. The American Mathematical Society appointed her an inaugural fellow in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>As a math researcher, Montgomery has worked in noncommutative algebra, in which the rule ab = ba does not hold. She\u2019s also made renowned contributions in the study of Hopf algebras, which have proven important to physics. One of two books she\u2019s written became the most cited book on Hopf algebras and quantum groups.<\/p>\n<p>Former math department chair and Professor of Mathematics <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ericmfriedlander\/\">Eric Friedlander<\/a> frequently consults Montgomery\u2019s book on Hopf algebras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough this mathematical topic once seemed somewhat remote, it has played a very important role in many aspects of algebra and mathematical physics,\u201d Friedlander says. \u201cSusan has long been an internationally recognized researcher and proponent of the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>New adventures on the horizon<\/h2>\n<p>Montgomery has been an avid traveler during her career, visiting countries on every continent except Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>As she prepares for what she calls \u201cquasi-retirement\u201d \u2014 she\u2019ll spend the next two years on sabbatical before officially retiring \u2014 she looks forward to pursuing other interests. Among them: playing piano and attending concerts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go to L.A. Philharmonic concerts as well as various recitals,\u201d she says. It fits with her musical tastes as well as family influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my grandmothers was a professional musician, and we all played some instrument,\u201d she says. \u201cMusic, for me, is classical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Stories\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/masters-program-teaches-math-behind-artificial-intelligence\/\" \n                        class=\"\" \n      >Training the minds behind the AI algorithm<\/a>\n      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