Tasha Inniss

Tasha Inniss
Alma mater

Xavier University of Louisiana

University of Maryland, College Park
Scientific career
Institutions

Trinity Washington University

Spelman College
Thesis Stochastic Models for the Estimation of Airport Arrival Capacity Distributions (2000)

Tasha Inniss is an American mathematician and the Director of Education and Industry Outreach for INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences).

Early life and education

Inniss was born in New Orleans and grew up without a father.[1] She became interested in mathematics in fourth grade, and decide she would study it as a freshman in high school.[2] She studied mathematics at Xavier University of Louisiana, graduating summa cum laude.[3] In 1992 she was listed in the Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities for her academic achievements.[1] She earned a Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology.[4] She moved to the University of Maryland for her PhD, funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.[1][3][5][6] In 2000, Inniss became the first African American woman to obtain a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, together with Sherry Scott and Kimberly Weems.[7] She was part of the National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operators and advised by Michael Owen Ball.[4][8] Her brother, Enos Inniss, also completed his PhD in 2000.[1]

Research and career

In 2001 she was appointed the Clare Boothe Luce Professor of Mathematics at Trinity Washington University.[1] Her doctoral thesis described programming methods to calibrate models to estimate airport capacity.[9] She remains a consultant for the Federal Aviation Administration.[10] She was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Spelman College in 2005.[11][12][13]

Throughout her career she has worked to recruit, support and mentor underrepresented minority students.[14][15][16][17] She led a National Science Foundation project that looked to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating and completing doctoral degrees.[18] She has contributed to the EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) program.[19]

In 2017 she joined the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences as Director of Education.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Underrepresented Minorities in Science: A Statistical Anomaly: The Story of an African-American Woman Battling the Odds to Become a Mathematician". Science | AAAS. 2001-03-02. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ↑ Case, Bettye Anne, Leggett, Anne M., eds. (2005). Complexities : women in mathematics. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 1400880165. OCLC 949753960.
  3. 1 2 "AWM Essay Contest: Tasha Inniss". www.awm-math.org. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. 1 2 3 INFORMS. "INFORMS adds new Director of Education and Industry Outreach to Leadership Team". INFORMS. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Delta SEE: About Us:". www.deltasee.org. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Packard Foundation Graduate Scholars Program: HBCU Directory". ehrweb.aaas.org. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. ↑ "The First Three African American Women to Receive Doctorates in the Mathematics Department". www.math.umd.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  8. ↑ "Tasha Inniss - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.ams.org. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  9. ↑ Tasha, Inniss, (2001). "Stochastic Models for the Estimation of Airport Arrival Capacity Distributions".
  10. ↑ "Tasha R. Inniss". Duchess International Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  11. ↑ Inniss, Tasha R.; Lee, John R.; Light, Marc; Grassi, Michael A.; Thomas, George; Williams, Andrew B. (2006-11-10). "Towards applying text mining and natural language processing for biomedical ontology acquisition". ACM: 7–14. doi:10.1145/1183535.1183539. ISBN 1595935266.
  12. ↑ "Interviewees". livingthinkers. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  13. ↑ Muicahy, Colm (2017). "A Century of Mathematical Excellence at Spelman College". A Century of Mathematical Excellence at Spelman College. Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library. doi:10.22595/scpubs.00013.
  14. ↑ L., Joiner, Lottie (2003-01-05). "Success to the Third Degree". Black Issues in Higher Education. 18 (11). ISSN 0742-0277.
  15. ↑ ""HBCUs' Relevance in Diversifying the STEM Workforce" by Carter-Johnson, Frances; Inniss, Tasha; Lee, Mark E. - Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 35, Issue 2, February 22, 2018 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  16. ↑ "Against the Odds: Three African-American Women to Discuss the Road to Math Ph.D.s". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  17. ↑ Review, Peer (2014-04-29). "Who Is Minding the Gap?". Association of American Colleges & Universities. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  18. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1249262 - Bridge to the Doctorate at UMCP, 2012-2014". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  19. ↑ "EDGE 2009". THE EDGE PROGRAM. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
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