The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) will present the AWM Prizes and Awards at the AWM Reception and Awards Presentation on January 6 at JMM 2026 in Washington, D.C.
The 2026 AWM Service Awards recipients are: Matthew Krauel, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento, who is being recognized for his leadership of the AWM-JMM Organizing Committee, beginning as poster judge, continuing as poster judging coordinator, and finally moving into the role of committee chair; and Betsy Stovall, University of Wisconsin Professor of Mathematics, Letters and Science Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor, and AMS Associate Secretary for the Central Section, who is being recognized for spearheading the local organizing efforts to create a spectacular 2025 AWM Research Symposium in Madison.
The AWM Service Award, established by the AWM Executive Committee in November 2012, recognizes individuals for helping to promote and support women in mathematics through exceptional voluntary service to the Association for Women in Mathematics. The award is given annually to a select AWM Volunteer or group of AWM volunteers in recognition of their extensive time and effort devoted to AWM activities.
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The recipient of the 2026 AWM Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory will be Sarah Peluse, Associate Professor at Stanford University. Peluse is recognized for her breakthrough work in number theory, combinatorics, ergodic theory, and representation theory. Established in 2012, the AWM Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory was first presented in 2014. The prize is awarded every other year and serves to highlight to the community outstanding contributions by women in the field and to advance the careers of the prize recipients.
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The 2026 Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education will be presented to Gerunda B. Hughes, Professor Emerita, Howard University. She is being honored for her exceptional contributions to mathematical assessment at all levels, her long-standing service to the education community, and her impactful work as a mentor and advocate for underrepresented students.
Established in 1991, the Hay Award recognizes outstanding achievements in any area of mathematics education. Louise Hay was widely recognized for her contributions to mathematical logic, for her strong leadership as Head of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, for her devotion to students, and for her lifelong commitment to nurturing the talent of young women and men. The annual presentation of this award is intended to highlight the importance of mathematics education and to evoke the memory of all that Hay exemplified as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and human being.
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The 2026 Gweneth Humphreys Award will be awarded to Anant P. Godbole, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics, East Tennessee University, and Adjunct Faculty, High Point University. The Award recognizes his significant and lasting contributions in mentoring and for his impact on the mathematics community.
This award is named for M. Gweneth Humphreys (1911–2006). Professor Humphreys earned her master’s degree from Smith College and her PhD at age 23 from the University of Chicago in 1935. She taught mathematics to women for her entire career, at Mount St. Scholastica College, Sophie Newcomb College, and finally for over thirty years at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. This award, funded by contributions from her former students and colleagues at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, recognizes her commitment to and her profound influence on undergraduate students of mathematics.
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The recipient of the 2026 AWM Sadosky Research Prize in Analysis will be Hong Wang, associate professor of mathematics at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and permanent professor of mathematics at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES). Wang is recognized for solving central problems in Harmonic Analysis through the introduction of ground-breaking ideas. In particular, for substantial contributions to the Fourier restriction problem, the Kakeya conjecture, and Geometric Measure Theory.
Established in 2012, the AWM Sadosky Research Prize recognizes exceptional research in analysis by a woman early in her career. The award is named for Cora Sadosky, a former president of AWM, and is made possible by generous contributions from Cora’s husband Daniel J. Goldstein, daughter Cora Sol Goldstein, and friends Judy and Paul S. Green and Concepción Ballester.
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