Irene Mulvey
NationalityAmerican
EducationWesleyan University (PhD)
OccupationMathematician
EmployerFairfield University
OrganizationAmerican Association of University Professors

Irene Mulvey is an American mathematician and progressive activist.

Career

Mulvey completed her doctoral dissertation, titled Periodic, Recurrent and Non-Wandering Points for Continuous Maps of the Circle at Wesleyan University in 1982, where she was advised by Ethan Coven.[1] She was appointed to a professorship at Fairfield University in 1985.[2]

President of the American Association of University Professors

In July 2020, Mulvey was elected president of the American Association of University Professors, succeeding Rudy Fichtenbaum.[3] Later in an exclusive interview made by Vox, she claimed that state bills targeted at diversity, equity and inclusion programs damage not only higher education but also democracy.[4]

References

  1. ^ Irene Mulvey at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "Fairfield Professor Irene Mulvey, PhD, Elected AAUP President". Fairfield University. August 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Flaherty, Colleen (July 22, 2020). "AAUP Announces Election Results". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Cineas, Fabiola (Jun 17, 2023). "The right-wing assault on higher education". Vox. Retrieved Jun 19, 2023.
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