ABout Me

Dr. Talitha Washington is a tenured Associate Professor of Mathematics at Howard University. She is currently a Program Officer at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Undergraduate Education. She is interested in the applications of differential equations to problems in biology and engineering, as well as the development of nonstandard finite difference schemes to numerically solve dynamical systems.   

Dr. Washington completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Spelman College and studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. She earned her master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from the University of Connecticut. She was a VIGRE Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at Duke University. She held assistant professorships at The College of New Rochelle and the University of Evansville, and most recently, an associate professorship at Howard University. She serves on:
  • Council of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
  • Board of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM)

​She also completed the Project Management Certificate program at Georgetown University and participated in the Summer Leadership Institute, led by the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). She has coordinated the EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) Program and has led a Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) Research Experience for Undergraduates.  Her work on Dr. Elbert Frank Cox, the first Black in the world to earn a PhD in mathematics, has been shared on radio and television stations, as well as in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, easily the most visible journal to all mathematicians. She often shares the mathematics shown in the Hidden Figures movie. Dr. Washington is a motivational speaker who enjoys sharing her expertise on diversity and mathematics to a wide range of audiences. 

MY WORK
As a true academician, Dr. Washington takes great care in providing a path to enlightenment on mathematics, science and the arts. ​

speaking engagements

September 21-22, 2017: National Technical Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland
November 3-4, 2017: Plenary Speaker, 12th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference, Greensboro, North Carolina
August 1-4, 2018: James R.C. Leitzel Lecture, MAA MathFest, Denver, Colorado
April 12-13, 2019: Invited Speaker, Pi Mu Epsilon Conference, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, Minnesota