Ellen Kirkman

Ellen Elizabeth Kirkman is professor of mathematics at Wake Forest University. Her research interests include noncommutative algebra, representation theory, and homological algebra.

She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics and M.A. in Statistics from Michigan State University in 1975. Her doctoral dissertation, On the Characterization of Inertial Coefficient Rings, was supervised by Edward C. Ingraham.

Kirkman is on the board of directors ofEnhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), a program to help women pursuing studies in the mathematical sciences.From 2012 - 2020 she served as treasurer of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Kirkman's professional activities include serving on the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Nominating Committee 2009–11, as a Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Governor 2006–8, on the Joint Data Committee of AMS-ASA-MAA-IMS-SIAM (2000– 2007 and 2009–present) and directing the CBMS 2010 survey of undergraduate mathematical sciences programs. She is an associate editor of Communications in Algebra.

In 2012, Kirkman became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. She is part of the 2019 class of fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics. She has also received service awards from Wake Forest University and the Southeastern Section of the MAA.