Dr. Talitha Washington

Executive Director Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, Cochair of AI Initiative

Howard University

Dr. Talitha Washington serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, the Sean McCleese Endowed Chair in Computer Science, Race, and Social Justice, and a Professor of Mathematics at Howard University. She is Past-President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and previously served as a Program Director at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. Washington's research spans applied mathematics, dynamical systems, nonstandard finite difference schemes, data science, artificial intelligence, and education. She completed her undergraduate studies in mathematics at Spelman College, studied abroad at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico, and earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Connecticut, which also awarded her an honorary doctorate in science. She is a Fellow of the AWM, the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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