Sybilla Beckmann is a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at the University of Georgia and a recipient of the Association for Women in Mathematics Louise Hay Award.
in Mathematics from Brown University in 1980[1] and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of David Harbater in 1986.
[2] She taught at Yale University as a J.W.
Gibbs Instructor of Mathematics, before becoming a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics at the University of Georgia.
[1] Beckmann's main interests include mathematical cognition, mathematical education of teachers, and mathematics content for pre-Kindergarten through Grade 8.