Bridget Baird: Information
Grants and Awards:
- Citizens Bank: Arts and Technology and the New Creativity (2007-2008)
- Citizens Bank: Arts and Technology Symposium and Colloquia Series (2005-2007)
- AT&T: Funding for Local Teachers for Software, Training and Symposium Support (2006)
- Sherman-Fairchild: Team-teaching in the Arts; Steering Committee (2006-2008)
- Mellon Foundation: Connecticut College, Trinity, Wesleyan Consortium in Computer Sciences (2005-2007)
- AT&T: Arts, Teachers and Technology: professional development for local teachers (2001-2003)
- NSF: Scholarship Program for Students in Mathematics and Computer Science (2001-2003)
- National Science Foundation: visualization and immersion modules of scientific principles (1998-2000)
- Eisenhower Grant from the State of Connecticut: math/technology institutes for K-12 teachers (1998)
- Fulbright Scholar: teaching and research in virtual reality at the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico (1996)
- Excellence in Teaching Award: presented by the Student Government Association (1994)
- National Science Foundation: Real-Time Tracking of Simultaneous Musical Inputs Using a Multiprocessor (1990-1993)
- Apple Computer and the Consortium for Liberal Arts Colleges: Visualization of Parallel Algorithms (1990)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratories: Natural Language Understanding/Artificial Intelligence (1986-1987)
Professional Information:
- BA (in mathematics) from Bryn Mawr College
- MA and PhD (in mathematics) from State
University of New York at Buffalo
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Mathematical Association of America
Personal Info:
- Lives with Don Blevins and their two wonderful, awesome children, Alexis Baird and Cameron Blevins
- Hobbies include classical music, playing the viola, triathlons, hiking,
and traveling