Linda B. Hayden
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Linda Bailey Hayden (born February 4, 1949)[1] is an American mathematician. She specializes in mathematics education and applications of mathematics in geoscience,[2][3][4] and is known for her mentorship of minorities and women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[5][6] She is a professor and associate dean of mathematics and computer science at Elizabeth City State University.[7]
Hayden is originally from Portsmouth, Virginia.[3] She grew up interested in mathematics,[4] but because of segregation she could only read mathematics books from the Colored Community Library in Portsmouth by specially requesting them to be transferred from the town's main library.[3] She attended the public schools in Portsmouth, including I. C. Norcom High School.[4] Through her participation in high school mathematics competitions, she won a scholarship to Virginia State University, a historically black university.[3]
She graduated from Virginia State in 1970, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics, and earned a master's degree in mathematics education from the University of Cincinnati in 1972. She completed a second master's degree in 1983 in computer science at Old Dominion University.[2][4]
After this work she returned to graduate study in mathematics education, with Winson R. Coleman and Mary W. Gray at American University. She completed her Ph.D. there in 1988; her dissertation was The Impact of an Intervention Program for High Ability Minority Students on Rates of High School Graduation, College Enrollment, and Choice of a Quantitative Major.[2][3][4][8]
