Mathematical Association of America

Specialties

The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Our members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. We welcome all who are interested in the mathematical sciences.

The mission of the MAA is «to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level.»

History

Established in 1915.

The MAA was established in 1915. But the roots of the Association can be traced to the 1894 founding of the American Mathematical Monthly by Benjamin Finkel, who wrote «Most of our existing journals deal almost exclusively with subjects beyond the reach of the average student or teacher of mathematics or at least with subjects with which they are familiar, and little, if any, space, is devoted to the solution of problems… No pains will be spared on the part of the Editors to make this the most interesting and most popular journal published in America.»

Over our first century, MAA has certainly grown, but continues to maintain our leadership in all aspects of the undergraduate program in mathematics.