Emille D. Lawrence

Emille D. Lawrence is a low-dimensional topologist. Her mathematical interests include braid groups, geometric group theory, and spatial graphs. She is also an advocate for broadening participation in the mathematical sciences through outreach and mentoring. She serves as the Senior Director of the Black Achievement, Success and Engagement Initiative at the University of San Francisco.

• Senior Director, BASE
• Chair, Mathematics and Statistics
• Chair, COSEC 

• PhD, Mathematics, University of Georgia, 2007
• BS, Mathematics, Spelman College, 2001

• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

• Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow, 2024
• Mathematical Association of America Euler Book Prize, 2022
• University of San Francisco Arthur I. Karshmer Award for Distinguished Service to Disability Issues, 2021

• Chambers, E. Flapan, D. Heath, E. D. Lawrence, C. Thatcher, R. Vanderpool, Topological symmetry groups of the Petersen graph. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. Vol. 30, No. 12 (2021), 2141004.

• E. Flapan, E. D. Lawrence, R. T. Wilson, Topological symmetry groups of the Heawood graph, Symmetry Vol. 12, (2020) 546.