We honor the life and contributions of Joycelyn Wilson.
A cherished Spelman College Faculty Member From 2007 - 2025
Joycelyn Wilson began teaching at Spelman College in 2007 and was a senior instructor in the Department of Mathematics. Prior to coming to Spelman, Wilson was an instructor at Howard University and American University, both in Washington, D.C. While at Spelman, Wilson was involved with several federally-funded grants and served as the program director of the Spelman/Salem STEM (S3) Mentoring Program and the Women in Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (WiSTEM) Program. Wilson served as co-principal investigator and program director for the Mathematics Research and Mentoring Program (Math RaMP), an NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences funded program. The overall goal of Math RaMP is to increase the number of African-American women who pursue advanced degrees or careers in the mathematical sciences with an enhanced understanding of the broader career options available in pure and applied mathematics, as well as statistics and mathematics education. Wilson cherished the fact that she was able to impact women of color in various ways at Spelman College and beyond, in particular in the field of mathematics. In her spare time, she enjoyed working math logic puzzles, watching baseball and being adventurous.
M.S., University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., Clark Atlanta University
B.S., Clark Atlanta University
M107 – Contemporary Mathematics
M115/116 – Precalculus I/II
M120 – Accelerated Precalculus
M205 – General Statistics
M211/212 – Applied Calculus I/II
M214 – Linear Algebra
M231/232 - Calculus I /II
M234 – Discrete Mathematics
Operations Research
