Stephanie Singer

Stephanie Frank Singer is an American mathematician and local politician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Singer was born in 1964 to Maxine & Daniel Singer. She earned a B.A. in mathematics from Yale University and Ph.D in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of New York University in 1991, under the supervision of Nicholas Ercolani.[1] She then taught mathematics at Haverford College from 1991 to 2002, first as an assistant professor and since 1998 as an associate professor. She entered politics as Democratic Party committeeperson in the 8th ward. In 2008, Stephanie Singer was elected as the Democratic 8th ward leader. In 2011, she won the office City Commissioner, defeating 36-year incumbent Marge Tartaglione.

Singer served one term as City Commissioner in Philadelphia from 2012 to 2015.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanie Singer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ Biography of Commissioner Stephanie Singer, Office of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, retrieved 2015-12-10.


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