Anderson-Rowland

Mary Anderson-Rowland is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU. Anderson-Rowland received her B.A. in mathematics from Hope College in 1961, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Iowa in 1963 and 1966, respectively. Anderson-Rowland came to ASU in 1966 as a lecturer in mathematics, later serving as an assistant professor of engineering from 1974 to 1979. She served as a statistical consultant to a variety of industry from 1973 to 1995, when she became the first woman appointed as an associate dean in the Fulton School. Anderson-Rowland has served in a variety of administrative appointments including assistant to the Dean in the College of Liberal Arts, Graduate Student Coordinator, associate chair for industrial and management systems engineering, and associate dean of Student and Business Affairs. She is currently serving as the director of the Graduate Career Change Program in industrial engineering since 1981. Anderson-Rowland has been heavily involved in the creation of the Women in Engineering Program as well as the Minority Engineering Program. She serves as a mentor for women engineers as well as supporting research that increases the recruitment, enrollment and retention of women engineering students. Anderson-Rowland has been the recipient of the following awards and recognitions: the American Society for Engineering Education as a New Fellow in 2001, the YMCA Tribute to Women Award in 2001: Research and Science, the University Achievement in Gender Equity Progress Award (ASU's Faculty Women's Association), and the first annual ASU Pleiades Award for service to women. In 2002, the Society of Women Engineers named her the national Distinguished Engineering Educator. In 2003, the American Association of Engineering Societies honored her with the National Engineering Award.