Deanna Haunsperger
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- President, Mathematical Association of America (2017–2018)
- Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow (2017)
- Association for Women in Mathematics Presidential Award (2017)
- Association for Women in Mathematics Gweneth Humphreys Award (2012)
Deanna Haunsperger | |
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 Deanna Haunsperger in 2016 | |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
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| Fields | Mathematics, Statistics |
| Institutions | Carleton College |
| Thesis | Projection and Aggregation Paradoxes in Nonparametrical Statistical Tests (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald Gene Saari |
Deanna Haunsperger (born 1964) is an American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Carleton College.[1] She was the president of the Mathematical Association of America for the 2017–2018 term.[2] She co-created and co-organized the Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program for Women, which ran every summer from 1995 to 2014.[3]
Haunsperger received her Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and computer science from Simpson College in 1986. She received her Masters in mathematics in 1989 and her Ph.D. in mathematics in 1991 from Northwestern University.[4] Her dissertation was entitled Projection and Aggregation Paradoxes in Nonparametrical Statistical Tests and her advisor was Donald Gene Saari.[5][6]
Career
Haunsperger was an assistant professor of mathematics at St. Olaf College from 1991 to 1994.[4] Since 1994, she has been a faculty member in the mathematics department at Carleton College.[1][4]
From 1995 to 2014, Haunsperger directed the Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program for Women. This program worked to prepare undergraduate women to pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics.[3][7]
