Nancy Neudauer

Nancy Ann Neudauer is an American mathematician specializing in matroid theory and known for her work in mathematical outreach in Africa and South America. She is a professor of mathematics at Pacific University,[1] a co-director of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics,[2] and a former governor of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America.[3]

Education

Neudauer grew up in Milwaukee.[1] She was an undergraduate business student at the University of Wisconsin, where she graduated with a double major in actuarial science and in Wisconsin's program in risk management and insurance.[4][1] After originally planning to go from there to law school,[1] she stayed at Wisconsin for a master's degree and PhD in mathematics.[4] Her 1998 doctoral dissertation, The Transversal Presentations and Graphs of Bicircular Matroids, was supervised by Richard A. Brualdi.[5]

Service

Neudauer has been funded by the Simons Foundation, and multiple times by the Fulbright Program, to promote mathematics in Africa and South America by traveling there to teach students graduate-level mathematics, with the goal of better preparing them for graduate study abroad.[1][6][7][8][9] Her work in Africa has also included helping to develop support networks for women in mathematics there.[10]

Neudauer was governor of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America from 2006 to 2009.[3] She is a co-director of the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.[2]

Research

Neudauer has published over 15 research articles on subjects including matroids and lattice chains.[11]

Recognition

In 2010 the Pacific Northwest Section gave Neudauer their annual Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.[12]

Outreach

Neudauer is known for her outreach work across America and Africa, receiving multiple Fulbright awards for her work supporting the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.[13] She featured in a short YouTube video on Lifelong Learning.[14]

References
  1. Laukkanen, Wanda (April 2014), "Mathematics professor defies stereotypes" (PDF), Pacific News, Pacific University, pp. 1–2
  2. Personnel, Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, retrieved 2019-09-07
  3. Cayford, Afton H., Officers of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America, University of British Columbia Mathematics Department, retrieved 2019-09-07
  4. Nancy Ann Neudauer, PhD, Professor, Pacific University, 5 March 2014, retrieved 2019-09-07
  5. Nancy Neudauer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. Frazier, Laura (December 10, 2013), "Pacific University professor to teach course at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences", The Oregonian
  7. "Professor Nancy Neudauer Receives Simons Foundation Award", Next Einstein, African Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, July 25, 2016
  8. Lang, Joe (June 8, 2018), Pacific University Math Professor Nancy Neudauer Receives Fourth Fulbright Award, Pacific University, retrieved 2019-09-07
  9. Math Professor Nancy Neudauer Continues Her Work in Africa, Pacific University, July 1, 2019, retrieved 2019-09-07
  10. Lang, Joe (March 13, 2018), Pacific Professor Nancy Neudauer Leads Math Workshop in Africa for Women, Pacific University, retrieved 2019-09-07, via "Specialists in the news". Fulbright Specialist Program. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  11. "Nancy Ann Neudauer's research works | United States University, Chula Vista and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  12. "2010 Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics: Nancy Neudauer, Pacific University", Mathematical Matters: The Newsletter of the Pacific Northwest Section of the MAA, March 2010, retrieved 2019-09-07
  13. "Professor Nancy Neudauer Receives Simons Foundation Award | AIMS". www.nexteinstein.org. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  14. Lifelong Learning - Nancy Neudauer, retrieved 2019-10-08
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