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]
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]
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]
Neudauer has published over 15 research articles on subjects including matroids and lattice chains. [11]
In 2010 the Pacific Northwest Section gave Neudauer their annual Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. [12]
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]
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