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, a co-director of the

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, and a former governor of the Pacific Northwest Section of the

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Education

Neudauer grew up in

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. She was an undergraduate business student at the

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, where she graduated with a double major in actuarial science and in Wisconsin's program in risk management and insurance. After originally planning to go from there to law school, she stayed at Wisconsin for a master's degree and PhD in mathematics. Her 1998 doctoral dissertation, ''The Transversal Presentations and Graphs of Bicircular Matroids'', was supervised by

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Service

Neudauer has been funded by the Simons Foundation, and multiple times by the

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, 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. Her work in Africa has also included helping to develop support networks for women in mathematics there. Neudauer was governor of the Pacific Northwest Section of the

from 2006 to 2009. She is a co-director of the

Research

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

Recognition

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

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. She featured in a short YouTube video on Lifelong Learning.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neudauer, Nancy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Milwaukee 21st-century American mathematicians American women mathematicians Wisconsin School of Business alumni Pacific University faculty 21st-century women mathematicians Mathematicians from Wisconsin 21st-century American women