Carole Lacampagne

Carole Baker Lacampagne (12 September 1933 – 5 August 2021) was an American mathematician. She is known for her work in mathematics education and gender equality.

Career Lacampagne received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1979. She then worked at Northern Illinois University and the National Science Foundation before moving to the Department of Education in 1991, becoming Director of the National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (PLLI). She then became Director of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board at the National Academies of Science before her partial retirement as an adjunct at George Washington University.

Awards and honors

In 2012, Lacampagne became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Selected publications Lacampagne, Carole B., et al. "Gender equity in mathematics." Handbook for achieving gender equity through education (2007): 235–253. Lacampagne, Carole B. State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning Mathematics. US Dept. of Education, OERI Education Information, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20208-5641