Deanna Haunsperger

Deanna Haunsperger (born 1964) is an American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Carleton College. Her dissertation was entitled Projection and Aggregation Paradoxes in Nonparametrical Statistical Tests and her advisor was Donald Gene Saari.

Career Haunsperger was an assistant professor of mathematics at St. Olaf College from 1991 to 1994.

Awards and honors From 1999 to 2003, Haunsperger was a co-editor of Math Horizons, a magazine aimed at undergraduate students who are interested in mathematics.

Haunsperger has won several awards from the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). In 2012, she was selected for the M. Gweneth Humphreys Award, which recognizes mathematics educators who have exhibited outstanding mentorship. She was presented with the second annual AWM Presidential Award in 2017. In 2017, she was selected as a fellow of the AWM in the inaugural class. She is the 2021 winner of the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics of the Mathematical Association of America "for her prolific service to mathematics, including with the Mathematical Association of America; for her influential leadership of women in mathematics; for her long focus on inclusion and on building inclusive mathematical communities; and for a laudable career that has been rich in mathematical research, mathematical education, and mathematical exposition".