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Deborah Hughes Hallett is Professor of Mathematics
at the University of Arizona and Adjunct Professor at the Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard.
Areas of work:
With Andrew M. Gleason at Harvard, she organized the Calculus
Consortium based at Harvard, which brought together faculties
from a wide variety of schools to work on issues regarding the
undergraduate curriculum. She is actively involved in the teaching
of undergraduate mathematics at the national and international
levels and is the author of several college level mathematical
texts. She has established mathematics programs for master's
students of International Development at the Kennedy School
of Government, as well as courses in pre calculus, quantitative
reasoning (with Andy Gleason), and courses for those majoring
in Economics.
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Honours conferred: She is
a member of the National Academy of Science's Committee on Advanced
Study in American High Schools and of the MAA Committee on Mutual
Concerns. In 1998 she was co-chair of the International Conference
on the Teaching of Mathematics in Samos, Greece, attended by
faculty from 44 countries. She was awarded the Louise Hay Prize
and elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science for contributions to mathematical education. She
has won three teaching prizes at Harvard.
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