Ruth Haas

American mathematician and academic

Ruth Haas is an American mathematician and professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was the Achilles Professor of Mathematics at Smith College.[1] She won the M. Gweneth Humphreys Award from the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) in 2015 for her mentorship of women in mathematics.[2] In 2017 she was elected President of the AWM.[3]

Ruth Haas
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSwarthmore College
Cornell University
AwardsM. Gweneth Humphreys Award (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsSmith College
University of Hawaii at Manoa
ThesisDimension and Bases for Certain Classes of Splines: A Combinatorial and Homological Approach (1987)
Doctoral advisorLouis Billera
Websitemath.hawaii.edu/wordpress/people/rhaas/

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  1. "Ruth Haas Honored with Humphreys Award". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. "Gweneth Humphreys Awards". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. "History of the AWM". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 27 April 2019.