Karen Hunger Parshall

Karen Hunger Parshall (née Karen Virginia Hunger) is an American historian of mathematics specializing in 19th- and 20th-century algebra and the development of mathematics in the United States, particularly the Chicago School.[1][2][3] She earned a B.A. in Mathematics and French from the University of Virginia in 1977, an M.S. in Mathematics from the same institution in 1978, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago in 1982.[2][3][5] Commonwealth Professor Emerita of History and Mathematics at the University of Virginia, she has held leadership roles including chair of the Corcoran Department of History and editor-in-chief of The Mathematical Intelligencer.[1][3][4][5]