DeAnn Huinker

DeAnn Marie Huinker is a professor of mathematics education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is the Director of the UWM Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research (CMSER). Huinker conducts research and writes about mathematics teaching, children's learning of mathematics, and preparation of teachers of mathematics.

Huinker was an at-large member of the NCTM Board of Directors, serving a term from 2017-2020.

Academic Background

DeAnn Huinker has a bachelor's of science in middle school mathematics and a master's degree in mathematics for elementary and middle schools from the University of Northern Iowa. She earned her Ed.D. in mathematics education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1990, with Joseph Payne serving as her committee chair and Arthur Coxford, Eugene Krause, and Terrence Coburn serving as members.

Professional Career

Huinker joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1990 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 2004.

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

Huinker, D., Kranendonk, H., & Freckmann, J. (2012). An urban partnership rooted in putting principles of a formative assessment system into practice. In J. M. Bay-Williams & W. R. Speer (Eds.), Professional collaborations in mathematics teaching and learning: Seeking success for all (pp. 61-74). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Huinker, D. (2002). Examining dimensions of fraction operation sense. In B. Litwiller & G. Bright (Eds.), Making sense of fractions, ratios, and proportions (pp. 72-78). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Rathmell, E. C., & Huinker, D. M. (1989). Using "part-whole" language to help children represent and solve word problems. In P. R. Trafton & A. P. Shulte (Eds.), New directions for elementary school mathematics (pp. 99-110). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Theses

Huinker, D. M. (1990). Effects of instruction using part-whole concepts with one-step and two-step word problems in grade four. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan].

External Links

• Faculty page at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: https://uwm.edu/education/people/huinker-deann/
• Board of Directors profile at NCTM: https://www.nctm.org/About/President,-Board-and-Committees/2016-Candidates/DeAnn-Huinker/