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Overview
Debra L. Boutin joined the Hamilton College Department of Mathematics in 1999 and built a career spanning more than two decades on the Hill. She holds an A.S. from Springfield Technical Community College, an A.B. from Smith College, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. By the 2015–16 academic year she held the rank of Professor of Mathematics; she subsequently received the Samuel F. Pratt Professorship in Mathematics, which she held through at least the 2023–24 catalog year. The 2024–25 catalog lists her as Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Emerita, indicating retirement.
Boutin served as chair of the Mathematics Department during at least the 2022–23 and 2023–24 academic years, and she was on leave during 2020–21. Her teaching record in the catalogs spans graph theory, combinatorics, and upper-level proof-based courses, and she co-taught courses with colleague Sally Cockburn.
Relevance to Research
Boutin is a long-serving member of the Mathematics faculty whose career trajectory — from assistant professor (1999) to named professor and department chair — illustrates the development of the Mathematics department in the early twenty-first century. Her Samuel F. Pratt Professorship is a named endowed chair, making her relevant to research on named chairs and faculty recognition at Hamilton.
Notes
- Joined Hamilton 1999 (year in parentheses in all catalog faculty listings)
- 1999–2000 catalog: listed as Assistant Professor of Mathematics; A.S. Springfield Technical Community College, A.B. Smith College, Ph.D. Cornell University
- 2015–16 catalog: listed as Professor of Mathematics
- By 2019–20 catalog: listed as Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics (named chair confirmed by 2020–21 listing)
- 2020–21: on leave the entire 2020–21 academic year
- 2021–22 and 2022–23 catalogs: Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics; listed as department chair in 2022–23 and 2023–24
- 2024–25 catalog: Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Emerita (retired)
- Taught courses including graph theory and combinatorics at the 300–400 level; co-listed sections with Sally Cockburn in multiple years
- Course history data in the 2015–16 catalog shows teaching as far back as Spring 2005
Related Sources
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-1999-2000 — first appearance; listed as Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2015-16 — listed as Professor of Mathematics with full credentials
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2020-21 — listed as Samuel F. Pratt Professor; noted on leave 2020–21
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2021-22 — Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2022-23 — department chair; Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2023-24 — department chair
- yhm-arc-pub-cat-2024-25 — Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Emerita
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- curriculum-and-academic-departments — member and chair of Mathematics Department
- faculty-governance-and-academic-affairs — long-serving faculty member and department chair
Related Entities
- sally-cockburn — Mathematics Department colleague; co-taught courses