SELECTED PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

• For information on my work while serving as ASA K-12 Statistical Ambassador, see vita and webpage 
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20231202080050/ 
  • https://www.amstat.org/education/asa-k-12-statistical-ambassador
• Chair of the American Statistical Association sponsored strategic initiative, “SET – The Statistical Education of Teachers”, April 2013 – December 2014. Led a group of writers who are developing recommendations for the statistics that teachers should know and how they should come to know that statistics. This report is a companion piece to the CBMS Mathematical Education of Teachers (MET) 2 report.
• ASA-NCTM Joint Committee Member, National Committee between American Statistical Association and National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, October 2011 - 2024.
• AP Statistics Working Group Test Development Committee Member, 2010 - 2014.
• Chief Reader for Advanced Placement Statistics (July 2007 - June 2009), Chief Reader Designate (July 2006 - June 2007), College Board and Educational Testing Service.
• President of the National Statistics Honor Society, Mu Sigma Rho, elected for a 3 year term (August 2007 - August 2010).
• Board of Directors member for the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE), Nov. 2007 - present
• Co-chair Judge (Director of Grand Award Judges in Mathematics Division), 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Atlanta, GA, May 13-14, 2008.
• Chair of the American Statistical Association Section on Statistical Education (2006), Chair-Elect (2005), Past-chair (2007)
• Vice-chair of American Statistical Association ACTE (Advisory Committee for Teacher Enhancement), 2004-2005; member 2000-2006.
• Co-Chair of the American Statistical Association sponsored strategic initiative, "GAISE - Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education", April 2003- August 2005. Led a group of writers who developed statistical standards for Pre- K-12 which enhance the NCTM National Standards. The standards developed from the GAISE project were endorsed by ASA in August 2005.
• Co-Chair of the American Statistical Association sponsored "Inaugural Conference on Statistics in Teacher Preparation Programs" held Oct. 30 - Nov. 1, 2003, University of Georgia, Athens. GA.
• Chair of the ASA sponsored "Planning Conference for TEAMS" held February 22-24, 2002 at the University of Georgia.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

• Senior Lecturer Emerita, University of Georgia, Department of Statistics, Athens, GA 2016-present
• Senior Lecturer and Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor University of Georgia, Department of Statistics, Athens, GA 2008-2016
• Undergraduate Coordinator University of Georgia, Department of Statistics, Athens, GA 1999-2016
• Professional Enrichment in UGA Mathematics Education Department – Supported Leave from the UGA Statistics Department for the Academic Year, August 2008 – May 2009.
• Lecturer, Instructor and Honors Professor University of Georgia, Department of Statistics, Athens, GA 1989-2008  Lecturer University of Florida, Department of Statistics, Gainesville, FL 1986-1989
• Instructor West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics, Montgomery, WV 1982-1986
• Instructor University of North Carolina, Department of Mathematics, Greensboro, NC 1980-1982
• Teaching Assistant (Full teaching responsibility of classes) University of North Carolina, Department of Mathematics, Greensboro, NC 1978-1980

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS:

• International Statistical Institute (ISI) Elected Member (2018)
• Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Gladys Thompson Lifetime Achievement Award (October 2017)
• American Statistical Association Founder's Award [2014]
• Fullbright U.S. Scholar to New Zealand [2014-15]
• United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) Lifetime Achievement Award [May 2013]
• Alpha Epsilon Delta National Premedical Honors Society, inducted as an honorary member of UGA chapter [April 2011]
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, inducted as an invited faculty member to UGA Chapter 32 [Dec 2010]
• Mu Sigma Rho National Statistics Honor Society Statistical Education Award [August 2006]
• Fellow of the American Statistical Association [Elected 2004]

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society "Love of Learning" Award [April 2016]
• UGA Franklin College International Faculty Exchange Grant Awardee [2016]
• UGA Center for Teaching and Learning Teacher of the Week [April 2014]
• UGA Palladia Honor Society for Women Leaders, 2012 invited and inducted member [November 2012]
• UGA Office of the Vice President for Instruction Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Academic Advising [Feb 2010]
• UGA Teaching Academy, 2008 inducted class member [October 2008]
• UGA Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Honoratus Award [April 2008]
• UGA College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Faculty Academic Advisor Award [April 2005]
• UGA Student Government Association Professor Recognition Award [January 2005]
• UGA Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award [April 2002]
• UGA Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award [April 2001]
• UGA Sandy Beaver (College of Arts and Sciences) Outstanding Teaching Award [April 1999]
• UGA Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award [May 1996]
• UGA Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor Award [May 1995]

• UGA Honors Council Citation for “Fine Teaching Performance in the Honors Program” [March 1992]

   

• Journal of Statistics Education Interview Nov 2013
• Columns Article
• AMSTAT News Article
• Focus on Faculty Profile
• UGA Research Fall 2012