Senior Lecturer Emeritus American Statistical Association (ASA) K-12 Statistical Ambassador Chris and Statistics Colleagues at Retirement Party Chris enjoying her passion--scoring the Georgia Baseball games. Go Dawgs! Venture Scout Crew 1 hiking in Yellowstone National Park summer 2018- over 70 amazing miles Research Research Interests: Statistics Education PreK- 16 Awards, Honors and Recognitions Selected Publications Journal of Statistics Education Interview Nov 2013 Columns Article AMSTAT News Article Focus on Faculty Profile UGA Research Fall 2012 Selected Professional Positions: Chair of the American Statistical Association sponsored strategic initiative, “SET – The Statistical Education of Teachers”, April 2013 – December 2014. Leading 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 - present. 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-present 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]
