Dalene Stangl and Kelly McConville

The 2017 JSM program will include nearly 100 speakers sponsored by the Statistical Education Section. These speakers will appear throughout three invited sessions, five topic-contributed sessions, five contributed sessions, 24 speed/posters, and 11 roundtables.

Invited Sessions

• Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum
  Speakers: Nick Horton, Hilary Parker, Jo Hardin, and Colin Rundel
• Novel Approaches to First Statistics / Data Science Course
  Speakers: Ben Baumer, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Rebecca Nugent, and Daniel Kaplan
• Training Statisticians to Be Effective Instructors

  Panelists: Adam Loy, Jennifer Kaplan, Meghan Short, Patricia Buchanan, and Paul Stephenson

Topic-Contributed Sessions

• Being Research Active in Teaching-Focused Colleges
• The Essential Connections Between Industry and Statistics Education: Innovation, Technology, and Partnerships
• Design, Implementation, and Impact of Different Approaches to Professional Development for Teachers of Statistics
• Teaching Introductory Statistics Using Simulation-Based Inference Methods
• Modernizing the Statistical Collaboration Course

Contributed Sessions

• Advances in Pedagogy
• Technologies in the Classroom
• Teaching Special Groups and Underate Researi>
• Teaching Introductory Statistics iostatistics
• Topics in Math/Stat andourses

Roundtables

We have a great slate of roundtables this year. Roundtables are an informal, themed discussion over breakfast or lunch. They are a great way to meet educators from other institutions. Registration for roundtables opens with general registration on May 1.

A.M. Roundtables

• Infusing Data Science into the Statistics Curriculum
• Turning a Tweet into a Lesson: Using Current Events as a Context
• Introducing Bayesian Statistics at Courses of Various Levels
• Why Do Students Hate Statistics?

P.M. Roundtables

• A Course in Business Analytics
• Student Involvement in Community Projects
• Discussing the Uses and Creation of R Shiny Applications
• Incorporating Complex Survey Concepts into the Curriculum
• Recruiting and Engaging Students
• GAISEing at a Lecture Hall: Effective Pedagogy in Large-Enrollment Courses
• What Are the 25 Most Common Terms in Statistics from the Last 20 Years?

For more information about the JSM program, view the online program.