Jessica Utts developed a love of teaching and a passion for promoting statistical literacy during her graduate years at Penn State. Watching her sister and mother struggle through formula-based statistics courses prompted her to write two literacy-based textbooks: Seeing Through Statistics and Mind on Statistics. She has won awards for outstanding teaching and has served in a variety of leadership positions.
UC-Davis
Q&A with Largest, Fastest-Growing Undergraduate Statistics Departments
Statistics is the fastest-growing STEM major for the period 2010–2013. This month, we hear from five more heads of the largest and fastest-growing departments about their school’s growth.