Patti Frazer Lock Gives Three Presentations at National Mathematics Meetings.

Dr. Lock gave a presentation on “Using Intro Stats, and the GAISE Report, as a Vehicle to Recruit a Diverse Population of Mathematics Students” in a session on finding ways to recruit, retain, and support a more diverse population of mathematics students.  In addition, Dr. Lock gave an invited presentation on “Speaking Up. And Having Fun” in a storytelling session titled “Inspiring Stories:  How an Academic Rejection Led to Something Amazing.”  Dr. Lock also introduced the speaker for the keynote address of the 2024 Award Winner of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.

Patti Frazer Lock is a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at St. Lawrence University. She is a co-author of Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data by Lock, Lock, Lock, Lock, and Lock. She is also a co-author with Deb Hughes-Hallett’s Calculus Consortium of texts in Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Applied Calculus, Pre-calculus, and College Algebra.   She has chaired the SIGMAA on Statistics Education, has served on the ASA-MAA Joint Committee on Statistics Education, served on the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics of the MAA, and chaired the Applied Data Analysis course report committee for the MAA Curriculum Guide.   She is currently co-chairing the committee to revise the College GAISE report (Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education) for the ASA.  She has won numerous teaching and presentation awards.  She is passionate about finding ways to help students succeed in and enjoy introductory courses in mathematics and statistics.