Registration is now open for the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS). This
conference will be held virtually on June 28 - July 1, 2021, with pre-conference workshops
starting on June 24. The conference theme is “Expanding Opportunities.” You can register
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw…
and peruse the program
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw…amp;reserved=0>.
Keynote presentations will be given by Rebecca Nugent (Carnegie Mellon), Catherine
D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein (MIT and Emory, respectively, authors of Data Feminism), and
Alana Unfried (CSU – Monterey Bay). A keynote panel discussion on “Expanding Horizons and
Fostering Diversity” will feature Felicia Simpson (Winston-Salem State University),
Jaqueline Hughes-Oliver (North Carolina State University), Jamylle Carter (Diablo Valley
College), Prince Afriyie (University of Virginia), and Samuel Echevarria-Cruz (Austin
Community College).
In addition to thought-provoking keynote presentations, the conference program also
includes:
· opening and closing sessions with lively five-minute presentations,
· interactive breakout sessions,
· posters-and-beyond sessions,
· birds-of-a-feather discussions,
· speed mentoring session,
· pre-conference workshops,
· exhibitor technology demonstrations,
· an awards ceremony featuring the presentation of the George Cobb Lifetime
Achievement Award in Statistics Education.
The conference registration fee is only $25, which can be reduced to:
· $15 for those affiliated with a CAUSE member institution;
· free for those who create a short video for the SPARKS Challenge
(
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fww…)mp;reserved=0>);
· free for those for whom any fee would be a burden.
You can find more information
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fww…
and a musical invitation to participate
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fy…amp;reserved=0>.
There’s still time to submit a proposal to present in a “posters and beyond” session
(
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw…amp;reserved=0>;
deadline of April 22) or lead a birds-of-a-feather discussion
(
here<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw…amp;reserved=0>;
deadline May 31).
Please help to spread the word, using hashtag #USCOTS21 on social media. Here is the link
to the main USCOTS webpage:
www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots21<https://nam10.safelinks.protectio…amp;reserved=0>.
Questions can be addressed to program co-chairs Allan Rossman (arossman(a)calpoly.edu) and
Kelly McConville (mcconville(a)reed.edu), or to CAUSE director Dennis Pearl
(dkp13@psu.edu<mailto:dkp13@psu.edu>).
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Allan J. Rossman
Professor of Statistics
Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo CA 93407
arossman@calpoly.edu<mailto:arossman@calpoly.edu>
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