The CAUSE Charter | CAUSEweb Code of Conduct
Arising from a strategic initiative of the American Statistical Association in 2001, CAUSE is a national organization whose mission is to support and advance undergraduate statistics education, in four target areas: resources, professional development, outreach, and research. The overarching goals in each area are:
Resources: Collect, review, develop, and disseminate resources for members of the undergraduate statistics education community.
Professional Development: Coordinate, develop, and disseminate opportunities, programs, and workshops for teachers and others involved in statistics education projects and initiatives, present and future.
Outreach: Establish and promote communication and collaborations among statistics educators, as well as with other professional organizations and disciplines that are concerned with undergraduate statistics education.
Research: Promote and support the advancement of statistics and data science education research.
Our primary vehicle for communication is CAUSEweb.org, which was started with a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2003, and is now generously supported by the Department of Statistics at Penn State University.
Institutional Members
- Amherst College
- Appalachian State University
- Arizona State University
- Austin Community College
- Ball State University
- Brigham Young University
- Bucknell University
- Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
- Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo
- Cal Poly at Pomona
- Capital University
- Carleton College
- Central Michigan University
- Clarkson University
- Cleveland State University
- The College at Brockport - SUNY
- Colorado College
- Columbus State Community College
- Dordt College
- Duke University
- Dutchess Community College
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Elon University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Franklin and Marshall College
- Frostburg State University
- Fullerton College
- George Fox University
- George Mason University
- Georgia Southern University
- Grand Valley State University
- Grinnell College
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Hampton University
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd College
- High Point University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Illinois State University
- Iowa State University
- Johnson County Community College
- Joliet Junior College
- Kennesaw State University
- Kenyon College
- Lander University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Macalester College
- Mayo Clinic
- Michigan State University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Mohawk College
- Monroe Community College
- Montana State University
- Moravian University
- Muhlenberg College
- North Carolina State University
- Northern Kentucky University
- Northampton Community College
- Oberlin College
- The Ohio State University
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Penn State University
- St. Cloud State University
- St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Saint Lawrence University
- Saint Mary's College of California
- Saint Olaf College
- Seattle Pacific University
- Smith College
- Sonoma State University
- Taylor University
- Texas State University
- Truman State University
- UCLA
- University of California at Irvine
- University of California at Riverside
- University of California at Santa Barbara
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Illinois
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of New Mexico
- University of Northern Colorado
- The University of Texas at El Paso
- Valparaiso University
- Vassar College
- Villanova University
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest University
- Westminster College
- Winona State University
- Wittenberg University
Membership Inquiries
For prospective CAUSE member institutions, please visit and review the Department Membership Letter, as well as the Letter of Agreement.
After your department completes the Letter of Agreement, visit this form to upload it and the CAUSE team will be in contact with your representative shortly.
People
Director of CAUSE: Matt Beckman, Penn State University
Associate Co-Directors for Research: Laura Le, University of Minnesota and Jenny Green, Michigan State University
Associate Director for Resources: Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell College
Associate Director for Professional Development: Ciaran Evans, Wake Forest University
USCOTS Program Chairs for 2027: Allan Rossman, Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo, and Kelly McConville, Bucknell University
eCOTS Program Chair for 2026: Nick Horton, Amherst College
CAUSE Board of Directors
Jennifer Broatch, Arizona State, through 2026
Karen Kinard, Tallahassee Community College, through 2026
Leigh Johnson, Capital University, through 2026
Allan Rossman, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo, through 2027
Ann Cannon, Cornell College, through 2027
Ginger Rowell, Middle Tennessee State University, through 2027
Jennifer Ward, Clark College and Portland Community College, through 2028
Kelly McConville, Bucknell University, through 2028
Lisa Kay, Eastern Kentucky University, through 2028
Rebecca Nichols, ASA
Matt Beckman, Penn State, CAUSE Director
CAUSE Research Advisory Board
Kelly Findley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Jennifer Noll (TERC)
Andrew Zieffler (University of Minnesota)
USPROC/eUSR Organizing Committee
Ciaran Evans, Wake Forest University
Jennifer Ward, Clark College
Juanjuan Fan, San Diego State University
Jingchen (Monika) Hu, Vassar College
Shaoyang Ning, Swarthmore College
Webmaster:
Andrew Ferguson (Site Admin), Penn State University
Contact CAUSE
Matt Beckman
Director, CAUSE
Department of Statistics
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Email: mdb268@psu.edu