Dr. Patti Frazer Lock speaks at W.E.B. Dubois Symposium in February

Patti Frazer Lock was an invited panelist at the W.E.B. Dubois Symposium on Data Science, held in February 2024 for faculty from across Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US.  Dr. Lock was one of three panelists discussing “How to Craft an Undergraduate First Course in Data Science.”

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.