Erin Blankenship

Erin E. Blankenship is an American statistician interested in nonlinear models and environmental statistics, and known for her work in statistics education. She is a professor of statistics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[1][2]

Erin Blankenship
TitleProfessor of statistics
AwardsWilliam D. Warde Statistical Education Award
Academic background
Alma materNorth Carolina State University
Influences Gertrude Mary Cox
Academic work
DisciplineStatistics
Sub-disciplineStatistics education
InstitutionsUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Main interestsNonlinear models
Environmental statistics

Recognition

Blankenship is the 2013 winner of the Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistical Education Award,[2][3] and in 2015 was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association "for innovation and leadership in K-12 teacher development; for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and inspiring future teachers, teaching assistants, and statistics education researchers; and for interdisciplinary collaboration and service to the profession".[2] In 2017, she was one of two winners of the highest teaching honor of the University of Nebraska system, the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award.[4]

Education and research directions

Blankenship did her graduate studies at North Carolina State University,[2] and credits an early female NCSU statistics professor, Gertrude Mary Cox, as a source of inspiration. Blankenship states that went into statistics because of its teamwork, and because, she says, "You’re applying science to find real solutions to real problems".[5] Initially a research statistician, she gained her interest in statistics education after earning tenure at Nebraska.[2]

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References
  1. Erin E. Blankenship, Professor, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Statistics, retrieved 2017-11-08
  2. "Alumni Spotlight: Erin Blankenship", Statistics Department News, North Carolina State University, December 17, 2015, retrieved 2017-11-08
  3. Erin E. Blankenship Wins 2013 Mu Sigma Rho Statistics Education Award (PDF), Mu Sigma Rho, retrieved 2017-11-08
  4. Ruggles, Rick (April 6, 2017), "Faculty across University of Nebraska system honored for excellence in teaching, research and community service", Omaha World-Herald
  5. Schulte, Brigid (December 19, 2014), "Women flocking to statistics, the newly hot, high-tech field of data science", The Washington Post
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