National Frameworks and Recommendations

Dr. Horton is Beitzel Professor of Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science) at Amherst College.

He served as the editor of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, was co-PI of the NSF-funded Data Science Corps Wrangle/Analyze/Visualize project, and served as chair of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies, co-chair of the National Academies Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, and chair of the National Academies Consensus Study on Data and Computing Competencies for K-12.

Nick has published more than 200 papers and books and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Shaundra 'Shani B' Daily is the Cue Family Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University and holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Lab. Her research focuses on designing sociotechnical systems that utilize participatory and mixed methods approaches to support meaningful participation and success in STEM fields. As the Co-Founder of KidzHack, she translates her research into tools and infrastructure that enhance the intellectual and social lives of students. Having secured over $40M in funding, her work has been featured in major national outlets including Forbes, NPR, and USA Today.

Zarek Drozda is the Executive Director of Data Science 4 Everyone, a national initiative and coalition based at the University of Chicago. Zarek helped launch DS4E in 2019, co-organizing a coalition of 3000+ education leaders to advance data science and data literacy education in K-12 schools across more than 35 states. Zarek also contributes to AI education policy with the Federation of American Scientists, previously served for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES), where he led research on emerging technology and advised the national COVID response, coordinating data analytics for an inter-agency team between the White House, Department of Education, and Center for Disease Control (CDC). Prior to Federal service, Zarek helped build a social impact incubator (the Center for RISC) with economist and Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt. Zarek earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago, and loves using data to tackle complex social problems.

Kate Miller is a Research Associate working on data science education projects across disciplinary boundaries and age groups. Kate has a doctorate in science teacher education, focusing on teacher knowledge and professional development for data literacy and data science education. She has experience across the field of science education as a teacher, teacher educator, curriculum developer, and education researcher in both formal and informal settings. Before pursuing her doctorate, Kate worked as the Senior Manager of Curriculum and Teaching at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and prior to that as a high school physics teacher at a public school in Brooklyn. Kate holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Science Education from Teachers College at Columbia University, and a B.A. in Astrophysics from Princeton University.

Dr. Perrett is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Brigham Young University (Provo) and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. He has 8 years of academic experience (Texas A&M University and University of Northern Colorado) and 10+ years of industry experience, most recently leading Data Science Enablement at Bayer Crop Science in St. Louis, MO.

Dr. Perrett's expertise includes the design and analysis of experiments, statistical modeling, statistics education, and SAS programming.

Dr. Perrett earned a Ph.D. in Statistics from Kansas State University in 2004.

She is a co-author on Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data by Lock, Lock, Lock, Lock, and Lock. She is also a member of the Calculus Consortium for Higher Education (formerly the Calculus Consortium based at Harvard), and is a co-author with the Consortium on texts in Calculus, Applied Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Precalculus, and Algebra. She does workshops and presentations around the country on the teaching of undergraduate mathematics and statistics.

Patti is currently serving as Co-Chair of the ASA GAISE revision Steering Committee.  She is a past member of the AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Joint Data Committee, the ASA-MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics and Data Science Education, the MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics, and past Chair of the SIGMAA on Statistics Education.  She has served on the Editorial Boards of PRIMUS and Math Horizons Journals, as a Consultant to Project NExT of the MAA, and as an external reviewer for multiple colleges and universities.