Erin E. Blankenship is an American statistician interested in nonlinear models and

environmental statistics Environment statistics is the application of statistical methods to environmental science. It covers procedures for dealing with questions concerning the natural environment in its undisturbed state, the interaction of humanity with the environment ...

, and known for her work in

statistics education Statistics education is the practice of teaching and learning of statistics, along with the associated scholarly research. Statistics is both a formal science and a practical theory of scientific inquiry, and both aspects are considered in stati ...

. She is a professor of statistics at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

Recognition

Blankenship is the 2013 winner of the

Mu Sigma Rho Mu Sigma Rho () is the US national statistics honor society. History Founded in 1968 at Iowa State University, Mu Sigma Rho seeks to promote and encourage scholarly activity in statistics, and to recognize outstanding achievement among studen ...

William D. Warde Statistical Education Award, and in 2015 was elected as a

Fellow of the American Statistical Association Like many other academic professional societies, the American Statistical Association (ASA) uses the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association as its highest honorary grade of membership. The number of new fellows per year is limited ...

"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". 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.

Education and research directions

Blankenship did her graduate studies at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

, and credits an early female NCSU statistics professor,

Gertrude Mary Cox Gertrude Mary Cox (January 13, 1900 – October 17, 1978) was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statist ...

, 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". Initially a research statistician, she gained her interest in statistics education after earning tenure at Nebraska.

References

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