I am a graduate of Centre College of Kentucky with a BS in Applied Mathematics. I also have an MS and PhD in Statistics from Missouri University of Science and Technology. I had a long and fulfilling career teaching all levels of statistics at Truman State University in Missouri. Having retired in 2018, I taught high school mathematics and AP/dual credit statistics for 3 1/2 years at the high school I graduated from. It has been interesting "going back home." As I have taught a wide variety of courses, I particularly enjoy teaching and tutoring introductory statistics classes. I enjoy having the opportunity and challenge of making statistics accessible to a broad audience. I have also worked as a consultant to work directly with students who are preparing for the AP Statistics exam. It is rewarding to see them make connections and prepare for such a big exam. I know that education opened a whole new world for me as I graduated high school, left the family farm, and became a college professor. When I left home, I didn't know how to even dream for such a life. I am a strong proponent for understanding how a formula or process works (or "thinks") so that my students can formulate for themselves how to interpret its results. I constantly seek to find encounters for them with the concepts that I am teaching. When I am not teaching, I greatly enjoy photography and working with my hands on all kinds of different projects.

I enjoy watching baseball and college basketball. I love working with photography, always looking for that next great shot and how I might use it for a gift or personally created greeting card. I also have worked with classic cars in the past.