Backgrounds include: UTEP Professor, statistics/math education researcher, journal editor, teaching awards winner, teaching center director, PI (NSF grants), textbook author, keynote speaker, state agency statistician, high school teacher, award-winning songwriter.

• honorable mention (15+ times since 2016) in CAUSE blind international educational cartoon contest (1st-place wins are listed separately) - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• 2nd-place (song) in biennial national educational contest - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2023-05/31/2023)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (04/11/2023)
• nominated (on 3/1/23) to be a Fellow of the American Statistical Association - American Statistical Association (03/01/2023)
• 2nd-place in the Film category - STEM Art and Film Festival competition at Sigma Xi's 2022 International Forum on Research Excellence (11/06/2022)
• 2nd-place in the Performing Arts category - STEM Art and Film Festival competition at Sigma Xi's 2022 International Forum on Research Excellence (11/06/2022)
• plaque presented publicly at CFLD Conference "in recognition and appreciation of your valuable contributions to faculty success and development" - UTEP Center for Faculty Leadership and Development (08/10/2022)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/09/2022)
• winner in the 2022 educational activity competition sponsored by eCOTS - Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (05/09/2022)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (02/07/2022)
• ASAGivesBack statistical meme contest -- the winner of the non-student category - American Statistical Association (12/01/2021)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
• Waller Distinguished Teaching Career Award - American Statistical Association (08/10/2021)
• Jewish Wisdom Fellowship (related to my math-and-religion scholarship) - Hadar (06/01/2021-06/30/2021)
• 2nd-place (poetry) in biennial national educational contest - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2021-05/31/2021)
• two winning limericks in the 2021 National Limerick Day (May 12) "Poetic Math" contest - National Museum of Mathematics (04/28/2021)
• winner in the 2021 Open Set math song contest - National Museum of Mathematics (03/01/2021-03/31/2021)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (02/09/2021)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (10/09/2020)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (06/08/2020)
• selected as interviewee in series on prominent statistics educators - Journal of Statistics Education (03/01/2020-03/31/2020)
• first-place (non-student category) in ASA Day (honoring 180th anniversary of ASA) haiku contest - American Statistical Association (12/01/2019-12/31/2019)
• nominee for the 2020 William D. Warde Statistics Education Award - Mu Sigma Rho (the national honorary society for statistics) (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (09/01/2019-09/30/2019)
• 4th-place award in biennial national educational song contest - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2019-05/31/2019)
• Grand Prize winner (in Mid/Advanced Career category) of 2019 NSF We Are Mathematics Video Competition - National Science Foundation (05/03/2019)
• inaugural inductee of UTEP Academy of Distinguished Teachers - The University of Texas at El Paso (04/01/2019-04/30/2019)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (02/11/2019)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (01/01/2019-01/31/2019)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (11/01/2018-11/30/2018)
• recommended to CBMS (Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences) by national organization (TODOS) for possible membership on the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction - TODOS: Mathematics for All --> Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (10/01/2018-10/31/2018)
• Nominated as College of Science Faculty Marshal for UTEP Fall 2018 Commencement - UTEP College of Science (09/14/2018)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (06/01/2018-06/30/2018)
• a winning song in the 2018 Open Set math song contest held by the National Museum of Mathematics - National Museum of Mathematics (05/04/2018)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (04/01/2018-04/30/2018)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (01/01/2018-01/31/2018)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (12/01/2017-12/31/2017)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (09/01/2017-09/30/2017)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (08/01/2017-08/31/2017)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (06/01/2017-06/30/2017)
• 1st-place and 2nd-place awards in biennial national educational song contest - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2017-05/31/2017)
• both of my entries judged winners in spring 2017 math song contest (50 submissions total) - National Museum of Mathematics (03/21/2017)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (02/15/2017)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (01/01/2017-01/31/2017)
• nominee for Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development - Professional and Organizational Development Higher Education Network (11/01/2016-11/30/2016)
• first-place in blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (10/01/2016-10/31/2016)
• one of ten winners (out of all 150+ 2- and 4-year colleges in Texas) of a 2016 MINNIE STEVENS PIPER PROFESSOR award - Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation (05/02/2016)
• certificate for "Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding" - UTEP Office for Research and Sponsored Projects (02/02/2016)
• three songs judged winners in fall 2015 math song contest - National Museum of Mathematics (11/01/2015-11/30/2015)
• third-place award in biennial national educational song contest - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2015-05/31/2015)
• first-place award in international Pi Day of the Century haiku contest - Taylor & Francis (04/08/2015)
• first place award in "Pi Day of the Century" song contest - National Museum of Mathematics (03/14/2015)
• certificate for "Outstanding Efforts in Securing Extramural Funding" - UTEP Office for Research and Sponsored Projects (09/23/2014)
• Best Online Submission prize, 2014 ASA's Got Talent competition - American Statistical Association (08/01/2014-08/31/2014)
• US Professor of the Year (1 of UTEP's 3 nominees) - Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) (01/01/2013-12/31/2013)
• Bronze Medal winner, "Best Statistics Education Web/Census at School Lesson" - American Statistical Association (08/01/2013-08/31/2013)
• Provost's Faculty Fellow-in-Residence (for CETaL), 2013-14 - UTEP Provost's Office (06/01/2013-06/30/2013)
• 2 of the top 3 awards in biennial national educational song contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
• named UTEP's sole nominee for a 2013 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor award - Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation (10/31/2012)
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award (at 2012 International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning) - International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning (03/02/2012)
• 1st-prize winner in 2 categories of 2011 "Quantitative Literacy in the Media" contest - quantitative literacy Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (01/01/2012-01/31/2012)
• appointed service in 2011-2012 on the Professional Development Services Committee - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (06/01/2011-06/30/2011)
• UT System Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award - UT System Board of Regents (06/06/2011)
• Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching - UTEP College of Science (05/06/2011)
• Title IX Champion - Frontera Women's Foundation (03/01/2011-03/31/2011)
• (nominee)Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics - Mathematical Association of America (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• elected 2011-2013 Publications Chair (and member of Executive Committee) - American Statistical Association's Section on Statistical Education (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• Martha H. Salmon Leadership Award (nominee) - College Board (Southwestern Region) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• US Professor of the Year (1 of UTEP's 3 nominees) - Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• Publications Chair (3-year term started Jan. 1, 2011) - American Statistical Association (Statistical Education Section) (05/01/2010-05/31/2010)
• Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Award - Southwestern Section of the Mathematical Association of America (04/01/2010-04/30/2010)
• Annie and John Selden Prize for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (nominee) - Mathematical Association of America (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• 2008-2011 member of the CETaL(Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Council of Fellows - UTEP (08/01/2008-08/31/2008)
• dept. nominee for John R. Bristol Award for Excellence in Teaching of Science - College of Science (01/01/2008-01/31/2008)
• recognized (by TODOS President) for Exemplary Contributions as a Leader in TODOS, 2006-07 - TODOS: Mathematics for ALL (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Waller Education Award (nominee several times) - American Statistical Association (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
• Gladys M. Thomason Distinguished Service Award (finalist) - Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)

• Ph D in Mathematics Education, The University of Texas at Austin (1994)
• MS in Statistics, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)
• BA in Mathematics; Mathematical Sciences (double major), Rice University (1986)

• Creative Activities Outside of Teaching - performed two songs (including my original song "Break") with ensemble at Perspectives in Counterpoint concert (02/03/2018). UTEP Dept. of Music, UTEP Humanities, UTEP College of Liberal Arts, UTEP Religious Studies, UTEP Women's and Gender Studies, El Paso Holocaust Museum . El Paso, TX, USA. Lawrence Lesser.

• With statistical means, she writes [statistical poem] Consilience 14 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Authors' Response to Michael Martin Teaching Statistics 45 3 (2023), Dennis K. Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Visualizing statistical edutainment: What you see is what you get Teaching Statistics 45 3 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Shifting Pre-Calculus from Gatekeeper to Gateway at a Hispanic-Serving Institution Mathematics Association of America MAA Notes 96 (2023), Elsa Y. Villa, Lawrence M. Lesser, Erika L. Mein.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 14 2 (2023), Maria del Rosario, Ksenija Simic-Muller, Marta Civil, Anthony Fernandes, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• COOKIE(X) = 1/2 [mathematical/statistical poetry] Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 13 2 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Convergence Bridges 2023 Poetry Anthology (Tessellations Publishing) (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Matched Pairs Bridges 2023 Poetry Anthology (Tessellations Publishing) (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Permutation Bridges 2023 Poetry Anthology (Tessellations Publishing) (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Unexpected Expected Value Haiku Bridges 2023 Poetry Anthology (Tessellations Publishing) (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover [mathematical/statistical lyric] Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Weighting [statistical lyric] Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Type Two [statistical poem with associated lesson support] Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• A survey on how college students in a statistical literacy course apply statistics terms to people (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser, Martin Santos.
• Hotel Called Infinity [mathematical lyric] Pinolia (Almuzara Books) (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Noncalculus Derivations of Least Squares Estimates Journal of Probability and Statistical Science 21 1 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Still TEEMing with Enthusiasm: A History of TODOS’ esTEEMed Journal Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics 14 1 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 14 1 (2023), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Ellipse [mathematical/statistical poetry] Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics 14 1 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical edutainment: An experimental way to teach for good measure. Teaching Statistics 45 1 (2023), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Won Over [mathematical poetry] Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 13 1 (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Sound Off: Staring down stereotypes [selected for national journal club by NCTM] Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 115 12 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• God Bless the ASA [statistical lyric] Amstat News (American Statistical Association) 544 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical edutainment: You’re the subject for our next subject! Teaching Statistics 44 3 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Higher Meanings: A Speaker Series Connecting Mathematics and Religion Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 12 2 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser, Patricia S. Barrientos, Ben Zeidman.
• Culturally Responsive Teaching of Probability: La Lotería and Toma Todo Proceedings of the Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical edutainment as a means to vary how we teach summary statistics Teaching Statistics 44 2 (2022), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Stats anxiety [letter] Significance 19 2 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Letter to the Editor (on Yang & Idris 2021 paper) Statistics Education Research Journal 21 1 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Fib(ula); The Big Fib [mathematical poetry] Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 12 1 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Take a Chance on Statistical Edutainment Teaching Statistics 44 1 (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 13 1 (2022), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Variation [statistical lyric] Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• x-bar 12-bar blues [statistical lyric] Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• R is for Rhyme? Statistics Class "Stanza Part" with Poetry! Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, Statistics and Data Science Education Section 2021 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mathematics and Poetry: Arts of the Heart Springer, Cham (2021), Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Poll Position: A Sampling of Statistical Edutainment Teaching Statistics 43 3 (2021), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mixed Messages about Pandemic Yield Conspiracy; The Point of Inflection Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 11 2 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Power of a Double Take: Doubling Back to Show Growth in a Pandemic Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 11 2 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Fourth VOICES Conference On Teaching STEM With Song Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 11 2 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Edutainment: Putting it to the Test Teaching Statistics 43 2 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Presenting Mathematical Poetry Across Disciplinary Lines Bridges 2021 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• You Are Overdoin' If You Cancel Everything [mathematical poetry] Texas Mathematics Teacher 67 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Factor!al Countdown [mathematical poetry] The Mathematical Intelligencer 43 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• 99.73% [statistical poetry] Amstat News 526 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Adjusted R Square [statistical poetry] Amstat News 526 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Significance [statistical poetry] Radical Statistics 128 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Cancel [mathematical poetry] Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics 12 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical edutainment that lines up and fits Teaching Statistics 43 1 (2021), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 12 2 (2021), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 12 1 (2021), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Cantor's Ternary Palindrome [mathematical visual poetry] Poetrishy, published by Small Press and SuSy Research 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Cardinality [mathematical poetry] Texas Mathematics Teacher 66 2 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Edutainment: Correlation recreation Teaching Statistics 42 3 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• A Modest Proposal The Mathematical Intelligencer 42 3 (2020), Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Edutainment that Counts Teaching Statistics 42 2 (2020), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Point of Inflection [mathematical poetry] Radical Statistics 126 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Interview With Larry Lesser Journal of Statistics Education 28 1 (2020), Allan J. Rossman, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Is memorization the name of the game? Undergraduates’ perceptions of the usefulness of physiology songs Advances in Physiology Education 44 1 (2020), Gregory J. Crowther, Jason Wessels, Lawrence M. Lesser, Jennifer L. Breckler.
• Statistical Edutainment with Confidence Teaching Statistics 42 1 (2020), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Singalong for statistics [letter] Significance 17 1 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Poetry Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 10 1 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Book of Numbers: Exploring Jewish Mathematics and Culture at a Jewish High School White Plum Publishing (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mathematics, statistics, and (Jewish) culture: Reflections on connections White Plum Publishing (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 11 3 (2020), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 11 2 (2020), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 11 1 (2020), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Redesigning a statistics literacy course to prepare pre-service teachers to teach (statistics to) English language learners Palgrave Macmillan (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Developing Interactive Educational Songs for Introductory Statistics Journal of Statistics Education 27 3 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis K. Pearl, John J. Weber, Dominic M. Dousa, Robert P. Carey, Stephen A. Haddad.
• Vertical [mathematical poetry] The Mathematical Intelligencer 41 4 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• “Short Stories”: Reflections on Tom Short’s Impact on Statistics Education Journal of Statistics Education 27 3 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• “Short Stories”: Reflections on Tom Short’s Impact on Statistics Education Statistics Education Research Journal 18 2 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Unit Circle Words Lesson Texas Mathematics Teacher 66 2 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical edutainment: Reversing comparisons Teaching Statistics 41 3 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Third VOICES Conference on Teaching STEM with Music, September 22-23, 2019 Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 9 2 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Di/vision [mathematical poetry] Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics 10 1 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• MEANings [mathematical poetry] CCAR Journal 66 3 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Don't Try for a Census [mathematical poetry] Amstat News 503 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Measuring Self-efficacy to Teach Statistics in Grades 6-12 Mathematics Teachers Routledge (2019), Leigh Harrell-Williams, Jennifer Lovett, Lawrence M. Lesser, Hollylynne Lee, Rebecca Pierce, Teri J. Murphy, M. Alejandra Sorto.
• Unit Circle Words [mathematical poetry] Mathematical Poetry blog (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Validation of Scores from the High School Version of the Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics (SETS-HS) Instrument using Pre-service Mathematics Teachers Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 37 2 (2019), Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, Jennifer N. Lovett, Hollylynne S. Lee, Rebecca L. Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser, M. Alejandra Sorto.
• Range of Meanings: A Sequential Mixed Methods Case Study of How English Language Learners Encounter Common Assessment Items on Descriptive Statistics Journal of Statistics Education 26 3 (2019), Angelica Monarrez, Lorena Galvan, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Comparing Item Difficulty Ratings and Distributions of Item Mentions for Pre-service Secondary Teacher Ratings on the Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics (SETS) Instrument (refereed) proceedings of the III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educación Estadística (the 3rd international virtual congress on statistical education) (2019), Rebecca L. Pierce, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Lawrence M. Lesser, Shelby Roberts, M. Alejandra A. Sorto.
• Web-based Interactive Song Activities for Intro Statistics (refereed) proceedings of the III Congreso Internacional Virtual de Educación Estadística (the 3rd international virtual congress on statistical education) (2019), Dennis K. Pearl, John J. Weber, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Random Sample [statistical poetry] Amstat News 500 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 10 1 (2019), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Empirical Rule [statistical lyric] Amstat News 499 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Divvy Up the Stakes [mathematical poetry] Amstat News 497 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Null Hypothesis [statistical lyric] (2018), Greg Crowther, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Range of Meanings: A Sequential Mixed Methods Study of How English Language Learners Encounter Assessment Items on Descriptive Statistics Journal of Statistics Education 26 3 (2018), Angelica Monarrez, Lorena Galvan, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• School violence statistics misleading [letter] El Paso Times 138 235 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Modulating Misconceptions by Musical Means Teaching Statistics 40 3 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Ethics and diversity [letter] Significance 15 4 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Using the SETS level A items to classify pre-service teachers' self-efficacy to teach statistics: an application of the Mixture Rasch Model (refereed) Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10) (2018), Leigh Harrell-Williams, Jennifer Lovett, M. Alejandra Sorto, Rebecca Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser, Teri J. Murphy.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 9 1 (2018), Marta Civil, Ksenija Simic-Muller, M. Alejandra C. Sorto , Craig Willey, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Snowflake [mathematical poetry] The Mathematical Intelligencer 40 2 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Evaluation of theoretical and empirical characteristics of the Communication, Language And Statistics Survey (CLASS) (3% acceptance rate, 6/7/23 Cabell's; top-tier journal) Statistics Education Research Journal 17 1 (2018), Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Variation [mathematical poetry] Mathematical Poetry blog (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• A Fitting Conclusion [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Chi-squared Dance [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Correlation Illustration [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Estimation Notation: It’s Greek (and Roman) to Me [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Everything's Unusual [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Height of Confidence [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Hypothesis on Trial [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Levels of Measurement [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Regression Rumba [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Super Bowl Poll [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Target Practice [statistical song] (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Evaluation of theoretical and empirical characteristics of the Communication, Language And Statistics Survey (CLASS) (10% acceptance rate; top-tier journal) Statistics Education Research Journal 17 1 (2018), Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mindful Means Amstat News 490 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• One in Ten Teaching Statistics 40 1 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Evaluation of Theoretical and Empirical Characteristics of the Communication, Language And Statistics Survey (CLASS) Statistics Education Research Journal 17 1 (2018), Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Hidden Musicality of Math Class: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Mathematics Education Springer (2018), Song A. An, Daniel A. Tillman, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Finding Center: Towards Increasing Clarity and Reducing Anxiety in Statistics Class Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences 22 1 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.

• Music + Math = A Harmonious Path! [plenary] (2024), Volume El Paso Community College (Administrative Services Center), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Redesigning in the Wild: Navigating a Course Redesign Effort in an R1 Environment (2023), Volume Louisville, KY, Samantha Patterson, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Communication Rumination: Engaging with Sci-comm and Edutainment [keynote] (2023), Volume State College, PA, Lawrence M. Lesser, , .
• The Status of Confounding (2023), Lawrence M. Lesser, Milo Schield.
• Poetry + Math = A Meaningful Path​! [plenary] (2023), Volume El Paso Community College (Administrative Services Center), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Multicultural Impact of Aesop's Fables (Panel Discussion) (2023), Volume UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, Selfa A. Chew-Melendez, Lawrence M. Lesser, Maria C. Morales, Alireza Vaziri Rahimi.
• Parables and Parabolas: A Jewish Perspective on Aesop's Fables (2023), Volume UTEP Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Music of the Spheres (which won 2nd place in the Performing Arts category) (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Project SMILES (which won 2nd place in the Film category) (2022), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Using Language to Confront Misconceptions (2022), Volume online and in-person at University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Aligning Goals to Audience: Context for a Statistical Literacy Course (keynote) (2022), Volume online and in-person at University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Future of Higher Education (Plenary Panel) (2022), Volume UTEP , Lawrence M. Lesser, Beth L. Brunk-Chavez, Clifton S. Tanabe, Ann C. Gates.
• Sound Off! Staring Down Stereotypes (2022), Volume https://www.nctm.org/online-learning/Webinars/Details/617, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Divinity and Infinity: Exploring the Infinite in Mathematics and Judaism (2022), Volume (virtual), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Point of Inflection [mathematical poem] and The Dogs Don't Know [song] (2022), Volume Union East Gallery, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Culturally Responsive Teaching of Probability: La Lotería and Toma Todo (2022), Volume (virtual), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• our (Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education) work on educational mnemonics (2022), Volume (ended up being virtual), Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Wendy S. Francis.
• Connecting Mathematics and Religion: A General Audience Speaker Series for Community Engagement (2022), Volume El Paso, Lawrence M. Lesser, Patricia S. Barrientos, Ben Zeidman.
• Jewish and Mathematical Views of the Infinite (2021), Volume University of Maryland, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• discussant for David Novick's talk in math-and-religion speaker series (2021), David G. Novick, Ben Zeidman, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Poetry + Math = A Meaningful Path​ (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• moderator of Snezana Lawrence talk in math-and-religion speaker series (2021), Snezana Lawrence, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• co-chairing/facilitating the entire day-long conference (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• moderator of Kreinovich/Kosheleva talk in math-and-religion speaker series (2021), Olga M. Kosheleva, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (6-minute part of) 2021 Bridges Poetry Reading (2021), Volume online, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Presenting Mathematical Poetry Across Disciplinary Lines (2021), Volume online, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• R is for Rhyme? Stats Class 'Stanza Part' with Poetry! (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Take-Away Thoughts on "Expanding Opportunities" (part of multi-presenter Closing Session) (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Integrating Educational Fun into Teaching Statistics (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl .
• moderator of Victor Katz talk in math-and-religion speaker series (2021), Victor Katz, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Stats Class 'Stanza Part' with Poetry! (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Which Mnemonics do College Students Recall, Explain, and Apply? (2021), Megan Mocko, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Wendy S. Francis.
• moderator of Kim Jongerius talk in math-and-religion speaker series (2021), Kim R. Jongerius, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• UNO Colloquium: Poetry and Mathematics (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Divinity and Infinity (opening talk in the series "Higher Meanings: Exploring Connections Between Religion and Mathematics") (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Connecting QL/SL/QR with DEI (Diversity Equity & Inclusion) (2021), Volume online, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion for Statistics Education: Part Two (2020), Volume virtual (Zoom), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion for Statistics Education: Part One (2020), Volume virtual (Zoom), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• interview (and reading) about my STEM poetry, etc. (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Stochastic Terrorism (2020), Volume (virtual) opening of exhibit curated by Eliana Grijalva, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Using Educational Fun Items to Increase Student Learning and Engagement (2020), Volume online, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis K. Pearl .
• Bayesian Network Analysis of Log File Data from Students Using SMILES Interactive Statistics Songs (2020), Volume (virtual), Dennis Pearl, Matthew Beckman, Neil Hatfield, Yiyun Gong, Sean Klavans, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Engaging Students in Statistics through the Arts (2020), Volume (virtual), Lawrence M. Lesser, Merryl Goldberg, Lucy C. Irving.
• A Reading of Poetry with Mathematics (organizers) (2020), Volume United States, Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser, Douglas Norton.
• presentation of four mathematical poems (2020), Volume United States, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Is memorization the name of the game? Undergraduates' perceptions of the usefulness of physiology songs (2019), Jason Wessels, Jennifer Breckler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Greg Crowther.
• Just add water? A conversation about resources to support songs (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser, Greg Crowther.
• Educational fun at your fingertips (2019), Volume Denver, CO, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Teaching introductory statistics with web-based interactive song activities (2019), Volume Denver, CO, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Break into SMILES: exploring web-based ‘interactive’ songs (2019), Volume State College, PA, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Evaluate Teaching and Learning in Real Time? Simple as ABC! (part of the conference Opening Session) (2019), Volume State College, PA, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Making Statistics Memorable: Creation and Evaluation of Mnemonics (2019), Volume State College, PA, Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy Wagler, Wendy Francis.
• Statistics and Culture (2019), Volume State College, PA, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Stats and Beyond: Using Song in STEM (2019), Volume State College, PA, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Range of meanings: A sequential mixed methods study of how English language learners encounter assessment items on descriptive statistics (2019), Volume UTEP, Angelica Monarrez, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser, Lorena Galvan.
• Interactive Song Activities for Introductory Statistics (2019), Volume Washington DC, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• The design and assessment of interactive songs for teaching statistics: An NSF-funded interdisciplinary adventure (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Comparing item difficulty ratings and distributions of item mentions for pre-service secondary teacher ratings on the Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics (SETS) Instrument (2019), Rebecca Pierce, Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, Lawrence M. Lesser, Shelby Roberts, M. Alejandra Sorto, , .
• Web-based interactive song activities for intro statistics (2019), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• A Reading of Poetry with Mathematics (organizers) (2019), Volume United States, Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser, Douglas Norton.
• Making History: Using History Songs to Humanize (Math/Statistics) Content, Class, and Instructors (2018), Volume https://www.causeweb.org/voices/2018/program, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Writing or Adapting Songs for Student Inputs to Make Interactive STEM Songs (2018), Volume https://www.causeweb.org/voices/2018/program, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, John Weber, Greg Crowther.
• Using the SETS level A items to classify pre-service teachers' self-efficacy to teach statistics: an application of the Mixture Rasch Model (2018), Volume Kyoto, Japan, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Jennifer Lovett, M. Alejandra Sorto, Rebecca Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser, Teri J. Murphy.
• Teachers' Information Session for Potential TEEM Players (Writers or Reviewers) (2018), Volume Scottsdale, AZ, Lawrence M. Lesser, Marta Civil.
• Using Innovative Technology and Interactive Songs to Engage Students in Standards-based Introductory Statistics Learning Objectives: Discussing Lessons Learned from NSF-funded Project SMILES (2018), Volume Scottsdale, AZ, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Learning Introductory Statistics with Interactive Songs (2018), Volume http://stemforall2018.videohall.com/presentations/1242, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Student-Created Songs in Statistics Class (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs (workshop) (2018), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• How We Count: Connecting Math and Judaism (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Applying the Mixture Rasch Model to the Middle Grades Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics (SETS-MS) Instrument (part of opening plenary session) (2018), Volume New York City, NY, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Jennifer Lovett, Rebecca Pierce, M. Alejandra Sorto, Lawrence M. Lesser, T.J. Murphy.
• introduction of keynote speaker Lois Stark (2018), Volume Tomas Rivera Conference Center, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Her-Story, Equity, and Persistence in Statistics (2018), Volume Tomas Rivera Conference Center, Lawrence M. Lesser.

• Higher Meanings: Exploring Connections Between Religion and Mathematics
• (REU supplement for) Project SMILES: Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs for Introductory Statistics(supplement proposal written by SMILES PIs, with $ administered through Penn State for simplicity; it supported some of our research)
• (VOICES supplement for) Project SMILES: Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs for Introductory Statistics(supplement proposal written by all 3 SMILES PIs, with $ administered through Penn State for simplicity; it supported some of my research travel)
• MATH:EAGER:Collaborative Research: SMILES (Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs) for Introductory Statistics [DUE]