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.

• 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 - 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 "Poetic Math" contest held by the National Museum of Mathematics - National Museum of Mathematics (04/28/2021)
• a winning song in the 2021 Open Set math song contest held by the National Museum of Mathematics - 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 (01/01/2017-01/31/2017)
• first-place blind international educational cartoon contest sponsored by CAUSE - Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (12/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• nominee for Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development - Professional and Organizational Development Higher Education Network (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
• 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 - Poetry + Mathematics = Mathematical Poetry? (09/13/2017). Dept. of Creative Writing, Dept. of Mathematical Science, UTEP Interdisciplinary Research Program. El Paso, TX, USA. Lawrence Lesser.
• 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.

• Letter to the Editor (on Yang & Idris 2021 paper) Statistics Education Research Journal 20 2 (in press), 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.
• Statistical Edutainment: Putting it to the Test Teaching Statistics 43 2 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Presenting Mathematical Poetry Across Disciplinary Lines annual Bridges Conference on mathematical connections in art, music, architecture, education, and culture 2021 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• You Are Overdoin' If You Cancel Everything Texas Mathematics Teacher 67 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Factor!al Countdown The Mathematical Intelligencer 43 1 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• 99.73% Amstat News 526 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Adjusted R Square Amstat News 526 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Significance Radical Statistics 128 (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Cancel 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.
• Shifting PreCalculus from Gatekeeper to Gateway at a Hispanic-Serving Institution Mathematics Association of America (in press), Elsa Y. Villa, Lawrence M. Lesser, Erika L. Mein.
• Cardinality Texas Mathematics Teacher 66 2 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Edutainment: Correlation recreation Teaching Statistics 42 3 (2020), Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Redesigning a statistics literacy course to help prepare pre-service teachers to teach (statistics to) English language learners Palgrave Macmillan (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• 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 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 Significance 17 1 (2020), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Statistical Poetry Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 10 1 (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 The Mathematical Intelligencer 41 4 (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.
• “Short Stories”: Reflections on Tom Short’s Impact on Statistics Education Journal of Statistics Education 27 3 (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.
• By Design 2019 Bridges Conference (in press), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Di/vision Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics 10 1 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• MEANings CCAR Journal 66 3 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Don't Try for a Census Amstat News 503 (in press), 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 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 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 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 Amstat News 500 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Book of Numbers: Exploring Jewish Mathematics and Culture at a Jewish High School White Plum Publishing (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mathematics, statistics, and (Jewish) culture: Reflections on connections White Plum Publishing (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
• Empirical Rule Amstat News 499 (2019), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Divvy Up the Stakes Amstat News 497 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Null Hypothesis (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 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 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 Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10) (in press), 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 The Mathematical Intelligencer 40 2 (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• 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.
• Variation Mathematical Poetry blog (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• A Fitting Conclusion (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Chi-squared Dance (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Correlation Illustration (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Estimation Notation: It’s Greek (and Roman) to Me (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Everything's Unusual (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Height of Confidence (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Hypothesis on Trial (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Levels of Measurement (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Regression Rumba (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa.
• Super Bowl Poll (2018), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Target Practice (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 (in press), 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.
• A Fallacy Not Assessed by Kahneman and Tversky The Mathematical Intelligencer 39 4 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Cantor's Ternary Palindrome Mathematical Poetry blog (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Middle Grades SETS Instrument: Psychometric Comparison of Middle and High School Pre-service Mathematics Teachers Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2017), Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, Jennifer N. Lovett, Rebecca L. Pierce, M. Alejandra Sorto, Hollylynne S. Lee, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Point-Oh-Five Amstat News 485 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Test for Normality Radical Statistics 118 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• New Normal Radical Statistics 118 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Completing the (Least) Squares Mathematics Teacher 111 2 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Diameter Texas Mathematics Teacher 63 2 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Forebear Square Mathematical Poetry blog (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• FUNdamental engagement in statistics education Amstat News 483 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• New Normal Radical Statistics 117 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• MEANings Mathematical Poetry blog (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Slip Slidin' To The Mean Amstat News 482 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 8 1 (2017), Marta Civil, Luciana C. de Oliveira, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Assessing Effectiveness of Mnemonics for Tertiary Students in a Hybrid Introductory Statistics Course Journal of Statistics Education 25 1 (2017), Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Wendy S. Francis.
• Assessing Effectiveness of Mnemonics for Tertiary Students in a Hybrid Introductory Statistics Course Journal of Statistics Education 25 1 (2017), Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Wendy S. Francis.
• Moving Between Inner and Outer Worlds Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 7 1 (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Flipping between languages? An Exploratory Analysis of the Usage by Spanish-Speaking English language learner tertiary students of a bilingual probability applet (10% acceptance rate; top-tier journal) Statistics Education Research Journal 15 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Berenice Salazar.
• Flipping between languages? An Exploratory Analysis of the Usage by Spanish-Speaking English language learner tertiary students of a bilingual probability applet (10% acceptance rate; top-tier journal) Statistics Education Research Journal 15 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Berenice Salazar.
• Internship experience in an educational technology laboratory: Autoethnography of an eighth-grade student-researcher Journal of Mathematics Education 9 2 (2016), Judah B. Lesser (HS student working in UTEP lab), Daniel A. Tillman, Lawrence M. Lesser, Song A. An.
• Internship experience in an educational technology laboratory: Autoethnography of an eighth-grade student-researcher Journal of Mathematics Education 9 2 (2016), Judah B. Lesser, Daniel A. Tillman, Lawrence M. Lesser, Song A. An.
• More Statistics Education Literature on Analogies [refereed letter] The American Statistician 70 4 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Finding a Happy Mediant Mathematics Teacher 110 3 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The stature of salary: Raised expectations or a tall tale? Mathematics Teacher 110 3 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Mathematics, statistics, and (Jewish) culture: Reflections on connections Journal of Mathematics and Culture 10 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
• Benefit of the Doubt Mathematics Teacher 110 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• The Power of Polls The Mini Page (syndicated weekly feature in 500+ newspapers with 20 million readers) 32 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Judah Lesser.
• (This Is How) Stats Are Like Diamonds Amstat News 470 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Engendering understanding in mathematics Mathematics Teacher 110 1 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Different perspectives on the median of a distribution Wolfram (2016), Alexander White, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• (Eds.) Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics TODOS: Mathematics for ALL 7 1 (2016), Julia Aguirre, Marta Civil, Luciana C. de Oliveira, Lawrence M. Lesser, Cynthia O. Anhalt.
• Very Ocean Variation: Statistics Learned on Vacation Teaching Statistics 38 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Assessing Fun Items’ Effectiveness in Increasing Learning of College Introductory Statistics Students: Results of a Randomized Experiment Journal of Statistics Education 24 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• The Use of Song to Open an Educational Development Workshop: Exploratory Analysis and Reflection To Improve the Academy (top-tier journal in faculty/educational development) 35 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Song A. An, Daniel A. Tillman.
• The Use of Song to Open an Educational Development Workshop: Exploratory Analysis and Reflection To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development 35 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Song A. An, Daniel A. Tillman.
• (Eds.) Statistics Education Research Journal Statistics Education Research Journal [international top-tier journal in statistics education research with 10% acceptance rate] 15 1 (2016), Manfred Borovcnik, Maxine Pfannkuch, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Learning to Teach Music-themed Mathematics: An Examination of Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Developing and Implementing Interdisciplinary Mathematics Pedagogy Mathematics Teacher Education and Development 18 1 (2016), Song A. An, Meilan Zhang, Daniel A. Tillman, Lawrence M. Lesser, Annette Siemssen, Josefina V. Tinajero.
• Margins Talking Writing 2016 spring (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Tools for Assessing Readability of Statistics Teaching Materials Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 35 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
• Tools and Framework for Assessing Readability of Statistics Teaching Materials Journal of Technology in Mathematics and Science Teaching 35 2 (2016), Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Music = Math The Mini Page (syndicated weekly feature in 500+ newspapers) 11 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Sounding off on stereotypes Noticias de TODOS: News from TODOS Mathematics for All 11 2 (2016), Lawrence M. Lesser.

• STEM Song Contest Considerations: from Classroom to Conference (2021), 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" (Closing Session) (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl .
• Integrating Educational Fun into Teaching Statistics (2021), Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl .
• 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.
• 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 gallery, 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.
• 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.
• “Evaluate Teaching and Learning in Real Time? Simple as ABC!” (part of the conference Opening Session) (2019), Volume State College, PA, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• 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.
• A web-based interface to support interactive songs: Helping college students learn STEM (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dominic M. Dousa, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• The Middle Grades SETS Instrument: Psychometric comparison of middle and high school pre-service mathematics teachers (2017), Volume Indianapolis, IN, Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, Jennifer N. Lovett, Rebecca Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser, M. Alejandra Sorto.
• A Continuum of Interactivity with (Mathematics/Statistics) Songs (2017), Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Helping English language learners navigate probability vocabulary and concepts (2017), Volume State College, PA, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Project SMILES (Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs) (2017), Volume State College, PA, John Weber, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl.
• Results of a two-semester study on mnemonics usage in an online introductory statistics course (2017), Volume State College, PA, Megan Mocko, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler, Wendy S. Francis.
• Show Me How to Use Interactive Statistics Songs! (2017), Volume State College, PA, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• Using self-efficacy data to inform teacher preparation and professional development (2017), Volume State College, PA, Leigh Harrell-Williams, Jennifer Lovett, Oguz Koklu, Hollylynne Lee, M. Alejandra Sorto, Rebecca Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser, Christine Franklin.
• “Changing the rhythm of math class: Using educational songs to cultivate learning and community (2017), Volume San Antonio, TX, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• Project SMILES (Student-Made Interactive Learning with Educational Songs): A Model for Interdisciplinary Projects in Music and the STEM Sciences (2017), Volume Eastern New Mexico University (Portales, NM), Dominic M. Dousa, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• A Reading of Poetry with Mathematics (organizers) (2017), Volume United States, Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser, Douglas Norton.
• presentation of four mathematical poems (2017), Volume United States, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Fun Fosters Educational Community Culture (2016), Volume Louisville, KY, Lawrence M. Lesser, Reynaldo Reyes, Dennis Pearl, John Weber.
• Peer Observation Workshop (2016), Volume UTEP, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Information and Feedback Session for Those Considering Writing for the TODOS journal Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics (2016), Volume Scottsdale, AZ, Lawrence M. Lesser, Marta Civil, Cynthia Anhalt, Alejandra Sorto.
• Using Multilingual Resources for Learning Probability: A Rich Research-based Rich Example of Language and Culture Dynamics and Resources (2016), Volume Scottsdale, AZ, Lawrence M. Lesser, Amy E. Wagler.
• Gender Differences in Statistical Anxiety (2016), Hyen Oh, Dennis Pearl, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber.
• Pre-service Teacher Responses to Technology-specific items from the Self-efficacy to Teach Statistics Instrument (2016), Leigh Harrell-Williams, M. Alejandra Sorto, Rebecca Pierce, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Using Technology to Increase Readability of Instructional Materials (2016), Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Recognizing Assets of Our Students: A QEP-inspired Conversation (2016), Volume UTEP, Lawrence M. Lesser, Lucia Dura, Steven T. Varela.
• Connections with Language to Help Statistics Students Make Content Connections (2016), Volume El Paso, Christy Mielke, Amy E. Wagler, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• Interactive Songs to Engage Students Learning Introductory Statistics: Overview of NSF-funded Project (2016), Volume El Paso, Lawrence M. Lesser, Dennis Pearl, Stephen A. Haddad, Dominic M. Dousa, John Weber.
• Think-Pair-Share and ABCD Voting Cards (2016), Volume UTEP, Lawrence M. Lesser.
• A Reading of Poetry with Mathematics (organizers) (2016), Volume United States, Gizem Karaali, Lawrence M. Lesser, Douglas Norton.
• Using Targeted Fun in College Introductory Statistics to Decrease Anxiety and Increase Learning: Research, Resources, and Recommendations (2016), Volume United States, Lawrence M. Lesser, John Weber, Dennis Pearl.

• 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]
• Project UPLIFT: Universally Portable Learning Increased by Fun Teaching [TUES phase 1; only 12% of proposals in this category were funded]