Journal Articles
Dierker, L., Rosenbaum, J., Piña, J., Adaján, A. (2025) Understanding Successful Engagement of Women and Underrepresented Students in a Multidisciplinary Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE). International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology.16(3), 208-226 https://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/1346
Dierker, L., Rose, J., Nazzaro, V., Kabacoff, R., Gooyabadi, M., and Kaparakis, M. (2024) Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Enhancing Educational Outcomes and Promoting Access to Data-Driven Careers. Journal of Research on Mathematics, 55(5):239-251. DOI: 10.5951/jresematheduc-2023-0109
Nazzaro, V., Rose, J., Dierker, L., Merrick, C., & Donatello, R. (2024). Project-based statistics outcomes: Pre- and post-Covid. Journal of College Science Teaching, 53(10), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231X.2023.2292401
Dierker, L., Nazarro, V., Rosenbaum, J., & Flaming, K. (2023). Predicting successful dissemination of a project-based curriculum: Findings from a passion-driven statistics initiative. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 34(1), 3-28. https://celt.miamioh.edu/ojs/index.php/JECT/article/view/138
Dierker, L., Nazarro, V., Rosenbaum, J., & Flaming, K. (2023). Predicting successful dissemination of a project-based curriculum: Findings from a passion-driven statistics initiative. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 34(1), 3-28. http://celt.miamioh.edu/ject/issue.php?v=34&n=1
Rosenbaum, J. E., & Dierker, L. C. (2023). Confidence disparities: Pre-course coding confidence predicts greater statistics intentions and perceived achievement in a project-based introductory statistics course. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/26939169.2023.2183287
Spence, N. J., Anderson, R., Corrow, S., Dumais, S. A., & Dierker, L. (2022) Passion-driven statistics: A course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). The Mathematics Enthusiast, 19(3), 759-770. https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1575
Nazzaro, V., Rose, J., & Dierker, L. (2020). A comparison of future course enrollment among students completing one of four different introductory statistics courses. Statistics Education Research Journal. 19(3), 6–17. https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v19i3.53
Awuah, R., Gallagher, K.M., & Dierker, L. (2020). Taking project-based statistics abroad: Learning experiences and outcomes of a project-based statistics course in West Africa, Statistics Education Research Journal. 19(3), 18–31. https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v19i3.54
Rose, JS & Dierker L (2019) Adapting the Passion-Driven Statistics curriculum for transition to high school, Teaching Statistics; 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/test.12209
Dierker, L., Flaming, K., Cooper, J., Singer-Freeman, K., Germano, K., & Rose, J. (2018). Evaluation impact: A comparison of learning experiences and outcomes of students completing a traditional versus multidisciplinary, project-based introductory statistics course. International Journal of Education, Training and Learning, 2(1), 16-28. DOI: 10.33094/6.2017.2018.21.16.28
Dierker, L., Robertson Evia, J., Singer-Freeman, K., Woods, K., Zupkus, J., Arnholt, A., Moliski, E.G., Delia Deckard, N. Gallagher, K., Rose, J., (2018). Project-based learning in introductory statistics: Comparing course experiences and predicting positive outcomes for students from diverse educational settings. International Journal of Educational Technology and Learning, 3(2), 52-64. DOI: 10.20448/2003.32.52.64
Dierker, L., Ward, N., Alexander, J., & Donate, E. (2017). Engaging underrepresented high school students in data driven storytelling: An examination of learning experiences and outcomes for a cohort of rising seniors enrolled in the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP). Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5(4), 54-63. DOI: 10.11114/jets.v5i4.2187
Cooper, J., & Dierker, L. (2017). Increasing exposure to programming: A comparison of demographic characteristics of students enrolled in introductory computer science programming courses vs. a multidisciplinary data analysis course. International Research in Higher Education, 2(1), 92-100. DOI: 10.5430/irhe.v2n1p92
Dierker, L., Alexander, J., Cooper, J., Selya, A., Rose, J., & Dasgupta, N. (2016). Engaging diverse students in statistical inquiry: A comparison of learning experiences and outcomes of under-represented and non-underrepresented students enrolled in a multidisciplinary project-based statistics course, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2016.100102
Dierker, L. ., Cooper, J. ., Selya, A. ., Alexander, J. ., & Rose, J. . (2015). Evaluating access: Comparing enrollment patterns in traditional versus multidisciplinary, project-based introductory statistics courses. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 4(1), 22–37. Retrieved from https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jise/article/view/1599
Dierker, L., Kaparakis, E., Rose, J., Selya, A., Beveridge, D. (2012). Strength in numbers: A multidisciplinary, project-based approach to introductory statistics education. Journal of Effective Teaching, 12(2), 4-14. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1092198.pdf
Blog Posts
Dierker, L. (2024) SAS On Demand for Academics in The Impact of Digital Learning on Minoritized and Poverty Affected College Students: Instructors’ Stories, pages 7-9 https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-The-Impact-of-Digital-Learning-on-Minoritized-and-Poverty-Affected-Students.pdf
Dierker, L. (2024) The Power of New Learners Teaching Newer Learners in an Introductory Statistics Classroom, Society for the Teaching of Psychology https://teachpsych.org/E-xcellence-in-Teaching-Blog/13382808
Dierker, L. Student Passion-Driven Statistics Education. Interviewed by Jana Talley, Jackson State University for Teaching and Learning DUE-Point, Inclusivity blog, Mathematical Association of America (MAA), October 28, 2020
https://www.mathvalues.org/masterblog/student-passions-drive-statistics-education
Wesleyan Newsletter, Dierker to Teach Passion-Driven Statistics as Fulbright Specialist
Blog post for the Graduate Student Teaching Association (GSTA) of the American Psychological Association: Division 2. “More than a seat in the classroom: Creating a welcoming (and empowering) place at the table for introductory statistics students”
https://teachpsych.org/page-1784686/7921700
Blog post from Afrobaramete.org, “Turning Raw data into useful information: Ashesi University sharpens students statistical skills”
NSF Award Announcement for Passion-Driven Statistics,
QAC Hosts Final Exam Evaluation, Poster Session
http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2014/12/08/qac201/
Wesleyan Announces New Data Science Specialization on Coursera
http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2015/09/08/courseraspecialization/
Forbes Magazine Blog post, “Wesleyan Takes a Passion for Statistics To The MOOC World With SAS”
Forbes Magazine Blog post, “Data Scientist Intro Education, 6,800 at a Time”
General Audience Articles
Article for the April, 2020 issue of The Score, the Division 5 (Qualitative and Quantitative Methods) Newsletter of the American Psychological Association. “Passion-driven statistics: Breaking disparities and opening the analytics economy to everyone” https://www.apadivisions.org/division-5/publications/score/2020/04/passion-driven-statistics
Wesleyan University Magazine, “Empowering Research through Passion-Driven Statistics”
Article in Scientia Global, “Falling in Love with Statistics: Shaping Students’ Relationships with Data”
https://www.scientia.global/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Lisa-Dierker.pdf
Wesleyan Argus, “Passion-Driven Statistics: Wesleyan professors expand flagship program”
Wesleyan University Magazine, “Unleashing the Power of Stats”
http://magazine.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2014/02/26/unleashing-the-power-of-stats/
Press from Partner Schools
Morgan Park Academy, Chicago, IL. Examining Social Questions with Passion-Driven Statistics.
https://www.morganparkacademy.org/2020/ap-statistics-sas-programming/
Oberlin College, RStudio Programming Course Empowers Students to Pursue Independent Research
Thiel College, Psychology Professor takes passion for statistics to medical school
Thiel College, Professor of Psychology uses new methods to introduce high school students to statistics
Book Chapters
Gallagher, K. M., Flaming, K. R., & Dierker, L. C. (2020). Passion-driven statistics. In A. Beyer & J. Peters (Eds.). For the love of teaching undergraduate statistics (pp. 55-82). Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/lovestats