Regina Nuzzo
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Regina Nuzzo | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Stochastic models for lipid biochemistry (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard A. Olshen |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Statistician |
| Institutions | Gallaudet University |
| Website | www |
Regina Nuzzo is a professor of statistics at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a liberal arts school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She also writes articles about the importance of statistical and science communication and is an advocate for people with disabilities in the science and technology field.[1]
Nuzzo graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and went on to obtain her Ph.D in statistics from Stanford University in 2004, supervised by Richard A. Olshen.[2] Her dissertation was written on the usage of stochastic models in biochemistry.
Nuzzo also graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz's science writing program.[3]
Career
Nuzzo has been a faculty member at Gallaudet University since 2006. She has written multiple articles for publication in major magazines, including WIRED magazine, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, as well as Reader's Digest. In addition to teaching, she gives seminars about statistics, which have been hosted at the University of Washington,[4][5] the University of Maryland,[6] and Harvard University.[7]
In 2019, Nuzzo was appointed the Senior Advisor for Statistics Communication and Media Innovation for the American Statistical Association.[8]