Sarah Abramowitz

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Sarah Abramowitz
Born1967 (age 5657)
NationalityAmerican
Education Cornell University
Stony Brook University
New York University (PhD)
OccupationStatistician

Sarah Knapp Abramowitz (born 1967) [1] is an American statistician specializing in statistics education and known for her textbooks on the use of statistical software packages. She is the John H. Evans Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Drew University, where she chairs the Mathematics & Computer Science Department. [2]

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Education and career

Abramowitz majored in mathematics at Cornell University, graduating in 1989, and earned a master's degree in mathematics in 1992 from Stony Brook University. She switched to mathematics education for her doctoral studies, completing her Ph.D. in 1999 at New York University. [2] [3] Her dissertation was A computer-enhanced course in descriptive statistics at the college level: An analysis of student achievement and attitudes, and was supervised by Sharon L. Weinberg. [4]

While still a graduate student, she worked as an adjunct assistant professor of mathematics at St. Francis College. [3] She joined the Drew University faculty as an assistant professor in 1998, [2] [3] was tenured as an associate professor in 2004, and was promoted to full professor in 2011. [3] She was named Evans Professor in 2021. [5] At Drew, she has also served as the faculty representative to the NCAA for Drew's athletics program. [6] [7]

Books

With her doctoral advisor, Sharon L. Weinberg, Abramowitz is the co-author of a series of textbooks on statistical software packages:

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References

  1. Birthdate from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2021-10-26
  2. 1 2 3 "Our faculty", Mathematics & Computer Science Department, Drew University, retrieved 2021-10-26
  3. 1 2 3 4 Curriculum vitae, Spring 2015, retrieved 2021-10-26
  4. Abramowitz, Sarah Knapp, A computer-enhanced course in descriptive statistics at the college level: An analysis of student achievement and attitudes, New York University, ProQuest   304513815
  5. "Endowed Professorship Named for Drew University Trustee Emeritus John H. Evans", Stories, Drew University, 19 April 2021, retrieved 2021-10-26
  6. "BackTalk: Sarah Abramowitz", Drew Magazine, Spring 2018
  7. Havsy, Jane (6 July 2016), "Drew professor named NCAA fellow", Daily Record
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