Curriculum Vitae of Andrew A. Schaffner

Andrew A. Schaffner

Department of Statistics, Box 354322
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-1429 (voice) / (206) 685-7419 (fax)
andrew@stat.washington.edu

Education

1994 - present University of Washington, Department of Statistics.
Ph.D. Statistics expected August 1997

1992 - 1994 University of Washington, Department of Statistics.
M.S. Statistics

1988 - 1992 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
B.S. Mathematics

Research Interests

Statistics Education: constructivism, communal learning, problem-based learning, computer-mediated communication . Statistical applications to wildlife monitoring. Statistics Consulting.

Ph.D. Dissertation

"Tools for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education"
Committee: David Madigan, Vincent Galluci, Peter Guttorp, Earl Hunt, Jim Minstrell, June Morita

Teaching Experience

Spring, Fall 1996
Summer 1995 Statistics Instructor. University of Washington Department of Statistics. Instructor for introductory statistics courses. These courses were large (150+ student) undergraduate service courses. Texts: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics by Moore and McCabe and Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by Moore.

Winter 1997
Winter 1996
Fall 1995
Statistics Instructor. University of Washington Extension. Instructor for introductory statistics courses. These courses were smaller (15-20 student) courses aimed at adult learners. Texts: Statistics by Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Adhikari; Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by Moore.

Winter, Spring 1993
Fall 1992 Teaching Assistant. University of Washington Department of Statistics. Led quiz sections for an engineering statistics course.

Research Experience

1995-present Statistics Education. Research in developing new methods of statistics instruction (in-class and on-line) incorporating theories from constructivism and cooperative learning. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisors: David Madigan (Statistics) and Earl Hunt (Psychology).

1995 Bowhead range expansion. Research in developing diffusion models to describe and forecast range expansion for the Bering-Chuckchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whales. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics).

1994-1995 Bowhead population and rate of growth. Research Assistant on a project which biannually assesses the Bering-Chuckchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whale population size and rates of growth. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Principal Investigators: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics) and Adrian Raftery (Statistics).

1993-1994 Sea lion population estimation. Research Assistant on a project to estimate population trends of Stellar Sea Lions in the Aleutian Islands. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Principal Investigators: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics) and Stephen Mathews (Fisheries).

1991 Applied Probability. Research on Poisson approximations to occurrences of patterns and runs of rare events. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Advisor: Anant Godbole (Mathematics/Statistics).

Publications

Refereed Publications:

Schaffner, A.; Madigan, D.; Hunt, E.; Graf, E.; Minstrell, J.; and Nason, M. (1996). Benchmark Lessons and the World Wide Web: Tools for Teaching Statistics. In D. Edelson and E. Domeshek (eds.) Proceedings of ICLS 96. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. 480-484.
Schaffner, A.; Madigan, D.; Donnell, D.; Hunt, E.; Keim, M.; Minstrell, J.; and Volinsky, C. (1996). Benchmarks, Facets and the World-Wide Web: Tools for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education. Submitted to Journal of Statistics Education..
Schaffner, A. and Zeh, J. (1996). Random Walk Diffusion Model for Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Range Expansion. Submitted to Ecology.
Zeh, J.; Raftery, A.; and Schaffner A. (1996). Revised Estimates of Bowhead Population Size and Rate of Increase (Summary). In Report of the International Whaling Commission. V. 46.
Geske, M.; Godbole, A.; Schaffner, A.; Skolnick, A.; Wallstrom, G. (1995). Compound Poisson approximations for word patterns under Markovian hypotheses. J. Appl. Probab. V. 32 , no. 4, 877-892.
Godbole, A. ; Schaffner, A. (1993). Improved Poisson approximations for word patterns. Adv. In Appl. Probab. V. 25 , no. 2, 334-347.

Reports:

Schaffner, A.; Zeh, J.; and Raftery, A. (1996). Documentation of Programs and Data to Produce the Posterior Distribution of Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus, Population Size. Paper SC/48/AS17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, June 1996. Aberdeen, Scotland.
Zeh, J.; Raftery, A.; and Schaffner, A. (1995). Revised Estimates of Bowhead Population Size and Rate of Increase. Paper SC/47/AS10 presented to the International Whaling Commission, May 1995. Dublin, Ireland.
Schaffner, A.; Mathews, S.; and Zeh, J. (1994). Statistical Considerations in Assessing Recent Adult/Juvenile Census Trends of Stellar Sea Lions.

Referee

Statistics and Computing

Presentations

October 1996 Invited speaker at K-12 Inservice: Education for the 21st Century: Instructional Technology & Service Learning. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

August 1996 Invited speaker at EdWeb Conference. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

July 1996 Poster session at International Conference on the Learning Sciences. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

July 1996 Invited speaker at International Conference on the Learning Sciences Doctoral Consortium. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

March 1996 Invited speaker at American Statistical Association: Trends in Introductory Applied Statistics Courses: Topics, Techniques, Technology. Framingham State College, Framingham, MA.

October 1995 U.W. Statistics Departmental Seminar. "Facet-Based Learning, Benchmark Instruction, and the World Wide Web: Tools for Undergraduate Statistics Education."

Relevant Course Work

Advanced Theory of Statistical Inference (J. Wellner), Advanced Applied Statistics and Linear Models (F. O'Sullivan, D. Yanez), Advanced Probability (G. Shorack), Statistical Consulting (P. Sampson), Stochastic Processes (J. Besag), Classification and Pattern Recognition (W. Steutzle).

Service

Vice-president of the Puget Sound American Statistical Association, Seattle. 1996-present.
U.W. Statistics Department Graduate Student Representative to the faculty. 1994-1995.
Student Representative to the Puget Sound American Statistical Association, Seattle. 1995-1996.
U.W. Statistics Department Lecture Series on Strategies for Data Analysis, "Preparing for and Taking the Applied Qualifying Exam." May, 1994.
U.W. Statistics Department Orientation Lecture Series. "Introduction to the U.W. Statistics Computing Environment." September, 1993 and 1994.
U.W. Statistics Department Orientation Coordinator. September, 1993.

References

David Madigan, Associate Professor. University of Washington, Department of Statistics, Box 354322, Seattle, WA 98195. (206) 543-4537. madigan@stat.washington.edu
Earl Hunt, Professor. University of Washington, Department of Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195. (206) 543-8995. ehunt@u.washington.edu
Judith Zeh, Research Associate Professor. University of Washington, Department of Statistics, Box 354322, Seattle, WA 98195. (206) 685-7427. zeh@stat.washington.edu

Education
1994 - present	University of Washington, Department of Statistics. Ph.D. Statistics expected August 1997
1992 - 1994	University of Washington, Department of Statistics. M.S. Statistics
1988 - 1992	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo B.S. Mathematics

Teaching Experience
Spring, Fall 1996 Summer 1995	Statistics Instructor. University of Washington Department of Statistics. Instructor for introductory statistics courses. These courses were large (150+ student) undergraduate service courses. Texts: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics by Moore and McCabe and Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by Moore.
Winter 1997 Winter 1996 Fall 1995	Statistics Instructor. University of Washington Extension. Instructor for introductory statistics courses. These courses were smaller (15-20 student) courses aimed at adult learners. Texts: Statistics by Freedman, Pisani, Purves, Adhikari; Statistics: Concepts and Controversies by Moore.
Winter, Spring 1993 Fall 1992	Teaching Assistant. University of Washington Department of Statistics. Led quiz sections for an engineering statistics course.

Research Experience
1995-present	Statistics Education. Research in developing new methods of statistics instruction (in-class and on-line) incorporating theories from constructivism and cooperative learning. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisors: David Madigan (Statistics) and Earl Hunt (Psychology).
1995	Bowhead range expansion. Research in developing diffusion models to describe and forecast range expansion for the Bering-Chuckchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whales. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics).
1994-1995	Bowhead population and rate of growth. Research Assistant on a project which biannually assesses the Bering-Chuckchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whale population size and rates of growth. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Principal Investigators: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics) and Adrian Raftery (Statistics).
1993-1994	Sea lion population estimation. Research Assistant on a project to estimate population trends of Stellar Sea Lions in the Aleutian Islands. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Principal Investigators: Judith E. Zeh (Statistics) and Stephen Mathews (Fisheries).
1991	Applied Probability. Research on Poisson approximations to occurrences of patterns and runs of rare events. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Advisor: Anant Godbole (Mathematics/Statistics).

Presentations
October 1996	Invited speaker at K-12 Inservice: Education for the 21st Century: Instructional Technology & Service Learning. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
August 1996	Invited speaker at EdWeb Conference. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
July 1996	Poster session at International Conference on the Learning Sciences. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
July 1996	Invited speaker at International Conference on the Learning Sciences Doctoral Consortium. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
March 1996	Invited speaker at American Statistical Association: Trends in Introductory Applied Statistics Courses: Topics, Techniques, Technology. Framingham State College, Framingham, MA.
October 1995	U.W. Statistics Departmental Seminar. "Facet-Based Learning, Benchmark Instruction, and the World Wide Web: Tools for Undergraduate Statistics Education."