eCOTS Program Committee
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Welcome to the 2026 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS)!
This session will introduce the conference theme, the structure, and the organization of what will be happening this week and share findings and insights from the pre-eCOTS survey.
A set of lightning talks will help set the stage for the gathering.
- Allison Theobold (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
- Jacqueline Herman (Northern Kentucky University)
- Jennifer Ward (Clark College)
The session will continue with a panel discussion of "eCOTS Past and Future: Where Did We Come From and Where are We Headed?"
- Dennis Pearl (Founding Director of CAUSE, Penn State University)
- Matthew Beckman (Director of CAUSE, Penn State University)
- Megan Mocko (former Program Chair, University of Florida)
- Michelle Everson (founding Program Chair, The Ohio State University)
Finally, this year's recipient of the George Cobb Lifetime Achievement Award in Statistics Education will be unveiled.