Lisa W. Kay, Ph.D.
Foundation Professor
Education
- Ph.D., University of Kentucky
- M.S., University of Kentucky
- B.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Research & Academic Interests
- Statistics education
- Honors education
- Cluster detection
Publications
- Kuiper, S., Chakraborty, A., George, T., Kay, L. W., Lesser, L. M., Rowell, G., Pearl, D., Crawford, S., & Olsen, A. (2024). The greenhouse effect: Using student-generated agricultural data to warm up students for data-based decision making. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/26939169.2024.2441672
- Blair, J., Kay, L., Allison, L., Bradley, C. (2024). Faculty networking across disciplines: Exploring a transdisciplinary networking approach. The Journal of Faculty Development, 38(3), 86-89.
- Sciaraffa, M. A., Kay, L.W., & Kaelyn Herrin Prince. (2020). A study of Appalachian college students’ attitudes toward marriage. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 37(1), 42-49.
- Patton, K., Coleman, D., & Kay, L. (2019). High-impact honors practices: An application of Astin’s I-E-O model to high-achieving honors and non-honors students at Eastern Kentucky University. J. Herron & A. Cognard-Black (Eds.), “Value Added” in the Undergraduate Honors Experience. Lincoln, NE: National Collegiate Honors Council. NCHC Monograph Series.
- Mundfrom, D. J., Smith, M. D., & Kay, L. W. (2018). The effect of multicollinearity on prediction in regression models. General Linear Model Journal, 44(1): 24-28. doi: 10.31523/glmj.044001.003
- Redmond, S. P., Costello, P. S., & Kay, L. W. (2016). The modern mathematics master’s degree II: A survey of U.S. programs. American Review of Mathematics and Statistics, 4(1): 1-8. doi: 10.15640/arms.v4n1a1
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- American Association of University Professors
- American Statistical Association
- Mathematical Association of America
- National Collegiate Honors Council
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- National Numeracy Network
Awards & Accolades
- Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America (KYMAA) Distinguished Teaching Award, 2024
- EKU Foundation Professor, 2023
- Faculty Poster Award for “Kentucky Narratives and Numbers Take Two: Updating an Interdisciplinary Honors Course in Literature and Statistics,” 2017, National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
