"Mark Daniel Ward is an Associate Professor of Statistics at Purdue University. Dr. Ward is currently the Principal Investigator for the NSF grant ""MCTP: Sophomore Transitions: Bridges into a Statistics Major and Big Data Research Experiences via Learning Communities"". He is also an Associate Director of the Center for Science of Information. Ellen Gundlach has been teaching introductory statistics and probability classes at Purdue University as a continuing lecturer since 2002. She is an associate editor of CAUSEweb and editor of the MERLOT Statistics Board. Her research interests include K12 outreach activities and online and hybrid teaching."