Meet Our Cherry Award Recipient

“I really liked mathematics, and I really felt like I just had a love of it that I wanted to kind of help others see the joy in it. My dad was an elementary teacher and so, everyone had been kind of suggesting that teaching might not be such a bad thing. I really was kind of floundering at that time as far as what I wanted to do. And once I started taking some of the coursework in teaching, I thought it was really fascinating and interesting. I didn’t see myself applying my love for math by actually doing math day after day, but helping other people understand it seemed much more appealing to me.” (Source: EdNC: The joy of math: An interview with Dr. Hollylynne Lee)

“We need data literate citizens. I want my neighbors and the folks in our society to be data literate so that we are making good decisions together for the good of the world.” (Source: ‘I Want The Folks in Our Society to Be Data Literate So That We Are Making Good Decisions Together for the Good of the World’)

“By doing online professional development, we can actually provide different pathways for teachers and have more flexible learning opportunities, so it’s not everybody sitting in the same room, getting the same thing at the same time. They’re able to engage in an online community [with educators who] might be five or six states away, they might even be a whole country away, but they’re all there to learn together and think about how to improve their practice in the classroom.” (Source: Why is it Important for K-12 Students to Understand Data and Statistics?)

“I had all of my colleagues scrambling, saying, “Oh my gosh, we’re moving all of our classes online. And I’m thinking, wow, I’m not doing that right now, and how could I use what I have to give back? So I decided to revise and open one of the MOOCs on teaching math with technology and revise it to actually bring in more stuff about teaching online.” (Source: EdNC The joy of math: An interview with Dr. Hollylynne Lee)

“I am very excited and humbled to share this honor with my friend and colleague, Lance [Fusarelli]. I look forward to continuing to serve the land-grant mission of NC State and to making a lasting impact in the disciplines of mathematics education and statistics education.” (Source: Lance Fusarelli and Hollylynne Lee Named Professors of Distinction)

“I am thrilled to be part of this celebration of faculty excellence and NC State tradition. Wolfpack red is one of my favorite colors and I am proud to see the tower glow red in honor of faculty achievements.” (Source: College of Education Professor Hollylynne Lee Among NC State Faculty Honored with Talley Technology Tower Lighting on Oct. 6)

“Gaining experiences across the K-12 curriculum — not just math or science classes — to engage in data exploration and data-based argumentation will position our students as powerful meaning-makers in their future. Having been selected as a Fellow, I am honored that the ASA and its leadership recognize and value research and teacher professional development in statistics education, rather than only advances in applications and theory in statistical science. I am proud to be part of an organization that supports K-12 and college educational efforts in statistics and data science.” (Source: Professor Hollylynne Lee Named 2020 American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow)

“Creating data-literate citizens requires an effort across all disciplines to emphasize the process of learning from data, whether that data comes in the form of social media texts or quantitative measures collected about a real world phenomena like the nutritional information about our choices of breakfast foods. The HI-RiSE team is ready to assist teachers, schools and districts like Sampson County in making data-based decision making a priority skill for their 21st century learners.” (Source: Friday Institute Partnership with Sampson County Schools Brings Data-Rich Activities and Resources Into Classrooms)

“Our intent is to use high-impact resources, instructional strategies, online supports and classroom-ready materials to engage teachers in critical experiences that develop a broader understanding of what it means to engage in statistics and data investigations as a teacher and learner. Our mechanisms will build a long lasting online community as well as meeting teachers’ short-term professional development goals.” (Source: Professor Hollylynne Lee Continues to Help Teachers Prepare Data Literate Students Through $2.9 Million NSF Grant)

“There is a dearth of video-based materials available to mathematics teacher educators that focus on secondary students. Our project will contribute research results, and research-based materials to advance the field of mathematics teacher education and prepare future high school teachers to enact student-centered pedagogies for teaching algebra with technology.”(Source: New $1.8 Million NSF Grant to Support NC State Education Project on Math Teacher Preparation)