Emily Griffith

Emily Griffith is an associate department head and Professor of the practice in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She graduated from Florida State University (FSU) in 2003 with a bachelor’s in statistics and earned her doctorate from NCSU in 2008. Her work focuses on statistical consulting, interdisciplinary collaboration, and education. She leads initiatives like the Statistical Tutoring and Training Hub (STAT Hub) and was the principal investigator of a 2023 Sloan Foundation-funded project on data science consulting practices. In 2023, she was honored as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Education:

• Bachelor’s in Statistics, Florida State University, 2003
• Doctorate in Statistics, North Carolina State University, 2008

Research Interests: Griffith bridges statistical methods with diverse fields such as agriculture, veterinary medicine, and paleontology. She emphasizes equitable practices in data science consulting and advocates for student involvement in collaborative research. Her teaching includes statistical programming and graduate-level applied projects.

Grants & Projects: Principal Investigator of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation-funded project “Models in Data Science Consulting in Higher Education” ($174,994), which produced a special journal edition outlining best practices for statistical collaboration.

Awards:

• 2023: Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Labs/Teams: STAT Hub tutoring center for introductory statistics students, supporting peer-led learning.