Dr. Paul Plummer

Research Areas:  Statistics Education, Statistical Change Point Analysis and its application to gene expression data, and actuarial science

Dr. Plummer received his BSE and MS in Mathematics from the University of Central Missouri in 1990 and 1995, respectively.  He received his Ph.D. in Statistics/Economics from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2012. Dr. Plummer joined the Department of Mathematics, Actuarial Science, and Statistics in 2001 and holds the rank of Senior Instructor of Statistics. Dr. Plummer is devoted to his students’ success and teaching excellence. He has presented at national meetings on topics related to teaching Introductory Statistics courses and design of Co-requisite Models for General Education Statistics Courses. He teaches introductory, upper level, as well as graduate level statistics courses and serves as an advisor for both undergraduate and graduate majors in Actuarial Science and Statistics. Dr. Plummer is a co-sponsor of The Actuarial Organization and Kappa Mu Epsilon mathematics honor society, student organizations within the department. He is actively engaged with the Kansas/Western Missouri Chapter of the American Statistical Association and serves as UCM’s Chapters Representative for the chapter’s Mu Sigma Rho, statistics honor society.