Pomona Adds Social Justice to Stats Curriculum
This spring semester, the general Introduction to Statistics (MATH058) course at Pomona College has a new addition to its curriculum—the exploration of social justice issues. Taught by visiting assistant professor Omayra Ortega, a Pomona alumna, the class uses “examples from social justice literature [to] help explain the statistics.” This course is the only general introductory statistics class offered at Pomona. Other introductory classes have a specific applied focus, like