Becky defended her PhD in the Department of Statistical Science, advised by Alan Gelfand and Jim Clark. She next heads to a tenure track faculty position at Middlebury College.

Becky was recognized by the American Statistical Association for her paper, “Modeling spatially biased citizen science effort through the eBird database” in Environmental and Ecological Statistics. This paper also received the Best Award from the Department of Statistical Science.

Tang, B., J. S. Clark, and A. E. Gelfand. 2021. Modeling spatially biased citizen science effort through the eBird database. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-021-00508-1.