November 10, 2020
Brandi Bailes, mathematics professor, admits that statistics can be a dry subject, but humor, she has found, is a helpful remedy. 鈥淚鈥檝e always been a ham in the classroom, but COVID has made me need that more as a teacher,鈥 Bailes said. 鈥淧eople have a lot of math anxiety, so humor always helps with that. In a traditional classroom setting, there鈥檚 more natural camaraderie, so now it鈥檚 either I am humorous, light-hearted and funny, or this class is not going to be successful.鈥