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Priyangi Bulathsinhala is an Associate Teaching Professor of Statistics at Penn State University. She received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Southern Methodist University in 2016, her M.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2011, and her B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2008. Her doctoral dissertation investigated optimal spatial methods for analyzing functional connectivity in fMRI data, focusing on improving the detection of functional connectivity in the brain and reducing the number of voxel-based tests that arise from current methods. Bulathsinhala is actively engaged in collaborative projects, including assessments of student attitudes towards Statistics, particularly among adult learners in online graduate courses, and developing statistical methods to analyze fossilized eggshells and their incubation periods. In addition to her teaching role, she serves as an academic advisor for undergraduate Statistics majors and is a member of the ECoS Climate Diversity Committee. She has reviewed for the American Journal of Distance Education since 2019.
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