Larry Lesser
Engaging and Meaningful Connections
Larry Lesser

Media Coverage

PODCASTS

Sacred Science (Episode 37 on math-and-religion), November 9, 2021

Stats+Stories (last 10 minutes of Episode 288 on statistics edutainment), July 27, 2023

RADIO

Topic of interview Station/Show Initial Date Aired Link
Pi Day, math appreciation;

 

math-and-religion speaker series

 Louie Saenz of El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “Focus on Campus”,

KTEP “The Weekend“;

KVIA-TV

 March 15, 2019;

March 6, 2021

March 11, 2021

 https://www.ktep.org/post/focus-campus-larry-lesser-1

https://www.ktep.org/programs/weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkVkqXf6bdw
2016 International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “Focus on Campus” with Louie Saenz Feb. 26, 2016 http://ktep.org/post/focus-campus-international-sun-conference-teaching-and-learning

http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/SunConferenceInterviewKTEPFeb262016.mp3
gun violence El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “Focus on Campus” with Louie Saenz

NBC-affiliate KTSM-TV coverage of interfaith panel

 Dec. 18, 2015 & Feb. 23, 2018;

Aug. 28, 2019

 http://ktep.org/post/focus-campus-larry-lesser

http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/12-18-15KTEPinterview.mp3

 
NSF-funded research on statistics & fun/music El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “100@100: Research for Our Next Century” with Dr. Keith Pannell May 29, 2014 http://ktep.org/programs/100-100-research-our-next-century

http://ktep.org/post/100-100-larry-lesser
Math & Music/Poetry El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “State of the Arts” with Mónica Gómez April 13, 2013; Feb. 21, 2009

 

 https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/KTEPInterviewAiring4-13-13.mp3

http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/Feb2009KTEPinterview.mp3

https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Feb2009KTEPinterview.mp3
Math & Music Kingston, Jamaica’s HOT 102 (101.9 FM) “Today with [former first lady of Jamaica] Beverley Anderson Manley” May 19, 2008 (live) http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/Jamaica.html

https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jamaica2008Interview.mp3
Surface Area of Desert Life, Mark and Recapture, Desert Weather, Snakes, Pi Day El Paso’s KTEP (88.5 FM) “Desert Diary” with Florence Schwein June 22, 2009; June 7, 2005; May 18, 2005; April 19, 2005; March 14, 2005, respectively http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/math/indexmath.htm

snakes and desert weather are sample shows I wrote the script for
lottery KTRH-AM (Houston), WGST-AM (Atlanta);  KFNC-FM (Houston); KUT-FM (Austin), WOAI-AM (San Antonio), KHOW-AM (Denver) April 16, 2002;

June 15, 2005;

Dec. 17, 2013;

October 19&23, 2018

Dec. 4, 2020

Jan. 20, 2021

July 28, 2022

 http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/ShaarKUT-FMinterviewDecember17,2013.mp3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9N6hYD6v9E​

Dec. 4, 2020 appearance on Ross Kaminsky Show

https://khow.iheart.com/featured/ross-kaminsky/content/2021-01-20-larry-lesser-which-big-lottery-is-better-bet-should-i-buy-just-1-ticket/; Jan 2021 appearance on Ross Kaminsky Show

July 28, 2022 appearance on Ross Kaminsky Show
algebra education on hour-long talkradio call-in show “Math Medley” with Pat Kenschaft on KFNX-AM (Phoenix), WALE-AM (Providence), and renaissanceradio.com Sept. 23, 2000 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01277/cah-01277.html

 

 

PERIODICALS

topic representative items
overall academic career for major interview in Journal of Statistics Education:   7/15/2020 El Paso Herald Post

for winning Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award:  5/2/16 El Paso Herald Post: http://elpasoheraldpost.com/utep-professor-mathematical-sciences-larry-lesser-ph-d-honored-14th-piper-award-recipient/  (with shorter 5/3/16 blurbs in El Paso Inc. and Rice University dateline news); also, the week of 5/9/16 included UTEP’s extended video (on YouTube or Vimeo) and newsfeed writeup

sustained research on language in statistics, fall 2016 UTEP Magazine
lottery 7/7/23 USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/07/07/strategy-to-win-powerball-and-mega-millions-tips-for-choosing-numbers/11525489002/

3/30/12 El Paso Times:  https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MegaMillionsEPTimes2012.pdf

8/28/93 Austin American-Statesman: https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AustinAmericanStatesman.pdf
math & music 2016 interview in the premier STEM songwriting blog: http://singaboutscience.org/wp/2016/02/18/stem-songster-interview-19-professor-lesser/

Summer 2015 UTEP College of Science newsletter: http://pub.lucidpress.com/cos_newsletter_summer_2015/#IgnL7vVPurK9

3/14/15 El Paso Times, also picked up by the Oklahoman: http://newsok.com/article/feed/811826;

3/31/02 Herald Sun [Australia’s largest paper]: https://larrylesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Australiaarticle.pdf
Children’s education issues in 2015-2016 of The Mini Page (a weekly syndicated feature in 500+ newspapers with 20 million readers) on topics of Mobius strips, math & music, and statistics polls

TV

Topic coverage
International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning I chaired KFOX, March 6, 2015;

KDBC-TV and KFOX, March 17, 2016
educating about the lottery twice on Austin ABC-affiliate KVUE-TV

several El Paso stations, including CBS-affiliate KDBC-TV, ABC-affiliate KVIA-TV,KFOX-TV, and NBC-affiliate KTSM-TV

the lead “Dollars & Sense” segment of Cable News Network (CNN) Headline News throughout the last weekend of August 1993
my math-and-music edutainment guest lesson I taught to El Paso middle schoolers Feb. 1, 2013 on the mathematics of stringed instruments where KFOX-TV interviewed me and some students and aired it on that evening’s news.

One of my math songs won a national “Pi Day of the Century” contest announced by the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) on 3/14/15, which attracted TV coverage by El Paso stations (KDBC, KVIA, and KFOX), a 2:38 video posted that day on UTEPMiners Facebook, and the closing (and longest) story on that week’s UTEP Headlines Video Newscast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuaXz3sIcMc).

Three other songs were winners in MoMath’s fall 2015 math song contest, which resulted in being interviewed for KFOX (watch clip) and KDBC (watch clip) 12/2/15 evening news.
Featured appearances on 6 episodes of PBS children’s educational show “Blast Beyond” All 6 episodes are archived here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdfaHtJTO4LJZfSgu2Ztvn3aI6R8B1giR​

EDUCATIONAL ONLINE VIDEOS

Topic Associated Organization Link
Use of video in teaching Academic Technologies, The University of Texas at El Paso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA4JFCRtuas&feature=youtu.be
Exploring a model of the statistical median Journal of Statistics Education, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDbWTPL0vE or  http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v22n3/pulley_loop_physical_model_of_median.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDbWTPL0vE  (also, see associated webinar archived at https://www.CAUSEweb.org/webinar/jse/2015-03/ )
Math songs Virtual poetry reading 8/16/2014 at the International Bridges conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcaL2PXuy7U&feature=youtu.be

Invited 11/19/15 performance at the National Museum of Mathematics

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVdI1P0AqY

 

 

https://www.CAUSEweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=537
Statistics songs Plenary banquet performance at 2013 United States Conference on Teaching Statistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGw6AtRWMA4
Interactive lecturing with answer cards; formative feedback teaching center for The University of Texas at El Paso https://www.utep.edu/faculty-development/Teaching-and-Learning/Additional-Tools-and-Resources/teaching-toolkit/Interactive-Lecturing-With-Answer-Cards.html

http://bit.ly/sol_grabngo_formativefeedback
Statistics education outreach about the lottery Hosted by the American Statistical Association (http://www.amstat.org/youtube/) and the Quantitative Literacy special interest group of the Mathematical Association of America (http://sigmaa.maa.org/ql/contest2011.php) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGRghzr5zo
Gender equity TITLE IX public service announcement sponsored by Frontera Women’s Foundation, UTEP, and EPCC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAmEOtvq2I8