Jessica Hartnett is associate professor of psychology and counseling at Gannon University, where she teaches psychological statistics every term. She has dedicated a significant portion of her professional life to becoming a better teacher of statistics and supporting her colleagues as they attempt to do the same. In addition to publishing and presenting research related to best methods for the teaching of statistics, her research areas include fading affect bias and affective forecasting error. She is the chair of the STP’s Task Force on Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking, and won their Mentorship of Teachers award in 2023. She shares ideas and inspiration to help instructors enliven their own courses on her popular blog, Not Awful and Boring Ideas for Teaching Statistics, http://notawfulandboring.blogspot.com/, which has over 400,000 page views.