Jo Hardin is a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Pomona College. After graduating from Pomona College in 1995, she completed her PhD at UC Davis in Statistics. Her current research includes developing roust methods for high throughput data (think: genetic information), and she has an active undergraduate research group. Jo seeks to find ways to make statistics and data science more accessible, and she recently co-authored the online and completely free introductory statistics textbook Introduction to Modern Statistics. When not working with students or on her research, she loves running, hiking, and jigsaw puzzles.