Maxine Pfannkuch is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at Auckland University, New Zealand. Before completing her PhD in 1999 on characterizing statistical thinking, she worked as a secondary mathematics teacher and in pre-service and in-service teacher development. Her research interests centered on enhancing 11-to-20-year-old students’ statistical and probabilistic reasoning and statistical literacy, as well as conceptual understanding using dynamic visualizations. She was Editor of SERJ (2014-2018).