Lisa L. Harlow (1985 PhD, UCLA) is an emerita professor at URI emphasizing quantitative methods, multivariate statistics, and structural equation modeling with a focus on increasing interest, performance, and diversity in quantitative science. She published 100+ articles, seven books and received $8,600,000+ in funding, largely on multivariate methods, applications, health, and advancing underrepresented groups in quantitative science. She is editor of the Multivariate Applications Book Series, former editor of Psychological Methods, and past associate editor of Structural Equation Modeling. She is also a past-president of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 5 (Statistics) and the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. Honors include two Scholarly Excellence Awards; Fellow status in APS and 5 APA Divisions (1, 2, 5, 38, 52); the Jacob Cohen Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring award; a Distinguished Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, Melbourne, Australia; and a Fulbright Scholar Award at York University, Toronto, Canada.