Education
Friedman holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research from New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Statistics / Biology from Baruch College.
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Linda Friedman
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She is a Professor of Statistics and Computer Information Systems at Baruch College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her research and teaching interests are varied and include business statistics, object-oriented programming, humor studies, Jewish studies, online education, social media, and all things technology. Her most recent book is God Laughed: Sources of Jewish Humor (), which Publisher"s Weekly has called a "lighthearted but thoughtful study".
She also writes fiction and poetry, and lives in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Linda Weiser Friedman was born in New York City to Norman and Marion Weiser, and grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights and Midwood. She attended Crown Heights Yeshiva (when it was still located at 310 Crown Street) and Esther Schoenfeld High School (in the Lower East Side).
