[2] Mayo graduated from Clark University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1974.
[2] She also held academic positions and taught classes in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech, and the Center for the Study of Science and Society.
[1] Her most recent research focuses on developing an account of experimental inference in science based upon statistical reasoning and the idea of learning from error.
In 1998, Mayo received the Lakatos Award for her book Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge.
[2] The prize is awarded every year to recently published English contributions on the philosophy of science which is considered an outstanding work in the field.