General Information
Education
Ph.D. Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania. August 1985 Thesis Advisor: Clifford C. Clogg (deceased)
B.S. Mathematics (Magna Cum Laude), Towson State University Towson, Maryland. June 1980
University Appointments
University of South Carolina (2004 – 2008):
- Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
- Professor of Statistics
University of Minnesota (2001 – 2004):
- Dean, School of Public Health
- Professor of Biostatistics
- Assistant Vice-President for Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response (2003 – 2004)
University of Michigan (1989 – 2000):
- Assistant/Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health (1996/1997 – 2000)
- Professor of Biostatistics (1998 – 2000), Associate Professor (1992 – 1998), Assistant Professor (1989 – 1992)
- Faculty Associate, Institute for Social Research (1996 – 2000)
- Professor of Statistics (2000)
University of Washington (1987 – 1989): Senior Fellow, Department of Biostatistics
University of Florida (1985 – 1989): Assistant Professor of Statistics
Cornell University (1995 – 1996): Visiting Fellow, Field of Statistics
Limburgs University Centrum (Winter, 1994): Visiting Faculty Member, Biostatistics
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
- Fellow, American Statistical Association
- Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program
- National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Washington
- Honorary Professor, Sichuan University
- Honorary Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- Delta Omega National Honor Society
- Dean’s (Alumni) Recognition Award, Towson University
- Richard A. Rempel Faculty Award, University of South Carolina Student Government
- Mary Hudson Scarborough Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Towson State University
Professional Affiliations
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Statistical Association
- International Biometric Society (ENAR)