James Madison University

Statistics Faculty

"It is impossible to do modern studies of ecology and conservation biology without a deep knowledge of statistics. We use statistics to design and analyze ecological experiments."
Dr. Harris, Ecology & Conservation Biology Professor

	Arlene Casiple, Instructor B.S., University of the Phillipines M.S., University of Florida Statistical interests: Statistics education, distance learning.
	Lihua Chen, Assistant Professor B.S, M.S, Peking University, China Ph.D., Iowa State University Statistical interests: Model combining and selection, categorical data analysis, information theory and Bayesian methods.
	Rickie J. Domangue, Professor B.S., M.S., Nicholls State University Ph.D., Clemson University Statistical interests: Clinical trials, experimental design, mixed linear models, statistics education.
	Steven T. Garren, Professor B.S., Roanoke College M.S., Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill
	Debra Hall, Instructor B.S., Lambuth College M.S., Tennessee Technological University Statistical interests: Statistics Education, AP Statistics, Effective use of Technology and Writing to improve and assess Statistical Literacy, Quality Control in FDA regulated environments
	Hasan Hamdan, Associate Professor B.S., Birzeith University M.S., Ph.D., American University Statistical interests: Scale mixtures, time series, multivariate analysis and distribution theory.
	Nusrat Jahan, Assistant Professor B.Sc (Hons.), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh M.Sc., Queen's University, Canada Ph.D., Mississippi State University Statistical interests: Time series, statistical genomics, data mining.
	Justin Kimmel, Instructor B.S., The University of Pittsburgh M.S., The University of Akron Statistical interests: Statistics Education: Investigating and implementing fun classroom activities and advancements in technology to enhance student retention and success.
	Robert E. Lee, Professor B.A., Berea College M.A. Appalachian State University Ph.D., University of South Carolina
	Kane Nashimoto, Associate Professor B.A., Bemidji State University M.A., University of North Dakota M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
	Samantha (Bates) Prins, Associate Professor B.Sc. (Hons), University of Auckland, New Zealand M.S., Ph.D, University of Washington Statistical interests: Environmental applications, Bayesian statistics, deterministic models, clustering & classification.
	Dinesh Sharma, Assistant Professor B.Sc., M.Sc. (Statistics), HNB Garhwal University, India M.S. (Applied Math), University of Tennessee, Knoxville Ph.D., Florida State University Statistical interests: Prognostic modeling, computational statistics.
	D. Brian Walton, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Arizona Statistical interests: Stochastic processes and time series, applied probability, and hidden Markov models.
	Colleen Watson, Instructor B.S., M.S., Georgia Tech Statistical interests: Instructing current and future teachers to incorporate hands-on data collection into data analysis lesson plans in order to increase student excitement for statistics.
	Ling Xu, Assistant Professor B.S., Wuhan Technical U. of Surveying & Mapping, China M.S., Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Statistical interests: Computational statistics, Bayesian methods.