Faculty and Staff

• Sherrill Hayes

  Sherrill Hayes Director of the School of Data Science and Analytics and Professor of Conflict Management

  Position:
  Director of the School of Data Science and Analytics and Professor of Conflict Management

  Phone: (470) 578-6499
  Email: shayes32@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3005

  
  Degree: PhD, Sociology & Social Policy, Newcastle University (UK)

  Recent Classes Taught: DS 9000 Data Ethics; INCM 9900 Doctoral Research

  Professional experience: Program Evaluator

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• Ramazan Aygun

  Ramazan Aygun Director of Research Computing and Associate Professor of Computer Science

  Position:
  Director of Research Computing and Associate Professor of Computer Science

  Phone: (470) 578-5606
  Email: raygun@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 305A

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo

  Recent Classes Taught: CS 7265 Big Data Analytics; CS 7267 Machine Learning

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• James Baggs

  James Baggs Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: jbaggs3@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Epidemiology, Emory University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics

  Professional Experience: Senior Epidemiologist and Team Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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• Marla Bell

  Marla Bell Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-6566
  Email: mbell@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3019

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 3130 Statistical Methods II; STAT 4210/STAT 8210 Applied Regression Analysis

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• Austin Brown

  Austin Brown Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-7827
  Email: abrow708@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3021

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Applied Statistics and Research Methods, University of Northern Colorado

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 3125 Biostatistics; STAT 8020 Advanced Programming in SAS; STAT 8030 Programming in R; STAT 8110 Quality Control and Process Improvement; STAT 8210 Applied Regression Analysis

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• Nancy Burney

  Nancy Burney Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-4320
  Email: nburney@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3020

  
   

• Nicole Carder

  Nicole Carder Lecturer of Statistics

  Position:
  Lecturer of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2819
  Email: nmoutos@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3024

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Science in Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3010 Computer Applications of Statistics; STAT 3125 Biostatistics

  Professional Experience: Data Scientist at Axis, Group; Data Analyst at Genuine Parts Company; Statistical Analyst at Kimberly Clark

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• Caye Clack

  Caye Clack Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2490
  Email: cclack1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3038

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1170 Introduction to Statistics; STAT 3125 Biostatistics; STAT 3130 Statistical Methods II

  Professional Experience: Twenty five years experience in computer software design, development, testing, and project management

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• Joseph DeMaio

  Joseph DeMaio Director of the Masters of Applied Statistics and Professor of Mathematics and Data Science

  Position:
  Director of the Masters of Applied Statistics and Professor of Mathematics and Data Science

  Phone: (470) 578-6568
  Email: jdemaio@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3011

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Mathematics, Emory University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 7010 Mathematical Statistics I; MATH 2332 Probability and Data Analysis; MATH 8020 Graph Theory

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• Holly Deal

  Holly Deal Lecturer of Statistics

  Position:
  Lecturer of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2490
  Email: hdeal2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3022

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Statistics and Analytical Sciences, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3125 Biostatistics; STAT 4210 Topics in Regression

• Monica Doriney

  Monica Doriney Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: mdoriney@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
   

• Bowen Eldridge

  Bowen Eldridge Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Position:
  Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Phone: (470) 578-6241
  Email: meldrid8@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 366

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Statistics and Analytical Sciences, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 2332 Probability and Data Analysis

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• Nicole Ferguson

  Nicole Ferguson Associate Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-7624
  Email: afergu10@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3017

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Biostatistics, University of Louisville

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3010 Computer Applications of Statistics; STAT 3125 Biostatistics; STAT 4125/STAT 8125 Design and Analysis of Human Studies; STAT 7100 Statistical Methods; STAT 8030 Programming in R; STAT 8940 Applied Analysis Project

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• Michael Frankel

  Michael Frankel Senior Lecturer of Statistics

  Position:
  Senior Lecturer of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2389
  Email: mfranke1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3009

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Statistics, Georgia Tech 

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3010 Computer Applications in Statistics; STAT 3120 Statistical Methods I; STAT 4330 Binary Classification

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• Bill Franks

  Bill Franks Director of the Center for Data Science and Analytics and Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Position:
  Director of the Center for Data Science and Analytics and Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Phone: (470) 578-2829
  Email: wfranks3@kennesaw.edu
  Location: TP 2404

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Applied Statistics, North Carolina State University

  Recent Classes Taught: DS 7900 Applied Analytics Project Course

  Professional Experience: Chief Analytics Officer for Teradata (NYSE: TDC) and the International Institute for Analytics. Author of several books. Presentations at hundreds of public and private conferences and events. 

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• Linda Galloway

  Linda Galloway Senior Lecturer of Mathematics

  Position:
  Senior Lecturer of Mathematics

  Phone: (470) 578-7678
  Email: lgallow1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3029

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Secondary Mathematics Education, Auburn University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics 

• Kimberly Gardner

  Kimberly Gardner Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2401
  Email: kgardne9@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3023

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Georgia State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3010 Computer Applications of Statistics; STAT 3120 Statistical Methods I; STAT 3130 Statistical Methods II; STAT 7100 Statistical Methods; STAT 8940 Applied Analysis Project; MATH 2332 Probability and Data Analysis; MATH 3332 Probability and Inference; MAED 9900 Mathematics Education Research Independent Study

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• Kevin Gittner

  Kevin Gittner Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

  Phone: (470) 578-7986
  Email: kgittner@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3031

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Applied Statistics and Research Methods, University of Northern Colorado

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 3125 Biostatistics; PHE 4350 Methods of Public Health Education Research

  Professional Experience: Statistical and research methods consulting

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• Shannon Grabich

  Shannon Grabich Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: sgrabich@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Epidemiology, UNC Chapel Hill

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 8940 Applied Analysis Project (Human Studies Lab)

  Professional Experience: Research Professional with five years of experience working direct in pharma real world evidence (RWE) research and two years of RWE consulting.

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• Damarkus Green

  Damarkus Green Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: dgreen62@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics

  Professional Experience: Data Analyst at Stillman College

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• Susan Hardy

  Susan Hardy Senior Lecturer of Statistics

  Position:
  Senior Lecturer of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-6707
  Email: shardy@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3018

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Statistics, Brigham Young University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3010 Computer Applications of Statistics; STAT 3120 Statistical Methods I; STAT 3130 Statistical Methods II; STAT 4400 Nonparametric Statistical Methods; STAT 4400 Research and Oral Presentation Excellence

  Professional Experience: Wirthlin Worldwide (Harris Interactive) - trained project managers; performed marketing analyses for Marriott Corporation food chains

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• Victor Kane

  Victor Kane Associate Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2132
  Email: vkane@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3025

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Statistics, Florida State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3120 Statistical Methods I; STAT 4120/STAT 7220 Design of Experiments; STAT 7110 Quality Control; STAT 7140 Six Sigma Problem Solving

  Professional Experience: Ford Motor Company, Engineering Analyses and Process Optimization

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• Gilbert Lepadatu

  Gilbert Lepadatu Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: glepadat@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
   

• Leann Levelsmier

  Leann Levelsmier Office Manager

  Position:
  Office Manager

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: lhaman1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3003

  
   

• Kelly Linz

  Kelly Linz Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: klinz@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Science in Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics

  Professional Experience: Data Scientist with Coke One North America (CONA) Services

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• Travis Long

  Travis Long Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: tlong20@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
   

• Lauren Matheny

  Lauren Matheny Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: lmathen1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Applied Statistics and Research Methods, University of Northern Colorado

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 3120 Statistical Methods I; STAT 7020 Statistical Computing Simulation;  STAT 7225 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis

  Professional Experience: 17 years directing lower extremity research program in orthopaedic and sports medicine health outcomes; lead biostatistician and research methodologist for collaborative research with the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, independent statistical and research consultant in private sector. 

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• Steve Morris

  Steve Morris Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Position:
  Lecturer of Data Science and Analytics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: smorri43@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Science, Statistics, University of Georgia

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 2332 Probability and Data Analysis;  STAT 3125 Biostatistics

  Professional Experience: Consultant at Demand Side Analytics 

• Sherry Ni

  Sherry Ni Associate Director of the School of Data Science and Analytics and Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Associate Director of the School of Data Science and Analytics and Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2251
  Email: sni@kennesaw.edu
  Location: TP 2403

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 8940 Applied Analysis Project; STAT 8240/HMI 7620 Data Mining; DS 9900 Dissertation Research

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• Steve Orrock

  Steve Orrock Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: sorrock@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Applied Statistics, Kennesaw State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics

  Professional Experience: Business Analyst and Pricing/Inventory Analyst in retail analytics

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• Melony Parkhurst

  Melony Parkhurst Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-6682
  Email: mparkhur@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3038

  
   

• Herman Ray

  Herman Ray Associate Professor of Data Science and Biostatistics

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Data Science and Biostatistics

  Phone: (470) 578-3648
  Email: hray8@kennesaw.edu
  Location: TP 2405

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Louisville School of Public Health 

  Recent classes taught: STAT 8310 Applied Categorical Data Analysis; STAT 8320 Applied Multivariate Data Analysis; STAT 8330 Applied Binary Classification; STAT 7130 Programming in R. 

  Professional experience:

  • Senior Director of Biostatistics and Programming, ConcertAI
  • Associate Professor of Statistics, Kennesaw State University
  • Director, Center for Statistics and Analytical Research, Kennesaw State University
  • Research Scientist, Thomson Reuters 

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• Cara Reeve

  Cara Reeve Program Coordinator

  Position:
  Program Coordinator

  Phone: (470) 578-2865
  Email: cmisurac@kennesaw.edu
  Location: TP 2400

  
   

• Claudia Roper

  Claudia Roper Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Instructor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: croper12@kennesaw.edu
  Location: MS 012

  
   

• Gita Taasoobshirazi

  Gita Taasoobshirazi Associate Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2491
  Email: gtaasoob@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3013

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Educational Psychology: Cognition and Development, University of Georgia

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 7020 Statistical Computing and Simulation; STAT 7900 Structural Equation Modeling; STAT 8020 Advanced Programming in SAS; STAT 8210 Applied Regression Analysis

• Shelby Taylor

  Shelby Taylor Lecturer of Statistics

  Position:
  Lecturer of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-4320
  Email: stayl222@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3020

  
  

  Degree: Masters of Statistics, Brigham Young University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 3125 Biostatistics

  Professional Experience: Research Fellow at National Center for Health Statistics (Summer 2018)

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• Lewis VanBrackle

  Lewis VanBrackle Professor Emeritus of Statistics

  Position:
  Professor Emeritus of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-6313
  Email: lvanbrac@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3015

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics

  Professional Experience: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT&T) - Associate Staff Manager, Demographics and Marketing Research; Bell Telephone Laboratories (now Avaya) - Member of the Technical Staff, Local Service Model Development 

• Bob Vanderheyden

  Bob Vanderheyden Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Part-Time Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-2409
  Email: rvanderh@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 275

  
   

• MinJae Woo

  MinJae Woo Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science

  Phone: (470) 578-6505
  Email: mwoo1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3007

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Biomedical Data Science and Informatics, Clemson University-Medical University of South Carolina (joint)

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 1401 Elementary Statistics; STAT 4210 Applied Regression Analysis

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• Yifan Zhang

  Yifan Zhang Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis

  Phone: (470) 578-3913
  Email: yzhang60@kennesaw.edu
  Location: BB 358

  
  

  Degree: PhD in Business Administration (Marketing), Penn State University

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 8240 Data Mining I; STAT 8250 Data Mining II; ECON 2300 Business Statistics

• Xinyan Zhang

  Xinyan Zhang Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Statistics

  Phone: (470) 578-6313
  Email: xzhang47@kennesaw.edu
  Location: CL 3015

  
  

  Degree: PhD, Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Recent Classes Taught: STAT 3125 Biostatistics; STAT 8225 Applied Longitudinal Analysis

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Affiliated Faculty

• Jing (Selena) He

  Jing (Selena) He Interim Assistant Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Associate Professor of Computer Science

  Position:
  Interim Assistant Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Associate Professor of Computer Science

  Phone: (470) 578-6039
  Email: she4@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 338

  
   

• Xiao Huang

  Xiao Huang Professor of Economics & Finance

  Position:
  Professor of Economics & Finance

  Phone: (470) 578-6318
  Email: xhuang3@kennesaw.edu
  Location: BB 343

  
   

• Chih-Cheng Hung

  Chih-Cheng Hung Professor of Computer Science

  Position:
  Professor of Computer Science

  Phone: (470) 578-3793
  Email: chung1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 384

  
   

• Stefano Mazzotta

  Stefano Mazzotta Professor of Economics & Finance

  Position:
  Professor of Economics & Finance

  Phone: (470) 578-6341
  Email: smazzott@kennesaw.edu
  Location: BB 350

  
   

• Hossain Shahriar

  Hossain Shahriar Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Information Technology

  Position:
  Institute for Cyber Workforce Development Director of Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Information Technology

  Phone: (470) 578-3866
  Email: hshahria@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 336

  
   

• Ying Xie

  Ying Xie Professor of Computer Science

  Position:
  Professor of Computer Science

  Phone: (470) 578-2143
  Email: yxie2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 360

  
   

• Bo Yang

  Bo Yang Professor of Mathematics

  Position:
  Professor of Mathematics

  Phone: (470) 578-6102
  Email: byang@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SC 527