Biosketch

Education

Ph.D. in Statistics, 1993, Department of Statistics, University of California at Davis.

M.S. in Statistics, 1990, Department of Statistics, University of California at Davis.

Professional Experience

August 2007 - present:

Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Mathematics, University of North Texas.

August 2001 - July 2007:

Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Statistics, Florida State University.

August 1995 - July 2001:

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Florida State University.

August 1994 - July 1995:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University.

August 1993 - July 1994:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University.

August 1988-July 1993:

Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, UC Davis.

Honors and Awards

The IBM Faculty Award:

awarded in 2005 by IBM for recognizing outstanding faculty.

University Teaching Award:

awarded by the Florida State University for excellence in teaching, 1999-2000.

Julius R. Blum Memorial Award:

awarded to the outstanding graduate student in the Department of Statistics, at UC Davis, 1992.