Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Chairperson: Yehuda Vardi

Undergraduate Director: Harold Sackrowitz

Graduate Director: Cunhui Zhang

Professors:

Robert H. Berk, S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard

Arthur Cohen, B.A., CUNY (Brooklyn College); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

Richard F. Gundy, A.B., Illinois College; Ph.D., Indiana; Ph.D., Chicago

Donald Hoover, M.P.H., California (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Stanford

Regina Y. Liu, B.S., Soochow (Taiwan); M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia

David Madigan, Ph.D., Trinity College (Dublin)

Joseph I. Naus, B.B.A., CUNY (City College); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard

Harold B. Sackrowitz, B.S., CUNY (Brooklyn College); Ph.D., Columbia

Lawrence Shepp, B.S., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Kesar Singh, B.S., Allahabad (India); M.S., Ph.D., Indian Statistical Institute (Calcutta)

William E. Strawderman, B.S., Rhode Island; M.S., Cornell; M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers

David E. Tyler, B.A., Indiana (Pennsylvania); M.A., Massachusetts (Amherst); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Yehuda Vardi, B.S., Hebrew; M.S., Technion; Ph.D., Cornell

Cunhui Zhang, B.A., Huainan Mining Institute (China); M.S., Ph.D., Columbia

Associate Professors:

Steve Buyske, B.A., Haverford College; M.Sc., Ph.D., Brown; Ph.D., Rutgers

Javier Cabrera, B.A., Madrid; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

John Kolassa, B.S., Ph.D., Chicago

Assistant Professors:

Rebecka Jornsten, M.Sc., Lund Institute of Technology (Sweden); M.A., Ph.D., Berkeley

Juan K. Lin, Ph.D., Chicago

Minge Xie, B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

The department offers a statistics major and a joint statistics/mathematics major in cooperation with the mathematics department. The joint statistics/mathematics major provides a stronger preparation for graduate study in statistics. Students who are interested most in applying statistics in industry, government, or in applied areas of graduate study should take the statistics major. The department encourages interdisciplinary study, and students should consult with departmental advisers to plan their program.