Jeff Gill Distinguished Professor SPA - Government
Jeff Gill is Distinguished Professor of Government and of Mathematics & Statistics. He is also a member of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior and the inaugural Director at SPA's …
Data Science Faculty
Program Directors
Elizabeth Malloy Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science Programs CAS - Math and Statistics
I am an applied statistician with a primary focus in biostatistics. My main interest is in applications to occupational and environmental health settings, although I have had the privilege of working …
Faculty
Michael Alonzo Asst Professor CAS - Environmental Science
I use satellite and drone imagery (plus other geospatial tools) to study forests and land cover change, mostly in urban or boreal domains. Current or recent projects include: 1) Urban trees and coolin…
Valentina Aquila Asst Professor CAS - Environmental Science
I am an atmospheric scientist focused on the role of aerosols in the climate system. My main focus is stratospheric aerosol, mostly from volcanic eruptions but also from pollution, forest fires, and g…
Francis Armour Asst Professor KSB - Information Technology
Dr Armour is an assistant professor of information technology at the Kogod School of Business, American University and is the faculty program director for the MS in Analytics degree program.. He recei…
Maria Barouti Senior Professorial Lecturer & Assoc. Director of the Data Science Programs CAS - Math and Statistics
Maria Barouti is a Machine Learning educator, with teaching experience in Data Science courses such as Statistical Machine Learning, Regression, Programing in R and Data Science Applications. Also, sh…
Zois Boukouvalas Asst Professor CAS - Math and Statistics
Dr. Boukouvalas' research focuses on the development of interpretable machine learning models and algorithms for the analysis of big multi-modal data, by combining aspects from information geometry, m…
Olga Cordero-Brana Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Math and Statistics
Donna Dietz Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - Math and Statistics
Dr. Dietz completed her Master's degree at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and her PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. She has taught Mathematics and Computer Science i…
J. Alberto Espinosa Professor KSB - Information Technology
Prof. Espinosa is a Full Professor of Information Technology and Analytics at Kogod School of Business, American University. He holds Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in Information Systems from th…
Jessica Gephart Asst Professor CAS - Environmental Science
Jessica Gephart is an environmental scientist focused on the role of global seafood trade in sustainable and resilient food systems. Her research falls into three main areas: 1) the environmental impa…
Jeff Gill Distinguished Professor SPA - Government
Jeff Gill is Distinguished Professor of Government and of Mathematics & Statistics. He is also a member of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior and the inaugural Director at SPA's …
Mary Gray Distinguished Professor CAS - Math and Statistics
A statistician and lawyer, Professor Gray’s areas of research include applications of statistics to human rights, economic equity, legal issues, and education. She is the founder of the Association fo…
Monica C. Jackson Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty Provost, Office of the
Nathalie Japkowicz Professor and Department Chair, Computer Science CAS - Computer Science
Nathalie Japkowicz is a Professor of Computer Science at American University. She was previously with the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa where she le…
Jun Lu Assoc Professor CAS - Math and Statistics
Jun Lu got his Bachelor's degree in statistics from East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, his hometown. he then went to University of Missouri-Columbia, from where he received his Ph.D. in …
Elizabeth Malloy Associate Professor and Director of the Data Science Programs CAS - Math and Statistics
I am an applied statistician with a primary focus in biostatistics. My main interest is in applications to occupational and environmental health settings, although I have had the privilege of working …
Ryan Moore Assoc Professor SPA - Government
Ryan T. Moore is associate professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs. His research interests include statistical methods, especially for causal inference, American politics, and the poli…
John Nolan Professor CAS - Math and Statistics
Prof. Nolan has taught at the University of Zambia (in Africa), and Kenyon College (in Ohio), and worked in a software company before coming to American University. His main research interests are in …
Mohammad Owrang Ojaboni Professor CAS - Computer Science
M. Mehdi Owrang is currently a professor of Computer Science in the department of Computer Science at American University in Washington, DC. Dr. Owrang has received his MS and PhD degrees in Computer …
Richard Ressler Sr Professorial Lecturer and Associate Director of the Data Science Programs CAS - Math and Statistics
Jeffrey Rinehart Professorial Lecturer KSB - Marketing
Professor Rinehart is an Executive in Residence in the Department of Information Technology and Analytics.
Michael Robinson Assoc Professor CAS - Math and Statistics
Sauleh Siddiqui Assoc Professor CAS - Environmental Science
Sauleh Siddiqui is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science with an affiliation with the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at American University and a Research Fellow at the German Econom…
Jay Simon Assoc Professor KSB - Information Technology
Dr. Simon joined the Kogod faculty in 2015. He was previously a faculty member of the Naval Postgraduate School. His research is in decision analysis. His main research focus is multi-attribute prefer…
Bei Xiao Assoc Professor CAS - Computer Science
Dr. Bei Xiao's research focuses on how the human visual system estimate physical and functional properties of objects in our surroundings. Another focus of her research is to apply results from human …
Thomas Zeitzoff Assoc Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Thomas Zeitzoff (NYU PhD, 2013) is an associate professor in the Schoolof Public Affairs at American University. He was previously a postdoctoral…