| Title: | Professor |
| Dept: | Mathematics |
| Office: | RT 1512 |
| Phone: | 216-523-7157 |
| Fax: | 216-523-7340 |
| Email: | J.P.HOLCOMB@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | http://academic.csuohio.edu/holcombj |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. RT 1512, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Statistics, The University at Albany (SUNY), 1995
M.A., Mathematics, The University at Albany (SUNY), 1991 B.S., Mathematics, St. Bonaventure University, 1989 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| I was born in Rochester, NY. At age 5, my family moved to a small town about an hour and a half southwest to a town with more cows than people. I attended St. Bonaventure University and majored in mathematics. I went on to graduate school at The University at Albany to pursue a Ph.D. in pure mathematics. My first semester I was assigned to be a TA for introductory statistics, and I taught my first class in statistics the next semester. I started to take graduate statistics courses so I could at least know a little more than my students. I Fell in love with the subject when I realized statistics involved working with real data to solve real problems. I earned my Ph.D. in statistics in 1995.
After teaching 5 years at Youngstown State University, I moved to Cleveland State University in the summer of 2000. I am passionate about giving students a quality statistics experience in my courses. Statistics affects us all in new and exciting ways, and I try to communicate that important roll to students at all levels. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Project NExT Fellowship, Exxon Foundation and MAA, Summer 1995
Master Teacher, YSU College of Arts and Sciences, 1997-2000 Distinguished Professor, Teaching, Youngstown State University, Spring 1998 Carnegie Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2000-2001 Waller Award for Teaching Excellence of Introductory Statistics, American Statistical Association, Summer 2003. Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, Cleveland State University, Fall 2005. Chapter Service Recognition Award, American Statistical Association, August, 2006. | ||
| Creative and Activities: | ||
| I spend a great deal of energy on curriculum design for teaching statistics. I have adapted many of the real data sets I have used in my research for use in teaching situations. I have published several papers on the use of real data in teaching statistics. I also give workshops across the country on teaching statistics at the undergraduate level. | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| My research interest began in necessary and sufficient conditions for measurement error to have a normal distribution. I also proposed a new estimator for calculated variables in the presence of measurement error. My recent focus involves collaborating with researchers on the viability of new stroke therapies among chronic patients and examining factors related to hunger in families. In the past I have collaborated on projects involving modeling banking expansion, evaluating taste test data on a new low fat meat, and screening elderly subjects for osteoporosis. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| I teach all aspects of the undergraduate and graduate statistics courses. These consist of MTH 119, 147, 247, 323, 567 and 668. I also offer directed readings in statistics for students in the mathematics department MS program completing an Exit Project under my direction. | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honors Society
Mathematics Association of America American Statistical Association Project Kaleidoscope - Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Technology Faculty for the 21st Century | ||
| Professional Experience: | ||
| Youngstown State University, assistant/associate professor 1995-2000
Cleveland State University, assistant/associate professor 2000-present | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Presenter, Sonia Kovalevsky Day, September 2000
Computer Planning Committee, 2000-present Statistics Committee, 2000-present Mathematics Dept. Undergraduate Program Committee, 2001-present University Assessment Council, 2002-present Ad-hoc Arts and Sciences College Reorganization Committee, 2002 Department Assessment Committee, 2002-2003 College of Science Transition Committee, 2003 College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2003-2004 Department Appointments Committee, 2004-2006 College of Science Budget and Planning Committee, 2004-2006 University Presidents Budget Advisory Committee, 2004-2006 | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Reviewer, National Science Foundation, DUE Grants, July 1996 and July 2001
Conference Organizer, Statistics Educators Conference for greater Northeast Ohio, Spring 1997 National Page Webmaster, Pi Mu Epsilon Council, 1998-2000 Associate Editor, Journal of Statistics Education, 1998-2004 Referee, The American Statistician, 1999, 2003 and Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, 2002, Journal of Statistics Education, 2005-2006. Session Organizer, Projects in Statistics Education, Joint Statistical Meetings, Summer 1999 Session Organizer, Distance Learning, Joint Statistical Meetings, Summer 2000 Roundtable Lunch Discussion Organizer, Joint Statistical Meetings, Summer 2001 Ohio NExT Organizer, Recruitment coordinator for OH MAA Section, Summer 2001- 2003 Committee Member, Joint MAA-ASA Committee, 2001-present Treasurer, Cleveland Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 2002-2004, President, 2004-present Program Chair, Section on Statistics Education, for ASA Joint Statistical Meetings, Summer 2002 AP Statistics Reader, Educational Testing Services, Summer 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006 Member of Research Advisory Board for Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE), 2002-present Judge, ASA Statistics K-12 Poster Competition, Cleveland, OH, Spring 2003 - present Science Fair Mentor, Statistical advisor for High school students, Mentor, OH, 2003-present Judge, International Science and Engineering Fair, Cleveland, OH, Summer 2003 | ||
| Community Service: | ||
| Statistical Consulting for the organizations:
Berea School District, Berea, OH; Evaluator, 2000-2001 Statistical Analysis for phoneme project to evaluate how children acquire sound recognition. Statistical Consulting for Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Stroke Research Unit, Collaboration with Dr. Janis Daly on statistical methodology and analysis of stroke research. Cleveland Community Solutions, Cleveland, OH 2006 Evaluator of viability of new statistical methodology used to assess impact of community factors on 9th grade proficiency test pass rates. | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, "Assessing Student Learning from Data Analysis Projects," | ||