| Title: | VP, Acad Progrgms & Professor |
| Dept: | Mathematics and Statistics |
| Office: | BH 107 |
| Phone: | 216-687-5548 |
| Fax: | 216-875-9383 |
| Email: | J.P.HOLCOMB@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. BH 107, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| 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. I have worked in administration since 2010 as Department Chair, Associate Dean, Vice Provost, Vice Provost and Graduate Dean, and now Vice Provost. Since 2010, I have worked in administration with a focus and commitment to student success. In 2013, the department launched Operation STEM with nearly $1M in funding from the National Science Foundation. We use a summer bridge academy, mandatory supplemental instruction, and student led teaching to help students succeed in precalculus and calculus courses for their STEM degree. As Vice Provost, I work closely with campus advising and support services to help students have a successful first-year and graduate. I also work with our partner CSU Global to welcome and support over 1600 international students at CSU. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 Cleveland State University, Chair, Department of Mathematics 2010-2017 Cleveland State University, Associate Dean of Curriculum and Operations, College of Sciences and Health Professions 2017-2019 Cleveland State University, Dean, College of Graduate Studies, 2020-2022 Cleveland State University, Vice Provost of Academic Programs, 2019-present | ||
| University Service: | ||
| Presenter, Sonia Kovalevsky Day, September 2000
Computer Planning Committee, 2000-2010 Mathematics Dept. Undergraduate Program Committee, 2001-2006, 2007-2009 University Assessment Council, 2002-2005 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, 2007-present, (Chair) College of Science Budget and Planning Committee, 2004-2006, 2008-2010 (Chair) University President¿s Budget Advisory Committee, 2004-2006 Committee Awarding Provost¿s Research for Undergraduates, Grants 2008 Graduate Council, 2008-2010 College of Science Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2009 Faculty Senate, 2010-2011 Search Committee, Vice Provost for Planning, 2011 Search Committee, Assistant Vice President of Development, 2011-2012 Co-Covener, Provost-Chair Council, 2011-2012 Search Committee, University Provost, 2012 | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Reviewer, National Science Foundation,
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, 2006-2008 Journal of the Royal Statistical Society ¿ Series B, 2002 Journal of Statistics Education, 2005-2010 Technology Innovations in Statistics Education, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 College Mathematics Journal, 2008 and 2009 Bone, 2009 Learning and Individual Differences, 2011 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, 2001-2007 Advisory Board Member, ASA representative to the MAA advisory board for the Committee on Mathematics Competitions, 2001 ¿ 2007 Program Chair, Section on Statistics Education, for ASA Joint Statistical Meetings, Summer 2002 AP Statistics Reader, Educational Testing Services, Summer 2002-2003, 2005-2010 Member of Research Advisory Board for Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE), 2002-2011 Member, Undergraduate Data Analysis Poster Competition Advisory Board, 2005-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 Treasurer, Cleveland Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 2002-2004, 2011, 2013-2014 President, Cleveland Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 2005-2010 | ||
| 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: | ||
| Principal Investigator NSF-DUE-STEP Program Mathematics Achievement as a Step for STEM Success (Renamed Operation STEM) Duffy, S., Jackson, D., and Resnick, A. 2012-2016 $925,000
Statistical Consultant Veteran¿s Administration Rehabilitation, Research, and Development Service CNS plasticity induced by motor learning technologies Daly, J.,Cleveland VA Hospital 2005-2011 $3,174,000 Statistical Consultant Ohio University Food Security among WIC and Farmer¿s Market Users in Appalachian Women Holben, D., Ohio University 2006 $5,622 External Evaluator National Science Foundation DUE -CCLI Concepts of Statistical Inference: A Randomization-Based Curriculum Rossman, A., and Chance, B., Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2007-2008 $149,842 External Evaluator National Science Foundation DUE -CCLI A STEP to grow in science-engineering-mathematics undergraduate degrees Ramachandran, Grinshpan, Bénéteau, Campbell, Fox, and Lewis, University of South Florida 2008-2013 $1,573,237 Consultant National Science Foundation DUE-CCLI Change Agents for Teaching and Learning Statistics (CATALST) Garfield, delMas, Zieffler, UMN 2008-2011 $318,290 | ||