Sep 19, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Business Analytics and Statistics


Business Analytics and Statistics website

Michael R. Galbreth, Department Head
Julie Ferrara, Assistant Department Head and Director of Corporate Partnerships
Wenjun Zhou, Program Director (Business Analytics, PhD)
Bogdan Bichescu, Program Director (Business Analytics, MS)
Charles Cwiek, Program Director (Business Analytics, Undergraduate)
Russell Zaretzki, Program Director (Data Science and Engineering PhD Program, Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Program)
Adam Petrie, Executive Director, JTV Center for Applied Business Analytics

Professors
Bozdogan, H. (Toby and Brenda McKenzie Professor in Business), PhD – Illinois (Chicago)
Galbreth, M.R., (Pilot Corporation Chair of Excellence), PhD – Vanderbilt
Huang, T. (Amazon Distinguished Professor), PhD – Northwestern
Mee, R.W. (William and Sarah Clark Professor in Business), PhD – Iowa State
Souza, G.C. (Haslam Chair in Business Analytics), PhD – North Carolina
Willems, S.P. (Haslam Chair in Supply Chain Analytics), PhD – MIT
Zhou, W. (Lawson Professor of Business), PhD – Rutgers

Joint Professor
Maroulas, V., PhD – North Carolina

Associate Professors
Ballings, M., PhD – Ghent, Belgium
Bichescu, B.C., PhD – Cincinnati
Bowers, M.R. (Beaman Professor), PhD – Clemson
Hilafu, H.T., PhD – Georgia
Jia, Z., PhD – Pennsylvania State
Letizia, P., PhD (Ball Corporation Professor), – Pennsylvania State
Liu, C., PhD (Melton Faculty Fellow), – Rutgers
Zaretzki, R.L. (Heath Faculty Fellow), PhD – Cornell
Zheng, W., PhD – Illinois (Chicago)

Assistant Professors
Demirkaya, E., PhD – Southern California
Gao, L., PhD – Chinese University of Hong Kong
Liu, Y., PhD – Iowa

Distinguished Lecturer
Cwiek, C.M., MS – Tennessee

Senior Lecturers
Ferrara, J.D., MS – Tennessee
Petrie, A.G., PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic
Stevens, B.J., MS – Tennessee

Lecturers
Bryan, N., PhD – Tennessee
Espinosa, S.C., MS – Columbia
Higgins, T.A., MS – Tennessee
Ozel, E., PhD – UCLA
Pannell, T.A., PhD – Tennessee
Spannbauer, A., MS – Tennessee

Adjunct Faculty
Eckles, J., EdD – Memphis
Milliken, A.K., MS – Tennessee
Ostrouchov, G., PhD – Iowa State
Salvatore, J.F., PhD – Tennessee

Emeriti Faculty
Gilbert, K.C., PhD – Tennessee
Guess, F.M., PhD – Florida State
Leitnaker, M.G., PhD – Kentucky
Leon, R.V., PhD – Florida State
Noon, C.E., PhD – Michigan
Srinivasan, M.M., PhD – Northwestern
 

Majors, Degrees
Business Administration Major, Full-Time, MBA     
  Business Analytics Concentration
Business Administration Major, PhD      
  Statistics Concentration
Business Analytics Major, MS   
  Full-Time Concentration
  Working Professionals Concentration
Dual MS-MBA, Business Analytics Major - Business Administration Major    
Business Analytics Major, PhD   
Statistics Major, MS   
  Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Concentration
Minor
  Intercollegiate Graduate Statistics and Data Science Minor