Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff
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All faculty and staff in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics have offices on the fourth floor of the Mitchell B. McLeod Hall. Pictures, offices, phone numbers, Email addresses and other information are listed below. Office phones have voicemail. For location assistance, see the fourth floor plan. They may also be reached by calling the Department Office (419-372-2636) and leaving a message.
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Faculty
Bae, Ju Youn Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Assistant Teaching Professor
- 419-372-2207
- jbae@bgsu.edu
- 431 McLeod Hall
Operator theory, Functional Analysis and Function theory
Bujakowski, Doug Ph. D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor, Dr. Thomas V. O'Brien Distinguished Professor in Actuarial Mathematics
- 419-372-7474
- dbujak@bgsu.edu
- 417 McLeod Hall
Actuarial Science, Risk and Insurance
Functional analysis, function theory
Probability, Biostatistics, Data Analysis
Chou, So-Hsiang Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor
- 419-372-8225
- chou@bgsu.edu
- 412 McLeod Hall
Numerical analysis, fluid mechanics
Filippova, Daria Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Teaching Professor
- 419-372-7451
- dariaf@bgsu.edu
- 434 McLeod Hall
Ghosh, Riddhi Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor
- 419-372-6079
- rpghosh@bgsu.edu
- 432 McLeod Hall
Bayesian Statistics, Covariance matrix modeling and estimation, High Dimensional Data, correlated data, longitudinal data, missing data
Islambekov, Umar Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair
- 419-372-7456
- iumar@bgsu.edu
- 407 McLeod Hall
Data science, topological data analysis
Joseph, Jeremy
Adjunct instructor/ Learning
Commons Asst. Director
- 419-372-9129
- jjoseph@bgsu.edu
- 140 Jerome Library
Meel, David E. Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Bailey Family Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Mathematics
- 419-372-7452
- meel@bgsu.edu
- 414 McLeod Hall
Mathematics education
Miller, Christina Ph.D., University of Toledo
Teaching Professor
- 419-372-7997
- chrismm@bgsu.edu
- 424 McLeod Hall
Morgan, Kim Ed.D., Wayne State University
Assistant Teaching Professor
- 419-372-2073
- kmorga@bgsu.edu
- 440 McLeod Hall
Nguyen, Diem M. Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Associate Professor
- 419-372-4713
- dnguyen@bgsu.edu
- 420 McLeod Hall
Mathematics for communication & technology, e-learning
Ning, Wei Ph.D., Syracuse University
Professor, Professor of Research Excellence
- 419-372-7462
- wning@bgsu.edu
- 409 McLeod Hall
Statistics
Rogers, Kimberly Ph.D., Michigan State University
Professor and Foundational Math Coordinator
- 419-372-7450
- kcroger@bgsu.edu
- 408 McLeod Hall
Mathematics Education
Shang, Junfeng Ph.D., University of Missouri
Professor and Chair
- 419-372-7457
- jshang@bgsu.edu
- 430 McLeod Hall
Statistics
Staic, Mihai Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
- 419-372-6657
- mstaic@bgsu.edu
- 426 McLeod Hall
Algebra
Ward, Ben Ph.D., Purdue University
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
- 419-372-7472
- benward@bgsu.edu
- 418 McLeod Hall
Algebra, topology, operads, moduli spaces
Wilcox, Courtney
Assistant Teaching Professor and Math Emporium Director
- 419-372-2820
- courtrw@bgsu.edu
- 416 McLeod Hall
Xia, Shenghao Ph.D., University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
- 419-372-7488
- sxia@bgsu.edu
- 423 McLeod Hall
Statistics, Data Science
Geometric group theory, Geometric analysis
Yang, Jiajie Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor
- 419-372-7487
- jiajiey@bgsu.edu
- 419 McLeod Hall
Actuarial Science
Zhang, Xiaofen, Ph.D., Illinois State University
Associate Teaching Professor
- 419-372-6656
- xiaofz@bgsu.edu
- 437 McLeod Hall
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Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Dr. Junfeng Shang, Chair
Updated: 08/18/2026 05:11PM