Meet the UW Data Science Faculty

Silviana Amethyst is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She joined the faculty in August 2017, coming from Notre Dame as a postdoctoral researcher, and Colorado State University where Silviana did her PhD. Silviana is excited about teaching and learning programming and applied math and statistics. Her new research direction is... [Read More]

Dr. Jeffrey Baggett is a professor of mathematics at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He earned his PhD in mathematics from Cornell University in 1996 and studied at the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University. He currently researches Bayesian and classical approaches to optimization and uncertainty analysis for problems arising in environmental modeling.

Dr. Abra Brisbin, assistant professor of mathematics, joined UW-Eau Claire in 2012. She earned her BA in mathematics from Carleton College and a PhD in applied mathematics from Cornell University. Previously, she served at Mayo Clinic in the Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics on research in statistical genetics. Her research focuses on the development... [Read More]

Dr. Ethan Christensen is an assistant professor of marketing at University of Wisconsin-Superior. Dr. Christensen holds a BS in business management from St. Cloud State University, an MBA from Minnesota State University-Mankato, and a PhD in marketing from the University of Texas-Arlington. Dr. Christensen currently teaches courses in research methods, consumer behavior, and marketing strategy.... [Read More]

Dr. Robert Dollinger obtained his master’s degree in computer science from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca Romania in 1985 and his PhD in artificial intelligence from the same institution in 1996. Dr. Dollinger began his work as a researcher at the Medical Informatics Institute in Cluj-Napoca. In 1990, he joined the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca... [Read More]

Dr. Jessica Kraker, associate professor of mathematics, joined UW-Eau Claire in 2006.  Her education includes a BA in mathematics from University of Minnesota-Morris and a PhD in statistics from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, for a dissertation involving a wide variety of analyses for high-dimensional data, with a particular focus on penalized regression.  Her student-faculty research... [Read More]

Dr. Erik Krohn, assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, joined UW-Oshkosh in 2010. He earned his BS in computer science from UW-La Crosse and his MS and PhD in computer science from the University of Iowa. Prior to teaching at Oshkosh, he taught at both Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and the... [Read More]

Dr. Alice Kyburg is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She received an interdepartmental PhD in philosophy and computer science from the University of Rochester and earned her master of education (MEd) from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. While Dr. Kyburg’s main research is in the areas of cognitive science and the... [Read More]

Richard “Rick” Moran teaches Marketing and Management at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Prior to moving to academia, he spent over 30 years in the airline, advertising agency, travel management and corporate payment industries. While Director of Commercial Marketing at Northwest Airlines, he managed the firm’s relationships with frequent business travelers, including the frequent traveler program... [Read More]

Dr. Dave Reineke is a professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He earned his master’s degree in applied statistics from Wright State University in 1994 and earned a doctorate in applied statistics from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1999. Dr. Reineke thoroughly enjoys teaching statistics, applying statistics as a consultant,... [Read More]