Calvin L. Williams, Ph.D.

Objectives

• To leverage my experiences as an educator, researcher and leader in education policy to promote access to excellence in higher education for all students.
• To strengthen the educational pathways from K-12 to graduate school, as well as the academic and administrative capacities of the institution.
• To increase academic offerings and research opportunities in Health Sciences, Technology, Engineering and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences for students of diverse backgrounds, skills, and training.

Summary

• Biostatistical Intern, Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company (1982-1986); Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University (1987-1993); Visiting Research Scholar, Stanford University (1993; 4 Months); Visiting Associate Professor and Postdoctoral Scholar, Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh (1993-1995); Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University (1993-present); Program Director Division of Undergraduate Education, Directorate for Education and Human Development, The National Science Foundation (2002-2004). Director, Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education(2004-present)
• Innovative educator and research scientist, strong oral and written skills, with a strong and sincere commitment to excellence in education, research and curricula development.

Professional Experience:

• As the Director of the Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science Education, our goals are develop programs for PreK-16 teachers as well as develop programs for PreK-12 students. These goals include the research and study of policy issues that affect PreK-16 teachers as well as their students.

8/02 - 08/04	Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
	National Science Foundation (on detail from Clemson University)

• One of three Program Officers in Mathematical Sciences on all Division Mathematics related projects; established and fostered national meetings for principal investigators and Faculty with significant pre-service STEM educators; co-manage a $3 million dollar budget.
• Co-Lead in the Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship program(CSEMS); co-manage a $25 million dollar budget.
• Established and fostered national meetings for principal investigators with scholarship programs.
• Lead Program Officer in the Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement-Assessment of Student Achievement Program (CCLI-ASA); manage a $3 million dollar budget.
• Co-Lead in Interdisciplinary Training in Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics (UBM); co-manage a $3.2 million dollar budget.
• Site Visit Team member for National Science Foundation support of the Mathematics Science Partnerships. Offering support as a content specialist on site visits.

• Advise on policy issues, implementation of proposal review and evaluation of programs.
• Conduct scientific and technical analyses of proposals received in the programs.
• Conduct programmatic review, determines budgets and funds availability.
• Conduct final reviews of proposals and evaluations and makes recommendations for awards and declinations.
• Evaluate projects and activities that are proposed or funded by conducting site visits and reviewing interim and final reports.
• Negotiate interagency agreements with other federal agencies for transfer of funds to assist in the support of research and education.

8/93 - Present	Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Mathematical Sciences
	Clemson University

• Effectively taught courses in introductory, intermediate, and advanced Statistics at all levels of higher education.
• Successfully conducted a scientific research program.
• Served on several Departmental and University committees, chairman searches, curricula and policy issues committees.
• Effectively advised undergraduate students in course selection and development issues.
• Served as Committee member on Masters and Doctoral Committees external to Mathematical Sciences.
• Achieved recognition of research and outreach endeavors through procurement of external grants and fellowships.

6/94 - 5/95	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Statistics
	Carnegie Mellon University
8/93 - 5/94	Postdoctoral Research Professor, Department of Statistics
	Psychiatric Statistics Training Program
	Carnegie Mellon University

• Conducted research and statistical analyses on psychological and physical effects of depression.
• Contributed to the knowledge base of current treatment regimes.

6/93 - 8/93	Visiting Associate Research Scholar, Department of Statistics
	Stanford University

• Conducted research and statistical analyses within an on-going research program.

7/87 - 8/93	Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences
	Clemson University

• Effectively taught courses in introductory, intermediate, and advanced Statistics at all levels of higher education.
• Successfully conducted a scientific research program.
• Served on several Departmental and University committees, chairman searches, curricula and policy issues committees.

9/82 - 9/85	Biostatistics Intern, Biostatistics Unit - 7293
	Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company

• Developed protocols and conducted statistical analyses for drug protocols.
• Created reports and analyses used for the FDA-related drug approval pipeline.

Education:

Honors and Special Invitations

Institutes of Higher Learning

College Board

National Science Foundation

Selected Consulting Affiliations:

• Medical University of South Carolina ‚ Department of Biometry
• Greenville Hospital System ‚ Department of Medical Education
• Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company, Biostatistics Unit - 7293
• Clemson University - Counseling Center
• Clemson University - College of Education, Special Projects
• Clemson University - Department of Sociology
• Clemson University - Department of Nursing

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Statistical Association, ASA (1984-)
• Institute of Mathematical Statistics, IMS (1987-)
• Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society, ENAR (1987-)
• International Biometrics Society, IBS (1987-)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NCTM (1990-)

• Advanced Placement Statistics Development Committee (2003-)
• Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society
  

  Regional Advisory Board (1998-2000)
  Representative to the Joint Statistical Meetings 2003

• ASA-NCTM Quantitative Literacy Team Statistician (1993-)
• American Statistical Association
  

  Committee on Minorities In Statistics (1991-1993)
  

  Committee on Membership (1995-1997, 1998-2001)

• American Statistical Association South Carolina Chapter President (1993-1994)
  Vice President (1992-1993)
  Secretary-Treasurer (1991-1992)
  

Outreach Activities

Teacher Enhancement Workshops

• Quantitative Literacy Workshop
  Summer 1992
• Implementing the STANDARDS Using Calculators and Computers
  in the College Preparatory Sequence
  Summer 1994
• Statistics Leaders in The Palmetto State (SLIPS)
  Summer 1995
• Advanced Placement Statistics Institute
  Summer 1996
• Teachers Teaching with Technology: AdvSTAT
  Summer 1997
• Advanced Statistics Academy - Greenville County Schools
  Summer 2001

Recent Referreed Publications:

• Williams, Calvin L. (1991). ``A Clinical Application of Expert System Methodology" Journal of Applied Statistics 18, 185-201.
• Williams, Calvin L. (1991). ``Design Expert: An Expert System Application to Clinical Investigations" Expert Systems with Applications 2, 361-371.
• Williams, Calvin L. (1993). ``Relative Difference in Diversity Between Populations" Annals of The Institute of Statistical Mathematics 45, 2 , 383-399 (with K. Alam).
• Williams, Calvin L. (1993). ``Success in Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: A Matter of Accomodation?", Journal of Nursing Education 32, 64-70 (with R. B. Hughes, J. Haislett and G. Brown)
• Williams, Calvin L. (1993). ``Multivariate Goodness-of-Fit Tests Based on Statistically Equivalent Blocks" Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods 22, 6, 1515-1533 (with K. Alam and R. Abernathy).
• Williams, Calvin L. (1995). ``A Multivariate Goodness-of-Fit Test For Stochastically Ordered Distributions" Biometrical Journal 37, 8, 945-956, (with K. Alam).
• Williams, Calvin L. (2001). ``An Adaptive Procedure for Goodness of fit based on Sample Spacings" Communications in Statistics 37, 8, 945-956, (with K. Alam).
• Williams, Calvin L. (2001). ``Smooth Estimation of the Reliability Function.", Lifetime Data Analysis, 7,413-33, (with K. B. Kulasekera, M. Coffin and A. Manatunga).
• Williams, Calvin L. (2003). ``Hyperprior Imprecision in Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of Clustered Bernoulli Observations.", InterStat(with Ann-Janette Locke).
• Williams, Calvin L. (2003). ``Hybrid Methods for Analysis of Dose-Response Data.", Proceeding of the Joint Statistical Meetings-Biopharmaceutical Section -2003.

Papers in Manuscript

• Williams, Calvin L. ``Selection of Most (Least) Diverse Multinomial Population", (with K. Alam), submitted Annals of The Institute of Statistical Mathematics.
• Williams, Calvin L. ``Relation Between Levels of Radiation and Frequencies of Cytogenetic Aberrations", (with K. Alam), in manuscript
• Williams, Calvin L. ``A Growth Curve Analysis of Effect of Maternal Cocaine Use on Child Growth", (with J. Carson and M. Crane), in manuscript.
• Williams, Calvin L. ``Modeling of Diversity: A Comparison of Measures", (with K. Alam),in manuscript.
• Williams, Calvin L. ``Modeling Repeated Measures and Longitudinal Data", (with J. Carson),in manuscript.

Journal Referee

• Journal of Quality Technology
• Journal Applied Statistics

Papers Presented:

Invited Presentations:

• ``Comparison of Two Hazard Functions: Crossing Point Estimation", Department of Statistics, Stanford University, July 28, 1993.
• ``Multivariate Goodness-of Fit Tests based on Statistically Equivalent Blocks", Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University,October 28, 1992.
• ``An Expert System for the Design of Experiments." American Statistical Association,Winter Conference 1987.
• ``An Overview of Artificial Intelligence In Biomedical Sciences." Department of Biometry, Medical University of South Carolina, March 1985.
• ``An Expert System for the Design of Experiments" Department of Biometry, Medical University of South Carolina, February 1986.

Contributed Presentations:

• ``Hybrid Methods for Analysis of Dose-Response Data." Joint Meetings of the American Statistical Association, IMS, Biometric Society(ENAR), August 3-7, 2003.
• ``NSF/DUE Funding Opportunities in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources", Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore Maryland, January 18, 2003
• ``Emerging Areas in Biostatistics, Biomathematics, and Bioinformatics: Bridging Biology, Mathematics, and Statistics", Joint Mathematics Meeting, Baltimore Maryland, January 18, 2003
• ``Analysis of IVF Data Using Imprecise Prior Probabilities", The Biometric Society Joint Spring Meetings with IMS and ASA March 29-April 1, 1998.
• ``Random Effects Analysis of A Cases Control Study of Children Exposed to Cocaine in Utero", The Biometric Society Joint Spring Meetings with IMS and ASA March 29-April 1, 1998.
• ``Relation Between Levels of Radiation and Frequencies of Cytogenetic Aberrations ", The Biometric Society Joint Spring Meetings with IMS and ASA March 29-April 1, 1997.
• Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Biomass Variability in Water Chemistry on the Oropouche Bank, Trinidad", The XVIII^th International Biometric Conference, July 1-5, 1996. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• ``An Adaptive Procedure for Goodness of fit based on Sample Spacings." Joint Meetings of the American Statistical Association, IMS, Biometric Society(ENAR), August 8-12, 1993.
• ``Statistical Applications in Biomedicine." Mu Alpha Theta (MAQ), College of Charleston, February 26, 1993.
• ``Dissimilarity in Diversity Between Populations." The Biometric Society Joint Spring Meetings with IMS and ASA March 22-25, 1992.
• ``Selection of Most(Least) Diverse Population." Joint Meetings of American Statistical Association, IMS, Biometric Society(ENAR), August 8-12, 1992.
• ``Analysis of Dissimilarity in Diversity." The XVI^th International Biometric Conference Hamilton, New Zealand, December 7-11, 1992.

Grant Activity:

Research:

Consulting Grants:

Service:

Other:

Graduate Student Advising:

Doctoral Graduates:

• Ann-Janette Dubose Locke, ``Prior Imprecision in Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling".(1998)

Masters Graduates:

• Shailaja Chilappagari, ``Recent Advances in Generalized Linear Models: Application of SAS Macro GLIMMIX". (1993)
• Joni L. Carson, ``Growth Analysis of Effect of Maternal Cocaine Use on Child Growth". (1996)
• Ann-Janette Dubose Locke, ``Predicting the Likelihood of Clinical Pregnancy with In Vitro Fertilization". (1996)
• Deborah S. Snyder, ``Modeling Health Maintenance Factors: A study in Breast Cancer Prevention." (1997)
• Marla D. Hutson, ``Assessing Child Growth: Nonlinear Modeling Issues". (1997)
• Ramzi AbuJamra, ``A Study of Deep-Vein Thrombosis in Trauma Patients and Some of its influences", (1997)

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses:

• MthSc 301 Statistical Methods I
• MthSc 302 Statistical Methods in Engineering and Sciences
• MthSc 403 Mathematical Statistics
• MthSc 405 Statistical Methods II
• Statistics 225 Probability and Statistics I (Carnegie Mellon)
• Statistics 226 Probability and Statistics II (Carnegie Mellon)

Graduate Courses:

• MthSc 801 Linear Models I
• MthSc 802 Linear Models II
• MthSc 805 Data Analysis
• MthSc 807 Multivariate Methods
• MthSc 809 Time Series
• MthSc 981 Special Topics: Analysis of Longitudinal and Repeated Measures Data
• MthSc 981 Special Topics: Analysis of Categorical Data
• MthSc 981 Special Topics: Bayesian Methods
• MthSc 981 Special Topics: Modern Statistical Computation
• MthSc 983 Special Topics: The Logic of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Databases

University Service:

• Clemson University Commission on the Status of Black Faculty and Staff
• Committee on the Needs of the Non-traditional Student (1991-1992)
• Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Mathematics Fraternity, Advisor(1990-1993)
• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated, Advisor
• Clemson Career Workshop, Mathematics Consultant (1988-1992)
• ProAct Advisor

Departmental Service:

• Chair Search Committee, Chair (1998-1999)
• Numerous search committees
• Numerous departmental ad hoc committees