Department Welcomes New Faculty

Prince Afriyie

This year has been the busiest and most exhilarating and rewarding yet. To kick off the year, I got married in January — the best thing that ever happened to me. A little more than a month later, I accepted the offer to come to Cal Poly — another great decision. In mid-April, I defended my doctoral dissertation and earned my degree in May. After graduation, I accepted summer contracts at Temple University and LaSalle University to teach business statistics and intermediate algebra, respectively.

To celebrate all these singular events, my wife and I decided to make a road trip out of our move to San Luis Obispo. Among the notable stops along the way were Chicago; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Mount Rushmore; Yellowstone National Park and the Redwoods Avenue of the Giants. We are really enjoying living in the San Luis Obispo area; I am enjoying teaching here at Cal Poly, and I feel like I have a charmed life being part of the Statistics Department.

Background

B.S., Mathematics, Northern Kentucky University, 2008; M.A., Mathematics, Ball State University, 2011; Ph.D., Statistics, Temple University, 2016

Research interests: developing new methodologies for testing multiple hypotheses simultaneously

Anelise Sabbag

Finishing my doctorate was my greatest achievement this year. I still cannot believe I am done with it. Now I am working on a new challenge: being an assistant professor in the Statistics Department here at Cal Poly. I moved from Minneapolis to San Luis Obispo. Moving to a new city is not easy, but I have some practice because I am originally from Brazil. It has been fun to get to know San Luis Obispo. I am also happy not to have to go through another Minnesota winter!

Background

Bachelor of Statistics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2009; M.A. (2013) and Ph.D. (2016), Statistics Education, University of Minnesota

Research interests: statistics education and educational measurement