College Directory

Greg Bott

Associate Professor of MIS, Marillyn A. Hewson Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity

Assistant Director, IDA Human Trafficking Initiative, Assistant Director, IDA Cybersecurity Initiative

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• greg.bott@ua.edu
• (205) 348-7129

• Bidgood Hall
• 239

• Full Profile

Amanda Brown

Program Assistant

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• atbrown6@ua.edu
• (205) 348-6585

• Bidgood Hall
• 201

• Full Profile

Zack Cannon

Data Management Director

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• ztcannon@ua.edu
• (205) 348-4236

• Bidgood Hall
• 231C

• Full Profile

Subha Chakraborti

Professor of Statistics

Robert C. & Rosa P. Morrow Faculty Excellence Fellow

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• schakrab@ua.edu
• (205) 348-8907

• Alston Hall
• 345

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Amanda Cox

Research Scientist

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• acox33@ua.edu
• (205) 348-6585

• Bidgood Hall
• 228

• Full Profile

Thomas English

Associate Professor of Health Care Management

Department of Management

• tmenglish1@ua.edu
• (205) 348-1795

• Bidgood Hall
• 234

• Full Profile

Joshua Eyer

DDRC Director

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• joshua.c.eyer@ua.edu
• (704) 900-9729

• Bidgood Hall
• 232

• Full Profile

Nick Freeman

Associate Professor of Operations Management

Marillyn Hewson Faculty Fellow

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• freem028@ua.edu
• (205) 348-8992

• Alston Hall
• 237

• Full Profile

Trent Gooden

Director, Application Development and Integration

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• trent.gooden@ua.edu
• (205) 348-1749

• Bidgood Hall
• 231A

• Full Profile

Courtney Hanson

Managing Director

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• courtney.hanson@ua.edu
• (205) 348-3265

• Bidgood Hall
• 235

• Full Profile

John Austin Higginbotham

Data Scientist I

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• jahigginbotham2@ua.edu
• (205) 348-2030

• Bidgood Hall
• 250A

• Full Profile

Qinglin Hu

Data Scientist III

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• qhu10@ua.edu
• (205) 348-3267

• Bidgood Hall
• 252

• Full Profile

Dwight Lewis

Associate Professor of Health Care Management

Associate Director of the Institute of Data & Analytics

Department of Management

• lewis060@ua.edu
• (205) 348-7261

• Bidgood Hall
• 227

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Don Ma

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• mma10@ua.edu
• (205) 348-6585

• Bidgood Hall
• 250C

• Full Profile

Yana Melnykov

Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• ymelnykov@ua.edu
• (205) 348-0321

• Alston Hall
• 354

• Full Profile

Jef Naidoo

Department Head of Management

Associate Professor of Management, Derrell Thomas Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow

Department of Management

• jsnaidoo@ua.edu
• (205) 348-5869

• Alston Hall
• 104

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Jason Parton

Director of Institute of Data & Analytics

Associate Professor of Statistics

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• jmparton@ua.edu
• (205) 348-3427

• Bidgood Hall
• 201A

• Full Profile

Irem Sengul Orgut

Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Assistant Director at the Institute of Data and Analytics

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• isorgut@ua.edu
• (205) 348-6577

• Alston Hall
• 353

• Full Profile

Kaylon Steadham

Proposal Development Administrator

Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA)

• kaylon.steadham@ua.edu
• (205) 348-2237

• Bidgood Hall
• 201B

• Full Profile

Marilyn Whitman

Professor of Health Care Analytics

HealthSouth Endowed Chair in Health Care Management

Department of Management

• mwhitman@ua.edu
• (205) 348-8934

• Alston Hall
• 149

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Mesut Yavuz

Associate Professor of Operations Management

Information Systems, Statistics, & Management Science

• myavuz@ua.edu
• (205) 348-6521

• Alston Hall
• 342

• Full Profile