Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Ryan Hassler is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Mathematics at Penn State Berks. Ryan holds a BS in Mathematics Education from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Applied Statistics from Villanova University, and a PhD in Mathematics and Science Education from Temple University. In addition to teaching various levels of Statistics, Ryan works as a professional tutor in the PSU Berks Learning Center and teaches the peer-tutoring classes.

I am a People Analytics Consultant at Penn State University and I’ve been teaching both online and resident UP courses for the Department of Statistics since 2014. I love my job and I love teaching – one of my beliefs is that we should never stop learning and I get the opportunity to both teach and learn every day.

I earned a B.S. in Mathematics in 2010 from Rowan University and a M.S. Statistics and Operations Research in 2014 from Penn State University.

I am an assistant teaching professor with the Penn State Department of Statistics. Along with teaching, I also serve as the instructional designer for the online courses in the department.

I first arrived at Penn State in 2008 as a Statistics PhD student from Sri Lanka. With nearly 6 years spent as a graduate student, State College became home away from home. I moved to Boston for my postdoctoral training and spent two years in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In 2016, I started working as an Assistant Professor at University of Rhode Island (URI).  

I live in Central Pennsylvania with my wife and youngest son.  We have 3 children; a daughter and two sons. They are all part of the Penn State family. My daughter is a graduate of Penn College and my oldest son is a junior at main campus. My youngest son will attend PSU in the fall of 2020. 

I received my Bachelor's and Master's degree in Statistics from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo Michigan. I am originally from Detroit, MI and currently live in Allentown, PA.

I received my PhD in Statistics from Penn State in December 2010. I have worked for Penn State since 2004 and taught many different courses both on-campus and for World Campus. I thoroughly enjoy teaching and am willing to help students in any way that I can.

I am a research professor of Statistics in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State. Originally from Hong Kong, I came to the United States to pursue graduate study after getting my BS degree in Mathematics. I earned my Ph.D. in Statistics from Cornell University and have taught at the Statistics Department of Penn State University since 1997. My research interests include biostatistics, sampling methods, and statistical decision theory.

My 8th grade social studies teacher always had "Control your destiny" written on the chalkboard Back then I never really understood the meaning of those simple words, but today, I live by them.  I hope to have the same impact on my students.
 
I am a Penn State alumni myself. In 2007, I graded with a B.S. in Mathematics and in 2008, I graduated with a Masters in Applied Statistics. I have been teaching online for Penn State World Campus since 2009.
 

Originally from the United Kingdom, I currently live in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, where I teach and write online statistics and mathematics courses. I teach at Penn State, Thompson Rivers University, and Statistics.com. I was formerly an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at the University of Oregon and I obtained my PhD in Statistics at the University of Minnesota where my advisor was Dennis Cook. In my free time, I like to ski, play soccer, do CrossFit, watch movies, and spend time with my family.

I am the STAT 200 online course coordinator and I have been teaching two sections of the course each semester. I joined the Department in 2015, right after I finished my PhD in Educational Psychology.

As first a graduate student studying statistics here at PSU, I was already quite fond of the people and surroundings of Happy Valley and was extremely happy to have the opportunity to remain here as an instructor when I graduated. In my spare time, I enjoy movies, piano, and Frisbee golf (when the weather’s nice).

I am from many places (4 countries and several US states). I currently live in south-central Illinois, but I still think of central PA as home. I have two children, the oldest of whom is beginning to look at colleges (!). I ride bikes as much as I can.