The Institute seeks to enroll up to 120 talented and motivated students each year in its Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) degree program. The current roster is provided below. For additional information about our students, see the annual Admissions Report.

Employers interested in hiring analytics professionals are welcome to contact us. Resumes are provided freely upon request. Please contact us to receive your copy. The Institute offers individualized assistance without cost to employers throughout the recruiting process.

See the previous class rosters in the Archive.

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Master of Science in Analytics, Class of 2020

	Shiraz Ahmed B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, NC State University, 2018
	Justin Albrechtsen Ph.D., Psychology, University of Texas El Paso, 2010 B.A., magna cum laude, Psychology; Spanish, University of Northern Iowa, 2005
	Emily Ammons B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematics; Biology, State University of New York College at Cortland, 2019
	David Andexler B.S., Biology, Duquesne University, 2015
	Ryan Ankersen B.S., magna cum laude, Actuarial Mathematics, Spring Hill College, 2019
	Rivers Baker Master of Microbial Biotechnology, NC State University, 2019 B.S., cum laude, Animal Science, NC State University, 2012
	Robert Bayer B.S., cum laude, Economics, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2017
	Alison Berger B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, UNC–Wilmington, 2018
	Marshall Bradley M.S., Economics, Trinity College Dublin, 2018 B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, International Business; Business Economics, University of South Carolina, 2017
	Price Burnett B.B.A., magna cum laude, Supply Chain Management, Texas A&M University, 2018
	Jackson Cabell B.S., with Highest Distinction, Statistics and Analytics; Economics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Ellie Caldwell B.S., summa cum laude, Mathematical Statistics, Wake Forest University, 2019
	Patrick Campbell B.S.B.A., Finance; Accounting, Elon University, 2011
	Dominick Carbone B.S., summa cum laude, Mathematics, NC State University, 2019
	Shao Chen B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University, 2017
	Yuting Cheng B.S., summa cum laude, Statistics, NC State University, 2015
	Kyle Clapper B.S.B.A., with Distinction, Business Administration, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Grant Clark B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematics; Computer Science, Adelphi University, 2019
	Brittany Cody B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science, NC State University, 2018
	Jess Conner B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematics, Jacksonville University, 2016
	Walter Creech B.S., with Distinction, Statistics and Analytics; Economics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Emmanuel Daramola B.B.A., Business Administration, Loyola University Maryland, 2019
	Ellen Davis B.S.P.H., with Highest Distinction, Biostatistics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Supreet Deshpande B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, 2017
	Adria Dortignacq B.A., magna cum laude, Economics, Colorado College, 2016
	Trevor Edge B.S., cum laude, Accounting, NC State University, 2019
	William Elmore B.S., magna cum laude, Economics, UNC–Wilmington, 2019
	Abla Elsergany B.A., English Language, Ain Shams University, 2002
	Samantha Everett B.S., summa cum laude, Psychology, Appalachian State University, 2018
	Maxwell Fairbairn B.S., with Distinction, Statistics and Analytics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Andrew Francis B.S., magna cum laude, Environmental Engineering; Environmental Studies, University of Cincinnati, 2019
	Christopher Goodrich B.S., summa cum laude, Economics, NC State University, 2013
	Thomas Gow B.S.B.A., Management, Elon University, 2019
	Sydney Greer B.S., summa cum laude, Mathematics, Appalachian State University, 2019
	Sarah Grieco B.A., Journalism, San Diego State University, 2011
	Hirsh Gupta B.A., Economics, Rutgers University, 2016
	Savannah Hampton B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematical Business, Wake Forest University, 2017
	Lance Hudson B.S., Statistics, UNC–Wilmington, 2018
	Nathan Jones B.S., Statistics, Brigham Young University, 2019
	Shawn Kim B.S., magna cum laude, Mechanical Engineering, NC State University, 2016
	Elaine King B.S., with Distinction, Biostatistics; Women’s and Gender Studies, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2018
	Grant King B.A., with Highest Distinction, Economics; Linguistics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2017
	Emmanuel Kinuthia M.Sc., Agricultural and Applied Economics, Egerton University, 2010 B.Sc., Agricultural Economics, Egerton University, 2007
	Beruk Kiros B.S., cum laude, Biology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2014
	Taylor Kooy B.S., magna cum laude, Statistics, Grand Valley State University, 2019
	Andrea Kopaskie B.S., Environmental Sciences, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2017
	David Ku M.S., Mechanical Engineering, NC State University, 2019 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, 2015
	Samuel LaFell B.A., magna cum laude, Communication, NC State University, 2018 B.A., magna cum laude, Foreign Languages and Literatures, NC State University, 2018
	Laura Lancheros M.A., with Honors, Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 1994 B.A., Political Science; Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
	Kateryna Lashko B.S., Financial Economics, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2005
	Zach Lewis B.S., summa cum laude, Economics, NC State University, 2019 B.S., summa cum laude, Statistics, NC State University, 2019
	Yinxi (Evan) Li B.A., magna cum laude, Mathematics; Music, Franklin and Marshall College, 2019
	Katlyn Limer B.A., cum laude, Psychology, NC State University, 2015
	Kevin Lybrand M.S., Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2014 B.S., cum laude, Bioengineering, Clemson University, 2013
	Brett Lytle B.S., magna cum laude, Sport Management, NC State University, 2015
	Preston MacDonald B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematics, Appalachian State University, 2019
	Chandni Malhotra B.S., summa cum laude, Statistics, NC State University, 2019
	Meg Malone B.A., magna cum laude, Media Analytics, Elon University, 2019
	Michael Marchetta B.S., cum laude, Business Analytics; Business Administration, William Peace University, 2017
	McKinnon Martin B.A., Economics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2017
	Natalie Martin B.B.A., Marketing, University of Georgia, 2019 B.B.A., Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, 2019
	Kevin McDowell B.S., Finance; Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, 2015
	Catherine McSorley B.S., Mathematics; Statistics, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2019
	Kasia Michalska M.B.A., Quinnipiac University, 2017 Master of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, 2013 Bachelor of Finance and Accounting, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, 2011
	Liesl Miranda B.S., magna cum laude, Textile Engineering, NC State University, 2019
	Will Misenheimer B.S., summa cum laude, Mathematics, UNC–Charlotte, 2019
	Iqra Munawar B.S., magna cum laude, Accounting, Appalachian State University, 2018
	Rachel Nagley B.S., summa cum laude, Industrial Engineering, NC State University, 2018
	Ragi Nayak B.S.P.H., Biostatistics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Travis Noftle B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, NC State University, 2010
	Urbain Nounagnon B.S., magna cum laude, Systems Engineering, UNC–Charlotte, 2012
	Krishna Patel B.S., magna cum laude, Economics, East Carolina University, 2019
	Payal Patel B.S., with Distinction, Information Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2017
	Samir Patel B.S., Statistics, NC State University, 2015 B.S., Mathematics Education, NC State University, 2015
	Urmila Patil M.Eng., Civil Engineering, Shivaji University, India, 2005 B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Shivaji University, India, 2001
	Jackson Perry B.S., with Distinction, Mathematics; Psychology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2019
	Rachel Powell M.S., Biology, Auburn University, 2018 B.S., magna cum laude, Biology, Meredith College, 2016
	Sandy Preiss Master of International Studies, NC State University, 2015 B.A., with Distinction, Psychology, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2009
	Sunny Qin B.S., Business Analytics, University of Denver, 2017
	Lahari Revuri B.S., summa cum laude, Computer Science, NC State University, 2019
	Jonathan Rice B.A., summa cum laude, Mathematics, Wofford College, 2017 B.S., summa cum laude, Biology, Wofford College, 2017
	Benjamin Roberts B.A., with Highest Distinction, Economics; Political Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2018
	Basil Rodts B.S., with Distinction, Statistics and Analytics; Environmental Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Kyrsten Rudock B.S., summa cum laude, Textile Engineering, NC State University, 2019
	Burton Rudolph B.S., Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2017
	Charles Ruff B.B.A., with University Honors, Business Analytics; Finance, University of Iowa, 2019
	Sameen Salam B.S., Biology; Music, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Samantha Sassorossi B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, NC State University, 2018
	Cassidy Sater B.S., magna cum laude, Applied Mathematics, NC State University, 2019 B.S., magna cum laude, Economics, NC State University, 2019
	Noah Sayre B.S., with Highest Distinction, Computer Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Samuel Scarpino B.S., summa cum laude, Statistics, University of New Hampshire, 2019
	Austin Seals B.S., summa cum laude, Management Information Science, Claflin University, 2019
	Keyur Shah M.Sc., Statistics, University of Pune, 2017 B.Sc., Statistics, University of Mumbai, 2015
	Sufyan Shahin M.S.Ed., Mathematics, State University of New York at Geneseo, 2008 B.A., Mathematics; Adolescent Education: Math, State University of New York at Geneseo, 2006
	Mehak Shamdasani B.A., Computer Science, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2018
	Stephen Slogar B.S., cum laude, Statistics, University of Florida, 2018
	Jiin Son B.S., summa cum laude, Textile Engineering, NC State University, 2019
	Paige Spell B.S., Mathematics, Appalachian State University, 2019
	Nick Sterling B.S., summa cum laude, Physics, UNC–Wilmington, 2018 B.A., summa cum laude, Philosophy, UNC–Wilmington, 2018
	Ben Sullivan B.S., Economics, Appalachian State University, 2017
	Heqing Sun M.S., Chemistry, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2018 B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 2016
	Yao Sun B.A., International Studies, Emory University, 2016
	Shannon Tart B.S., magna cum laude, Textile Engineering, NC State University, 2016
	Reema Thakkar B.S., magna cum laude, Statistics, NC State University, 2017
	Chelsea Thomas B.S.B.A., cum laude, Finance, UNC–Charlotte, 2019
	Jason Thompson B.S., summa cum laude, Applied Mathematics, NC State University, 2019 B.S., summa cum laude, Statistics, NC State University, 2019
	Wesley Thompson B.S., magna cum laude, Business Administration, California Lutheran University, 2017
	Khoi Tran B.A., with Distinction, Economics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2015
	Cathy Tran B.A., summa cum laude, Politics; Economics, Ithaca College, 2018
	Faith Turner B.S., magna cum laude, Computer Science, University of South Carolina, 2019
	Travis Walker B.S., summa cum laude, Leadership, Trident University International, 2018
	Meghan Weber B.S., magna cum laude, Biomedical Engineering, Wright State University, 2019
	Ryan Weisner B.A., with Distinction, Economics; Public Policy, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2018
	Samantha Widman B.S., magna cum laude, Mathematics, Appalachian State University, 2019
	Sarah Wotus B.S., with Highest Distinction, Biostatistics, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2019
	Lu Wu Ph.D., Mass Communication, UNC–Chapel Hill, 2017 M.S., Journalism, Ohio University, 2013 B.A., Chinese Language and Literature, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, 2011
	Chesaney Wyse B.B.A., summa cum laude, Management, Saginaw Valley State University, 2018
	Sharon Yao B.A., Sociology, Duke University, 2014
	Michael Zabawa B.A., Economics, University of Colorado at Denver, 2019 B.S., Mathematics, University of Colorado at Denver, 2019

Photo credit: Roger Winstead

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For previous class rosters, see the Archive.

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