Business Analytics & Statistics Department
Our Team
At the heart of the Haslam College of Business Business Analytics & Statistics Department is a team of dedicated professionals committed to excellence in education, research, and community engagement. Our faculty and staff are here to provide students with the support, resources, and expertise needed to succeed academically and professionally. Whether guiding groundbreaking research, offering personalized academic advice, or fostering connections with industry leaders, the Business Analytics & Statistics team is driven by a shared passion for empowering the next generation.
Business Analytics & Statistics Department
Faculty & Staff
Bogdan Bichescu
Professor and MSBAi Program Director, Southern-Peters Research Award
Bogdan C. Bichescu is a professor of management science in the Haslam College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He teaches operations and decision analysis classes in the MS in Business Analytics and AI program, the full-time M.B.A. program, the Ph.D. program and in the undergraduate business program. His teaching interests include lean operations, decision modeling and analysis, business simulation, and project management. Bichescu’s research interests are concentrated in the areas of supply chain modeling and healthcare operations. More specifically, his work examines the role of channel power and subcontracting on supply chain performance, while his recent…
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Faculty
Charles Cwiek
Distinguished Lecturer and Business Analytics Undergraduate Program Director
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Justin Jia
Associate Professor, Wyatt Family Faculty Research Fellow, Alan R. Whitman Faculty Fellow
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Paolo Letizia
Ball Corporation Professor in Business, FY27 Lawson Professor of Business, Ray & Joan Myatt Faculty Fellow
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ChuanRen Liu
Associate Professor, Beaman Professor in Business, Melton Faculty Fellow, Sampson Enterprises Faculty Fellow
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Robert Mee
William R. & Sara B. Clark Professor in Business, Haslam Family Faculty Fellow
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Wenjun Zhou
Amazon Distinguished Professor, Lawson Professor of Business, Martin Lee & Carol Fri Robinson Faculty Fellow
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