Biography:C. Shane Reese
C. Shane Reese | |
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 Reese in 2023 | |
| 14th President of Brigham Young University | |
| Assumed office May 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin J Worthen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher Shane Reese[1] February 9, 1971 Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy Wood |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Brigham Young University (BS, MS) Texas A&M University (PhD) |
| Profession | Academic administrator, professor of statistics |
| Website | BYU's Office of the President |
Christopher Shane Reese is an American statistician, academic administrator, and 14th president of Brigham Young University (BYU).[2] At BYU, he previously served as Academic Vice President (AVP), dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CPMS), and as the Melvin W. Carter professor of statistics.[3]
Academic career
His academic achievements include receiving bachelor's and master's degrees from BYU and a doctoral degree in Statistics from Texas A&M University in 1999.[4][5] He has performed research in the fields of sports analytics, Bayesian hierarchical models and optimal experimental design. In 2013, he became a member of the American Statistical Association, in the section on Statistics in Defense and National Security.[6]
Reese has done studies using statistical models to predict behavior of aging nuclear weapons, as well as solar storm mapping, whale activity mapping and many studies applying statistics to sports.[7][8] Before joining the BYU faculty, he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technical staff member.[9]
He received BYU's Young Scholar Award in 2004 and its Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010.[10]
From 2017 to 2019, he served as BYU's dean of the CPMS.[4]
On March 21, 2023, Jeffrey R. Holland announced in a campus devotional that Reese would become BYU's 14th president, effective May 1.[1] At the time, Reese was serving as BYU's AVP.[10] On September 19, 2023, Reese was inaugurated by D. Todd Christofferson and Dallin H. Oaks, both members of BYU's board of trustees and Latter-day Saint apostles.[11]
Personal life
Reese grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was raised by a single mother.[4]
From 1990 to 1992, he served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taiwan.
He is married to Wendy Wood. They have three children, all of whom attended BYU.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fletcher Stack, Peggy (21 March 2023). "LDS apostle Jeffrey Holland announces a new BYU president". https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/03/21/lds-apostle-jeffrey-holland/.
- ↑ "New university president named at BYU" (in en). 2023-03-21. https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/21/23649255/new-byu-president-who-is-shane-reese.
- ↑ "BYU names new academics vice president". Deseret News. May 23, 2019. https://www.deseret.com/2019/5/23/20674037/byu-names-new-academics-vice-president/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "C. Shane Reese" (in en-US). https://speeches.byu.edu/speakers/c-shane-reese/.
- ↑ "BYU names new dean of physical, mathematical sciences". Deseret News. June 9, 2017. https://www.deseret.com/2017/6/9/20613899/byu-names-new-dean-of-physical-mathematical-sciences.
- ↑ "ASA Community" (in en). https://community.amstat.org/sdns/awards/asa-sdns-fellow-members.
- ↑ Penrod, Emma (July 5, 2013). "BYU professor, a former NFL consultant, earns major stats honor". Deseret News. https://www.deseret.com/2013/7/5/20522145/byu-professor-a-former-nfl-consultant-earns-major-stats-honor.
- ↑ Toth, Heidi (August 9, 2011). "BYU professor looks at numbers behind safety of aging nukes". Daily Herald. https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/byu-professor-looks-at-numbers-behind-safety-of-aging-nukes/article_b9b30ca5-99e6-5051-9f13-327b1fb05acf.html.
- ↑ "Biography" (in en). https://president.byu.edu/biography.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Walch, Tad (21 March 2023). "New university president named at BYU" (in en). https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/21/23649255/new-byu-president-who-is-shane-reese.
- ↑ "Presidential inauguration: Shane Reese charged with pointing BYU toward academic, spiritual success" (in en). 2023-09-19. https://www.deseret.com/2023/9/19/23870785/new-byu-president-shane-reese-innauguaration.
External links
- Profile of C. Shane Reese from Brigham Young University
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| Preceded by Kevin J Worthen |
14th President of Brigham Young University 2023 – present |
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