Education
Ph.D. Mathematics/Statistics,
Texas Tech University, 1993
Dissertation: Nonparametric
ANOCOVA in Block Designs
M.S. Mathematics/Computer
Science, Texas Tech University, 1987
Master report: Image
Enhancement and Restoration for Ultrasound B-Scan Images in Medical
Applications
B.S. Navigation/Transportation
Management, National Taiwan College of Marine Science and Technology (now,
National Taiwan Ocean University), 1981
Professional Positions
2013 - present Statistics
Coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State
University
2004 - present Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State University
2005 - present Coordinator,
Eastern Microbial Round-Robin Consortium
2001 - present Director
of Biostatistics Core Course, Consortium of Eastern Ohio Universities Master of
Public Health Program.
1993 - 2007
Statistics
Coordinator, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State
University
1998 -
2004 Associate
Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Youngstown State
University
2000 -
2001 Computer
Vision Consultant, Robotic Vision System Inc.
1996 -
2008 Statistical
Consultant, Data for Professionals
1993 - 1998
Assistant
Professor, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, Youngstown State University
1993 summer Part‑time Instructor, Department of
Mathematics, Texas Tech University
1984 -
1993 Teaching
and Research Assistant, Texas Tech University
Honors and Awards
YSU Distinguished Professor in Teaching, 2015.
Outstanding MPH Faculty Awards, Consortium of Eastern Ohio Universities
Master of Public Health Program, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013.
YSU Research Professorship, 1995, 2004, 2009.
Faculty Advisor, YSU Actuarial Science Club, 2008 - 2010.
Faculty Member of Delta Omega Alpha Chi Chapter
National Honorary Society since 2008.
YSU Distinguished Professor in Service, 2007.
Faculty Member of the National Honor Society of
Kappa Phi Kappa since 2007.
Affiliate Graduate Faculty Member of Virginia Commonwealth University,
2003 - 2006
Graduate Faculty Member of Youngstown State University, 1993 - present
Scholarship, Department of Mathematics, Texas Tech University, 1992-1993
Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award, Texas Tech University, 1991
Outstanding
Mathematics Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Texas Tech University,
1990 - 1991.
Scholarship,
National Taiwan College of Marine Science and Technology, 1979
Memberships in Professional Societies
Member of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
Member of the American Public Health Association (APHA)
Member of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Member of the Southwestern Society of Economists (SSE)
Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Member of the Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honorary Society
Member of the International Chinese Statistical Association
S. Khavari, X. Min, J. Munyon,
G. Chang, “Prediction Human and Animal Protein Subcellular
Location” JSM Proceedings - Section
on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, Alexandria, VA: American
Statistical Association, p. 2982-2999, 2016.
J. Munyon, G. Chang, X. Min,
S. Khavari, “Prediction of Subcellular Locations for Fungal Proteins,” JSM Proceedings
- Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, Alexandria,
VA: American Statistical Association, p.
2499-2508, 2015.
Neizer-Ashun K., Yu F., Meinken
J., Min X., Chang G., “Prediction of plant protein subcellular
locations,” In: Saeed F. and Haspel N. (ed), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICOB-2015). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
pp 91-96, 2015.
J.
Meinken, D. Asch, K. Neizer-Ashun,
G. Chang, C. Cooper JR, and X. Min, “FunSecKB2: a fungal protein
subcellular location knowledgebase” Journal of Computational Molecular Biology, Vol. 4, No. 7, 1-17, 2014.
D. Kandray, M. Yacovone,
D. Juruaz, and G. Chang, “Inter-rater
Reliability of the Mallampati Classification for
Patients in a Dental Hygiene Clinic” The
Journal of Dental Hygiene, Vol. 87, No. 3, 134-139, June 2013.
A. McMahon, G. Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Learning from Assessment: the effects of A Diversity Course,” The
International Journal of Business Disciplines, Vol. 21, No. 1, p. 47-55, 2010.
A. McMahon, G. Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Evaluating the Outcomes of a Diversity Course: A Longitudinal
Study,” the Proceedings of the North American Management Society
Annual Meeting, General Management Track, p. 148-157,
2010.
K. Ding, G. Chang, R. Southerland,
“Age of Inhalant First Time Use and its Association to the Use of Other
Drugs,” Journal of Drug Education, Vol. 39, No. 3, p. 261-272,
2009.
S. Sanders, G. Andy Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Prompt Feedback: Expectations of Students and Faculty”, Proceedings
of the Asian Conference on Education, p.1189-1196, 2009.
M. Delost, W.
Miller, G. Chang, W. Korzun, and R. Nadder, “Influence of Credentials of Clinical
Laboratory Professionals on Proficiency Testing Performance,” American
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 132, p.550-554, 2009.
G. Chang, J. Kerns, D. Lee, and G. Stanek, “Calibration Experiments for a Computer
Vision Oyster Volume Estimation System,” Journal of Statistics
Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2009.
Y. Chi, and G. Andy Chang,
“Modeling U.S. Wildlife Watching Trip Expenditures with Zero
Observations,” Southwestern Journal of Economics, Vol. XI., No. I, p.30-52, 2009.
S. Sanders, C. Mikanowicz,
G. Andy Chang, and C. Sellaro, “Feedback
Expectations of Students and Faculty in Undergraduate and Graduate
Education,” the 6-th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Education Proceedings, p.1103-1117, 2008.
A. McMahon, G. Andy Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Assessing Diversity Outcomes in a College of Business Management
Curriculum,” Proceedings of The 30-th Annual Meeting of Northeastern
Association of Business, Economics and Technology, p. 308-317, 2007.
Yeong Nain
Chi and G. Andy Chang, “Determinants of Nonresidential Wildlife Watching
Consumption: A Tobit Analysis,” Tourism Analysis, Vol.
11, No. 1, p. 25-32(8), 2006.
T. Y. Wang and G. Andy Chang,
“Political Tolerance in a Democracy under External Threats: A Survey of
Public Opinion in Taiwan”, Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 59,
No. 3, p. 377-388, 2006.
S. Sanders, C. Mikanowicz,
C. Sellaro, and G. Andy Chang, “Development of
A WebCT Orientation Course to Facilitate Online Learning,” Selected
Papers From the 17-th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning,
p.115-131, 2006.
T. Y. Wang and G. Andy Chang,
“Ethnicity and Politics in Taiwan: An Analysis of Mainlander's Identity
and Policy Preference,” Issues and Studies, 41, No. 4, p.35-66,
2005.
G. Andy Chang and
T. Y. Wang, “Taiwanese or Chinese? Independence or Unification? An Analysis of Generational
Differences in Taiwan,” Special Issue of Journal of Asian and African
Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1-2, p.29-49, 2005.
Y. N. Chi and G. Chang, “How to
Handle High Proportion of Zero Observations in the Cross-Section Studies:
Application to Nonresidential Wildlife Watching Expenditures,” USDA
Proceedings of the Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, 90-97, 2004.
G. Chang, “An Interactive
Videoconference Distance Learning Biostatistics Course,” The Proceedings
of International Conference on Statistics and It’s Related Fields,
2003.
D. Lee, R. Lane and G. Chang,
“Three-dimension Reconstruction for High-speed Volume Measurement,”
Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering, Machine
Vision and Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems for Inspection and Metrology,
Volume 4189, p.258-267, 2001.
J. Williamson and G. Chang, “A
Test Statistic in Predicting Ordinal Response,” American Statistical
Association Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section, p.88-91,
1997.
G. Chang, “Nonparametric
Procedures for Analysis of Covariance in Randomized Block Designs,” Proceedings
of the 1997 Ohio Chinese Academic and Professional Association, p.36.
G. Chang, H. Mansouri,
and Dawn Huffman, “Nonparametric Tests for Ordered Alternatives in
Two-way Layouts”, COMPSTAT, Short Communications, p.27-28, 1996.
H. Mansouri
and G. Chang, “A Comparative Study of some Rank Tests for Testing
Interaction,” The Journal of Computational Statistics and Data
Analysis, 19, p.85-96, 1995.
G. Chang and H. Mansouri, “A Simulation Study of Some Rank Tests for
Interaction in Two-way Layouts,” Computing Science and Statistics,
26, p.451-454, 1994.
G. Chang and H. Mansouri,
“Nonparametric ANOCOVA in Randomized Block Designs,” American
Statistical Association Proceedings of the Statistical Computing Section,
p.204-219, 1993.
Selected Research Presentations
Neizer-Ashun K., Yu F., Meinken
J., Min X., Chang G., “Prediction of plant protein subcellular
locations,” In: Saeed F. and Haspel N. (ed), the 7th International Conference on Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology (BICOB-2015). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2015.
S. Sanders, G. Chang, “Student
and Faculty Perceptions about Software Secure Remote Proctoring and Student
Authentication,” presented at YSU BCHHS Scholarship Forum, 2014.
G. Andy Chang, “Inter-Laboratory Quality Control on Indoor Air
Quality Analysis,” presented at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings at
Montreal, Canada, 2013.
G. Andy Chang, Kele Ding, Salvatore Sanders, T. Albani, A. Krumpak, “Peer Influence and Drug Initiation Among
High School Students in Midwestern United States”, the American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., MD, 2011.
G. Jay Kern and G. Andy Chang, “R and R Commander
Workshops”, American Statistical Association Cleveland Chapter meeting,
Cleveland, OH, 2010.
S. Sanders, G. Andy Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Prompt Feedback: Expectations of Students and Faculty”, the Asian Conference
on Education, Osaka, Japan, 2009.
K. Ding, G. Andy Chang, and R.
Southerland, “Age of First Time Inhalant Use and Its Correlation to the
Use of Other Drugs,” the 136th American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2008.
S. Sanders, C. Mikanowicz,
G. Andy Chang, and C. Sellaro, “Feedback
Expectations of Students and Faculty in Undergraduate and Graduate
Education,” the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.
McMahon, G. Andy Chang, C. Mikanowicz, and C. Sellaro,
“Assessing Diversity Outcomes in a College of Business Management
Curriculum,” The 30th Annual Meeting of Northeastern
Association of Business, Economics and Technology, State College, PA, October
2007.
K. Ding, R. Southerland, and Andy
Chang, “Age of First Time Inhalant Use and Its Correlation to the Use of
Other Drugs”, Ohio Combined Public Health Conference, Columbus, 2007.
Y.N. Chi and G. Andy Chang, “A
Tobit Analysis of Forest Ecotourism Expenditures,” Annual Southwestern
Society of Economists Conference, San Diego, California, March, 2007.
G. Andy Chang, Discussant,
“Health Related Research in Education”, at Educational Research
Exchange Fourth Annual Conference, Youngstown, March, 2007.
M. Delost, T.
Nadder, W. Miller, G. Chang, W. Korzun,
“Are Quality Laboratory Services Related to Personnel Credentials?”
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Conference Annual Meeting,
Chicago, July, 2006.
S. Sanders, C. Mikanowicz,
C. Sellaro, and G. Andy Chang, “Development of
A WebCT Orientation Course to Facilitate Online Learning,” the 14th
International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL,
April, 2006.
G. Andy Chang and Yeong
Nain Chi, “Green Market Segmentation Associated with Forest
Values,” the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Economics
and Finance, Houston, Texas, February, 2006.
Yeong Nain
Chi and G. Andy Chang, “Environmental Ethics: An Empirical Study,”
presented at the 17th Northeastern Recreation Research Conference,
Bolton Landing, NY, April, 2005.
M. Delost, W.
Miller, G. Chang, W. Korzun, T. Nadder,
“The Relationship of Proficiency Test Performance to Personnel
Credentials of Laboratory Testing Personnel,” Clinical Laboratory
Educator's Conference, Feb., 2005.
Yeong Nain
Chi and G. Andy Chang, “Using Multivariate Analysis to Measure Visitors’
Attitudes Toward Forest Resources,” presented at
the International Conference on Statistics and It’s Related Fields,
Hawaii, Jan., 2005.
T. Y. Wang and G. Andy Chang,
“Threat Perceptions and Political Tolerance in Taiwan,” presented at International Conference
on Taiwan Election and Democratization Studies Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, September 25-26, 2004.
G. Andy Chang and Yeong
Nain Chi, “An Examination of Public Attitudes Toward
Forest Resources,” presented at 10th International Interdisciplinary
Conference on the Environment Boston, July, 2004.
Yeong Nain
Chi and G. Andy Chang, “How to Handle High Proportion of Zero
Observations in the Cross-Section Studies: Application to Nonresidential
Wildlife Watching Expenditures,” presented at the 16th
Northeastern Recreation Research Conference, Bolton Landing, NY, March, 2004.
Yeong Nain
Chi and G. Andy Chang, “Determinants of Nonresidential Wildlife Watching
Consumption: A Tobit Analysis,” presented at the 26th
Southeastern Recreation Research Conference, Charleston, SC, Feb., 2004.
G. Chang and T. Y. Wang,
"Taiwanese or Chinese? Independence or Unification?
An Analysis of Generational Differences in Taiwan," presented at the
International Conference on Taiwan’s Election and Democratization
Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov., 2003.
Candel, M. Matanin, G. Chang, and J. Pintar,
“Assessing Self-Perceptions of Body Weight & Eating Behaviors among
Children,” the Midwest American College of Sports Medicine Annual
Conference, November, 2003.
G. Chang and T. Y. Wang, “Waishenren or
New Taiwanese: Changing National Identities of Mainlanders in
Taiwan,” paper presented in the Conference on Electoral Politics in
Taiwan, SC, April, 2003.
“An Interactive Videoconference
Distance Learning Biostatistics Course” The International Conference on
Statistics and It’s Related Fields, Hawaii, June, 2003.
“Statistical Correlation and
Regression”, St. Elizabeth Health Center, May, 2003.
G. Chang, C. Mikanowicz,
D. Sellaro, and S. Sanders, “Efficacy of
Distance Learning Methods Used in Higher Education” the 14th
International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, March, 2003.
“Statistical
Significance in Medical Research”, St. Elizabeth Health Center, 2002.
D. Lee, R. Lane and G. Chang,
“Three-dimension Reconstruction for High-speed Volume Measurement,”
The International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Conference, Boston, MA,
Nov., 2000.
C. Mikanowicz,
G. Chang, and D. Fitzgerald, “Does AIDS and Contraceptive Education in
High School Impact on Prevention?” 128th American Public
Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Oct., 2000.
“Statistics and Computer
Vision,” at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, March 2000.
C. Mikanowicz,
G. Chang, and D. Fitzgerald, “The Health Beliefs of College Students
about HIV/AIDS,” YSU Quest, April 1999.
G. Chang, “Is Rank Transformation
Method a Bad Idea?” invited speech at the American Statistical
Association Cleveland Chapter’s meeting, September 1998.
G. Chang, “Understanding
Educational Experiences in the City Public Schools,” YSU QUEST, April
1998.
“The Long-term and Short-term
Consequences of the Preschool Experience,” the Society of Applied
Sociology 15th Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 1997.
“A Test
Statistic in Predicting Ordinal Response,” the American Statistical
Association 157th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 1997.
“Nonparametric Procedures for
Analysis of Covariance in Randomized Block Designs,” invited speaker, the
Annual Symposium of Ohio Chinese Academic and Professional Association, Applied
Mathematics and Statistics Session, May 1997.
“Issues in
Constructing a Statistics Minor,” the Ohio Statistics Education
Conference on April 12, 1997.
“National Trends in Radio Station
Transactions (1992-1996): The Duopoly Phenomena” with Dr. Linwood Hagin, at the QUEST 97, March 1997.
“Nonparametric Tests for Ordered
Alternatives in Two-way Layouts”, paper presented at the XII biennial
Symposium in Computational Statistics, August 1996.
“Rank Test for Ordered
Alternatives,” the Quest 96, YSU, April 1996.
“A Simulation Study of Some Rank
Tests for Interaction in Two-way Layouts,” paper presented at the 26th
Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics, June 1994.
“Nonparametric ANOCOVA in Block
Designs,” paper presented at the American Statistical Association 153rd
Annual Meeting, 1993.
Selected
Internal/External Grant
National Science Foundation
CCLI Grant, NSF 08-546, Role: Co-PI, (with Hazel Marie, Gary Walker, and Jay
Kerns), 07/31/2009-07/31/2011, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement.
Develop course that will bring together students and faculty from mechanical
engineering and biological sciences to study issues involved in the engineering
of connective tissues, and encourage and stimulate participation by students
from diverse gender, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
FERPCBM Grant, Ohio
Department of Education, Role: Project Evaluator; PI: Pollack, David, 09/01/06-08/31/09, Far East Regional Partnership for Conceptually Based
Mathematics. This project utilizes a conceptual approach to develop deep
content knowledge at a level appropriate for the teacher while modeling
activities appropriate for all students.
University Research Council
Grant, YSU, 08-09, Role: PI, Investigation of Inhalants Use and Gateway Drug
Hypothesis. The goal of the project was to investigate the utility of the
variable Age of Drug Use at First time, especially the age of inhalant use at
first-time.
University Research Council
Grant, YSU, 07-08, Role: PI, Forest Ecotourism Expenditure Analysis. The goal of
the project was to analyze individual consumption behavior associated with
forest ecotourism activities in Taiwan.
IPRP Research Award,
NEOUCOM, 06-07, Role: Co-PI, (with Ding, Kele),
Age of First Time Inhalant Use and Its Correlation to the Use of Other Drugs. The
study intended to investigate the utility of the variable age of first-time
drug use, especially first-time inhalant use, via a secondary data analysis by
using data collected by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The study
also intends to develop a data collection protocol for further investigation.
University Research Council Grant, YSU, 06-07, Role: PI, Eco-label Product Purchasing Behavior Analysis. The
goal of the project was to identify significant factors that affect eco-label
product purchasing behavior.
University Research Council
Grant, YSU, 05-06, Role: PI, An Empirical Study on
Environmental Ethics. The goal of this project was to provide insight
into the understandings of public preferences of environmental ethics that can
be used to frame alternatives and scenarios for natural resource management and
nature-based tourism development.
University Research Council Grant, YSU, 04-05, Role: PI, Cross-Straight Relation Between
China and Taiwan. The goal of the project was to understand
public’s opinion on the relation between China and Taiwan.
University Research Council Grant, YSU, 03-04, Role: PI, Computer Vision for Metrology. The goal was
to evaluate a new non-invasive computer vision metrology system and develop
better algorithm for volume estimate for agriculture product.
Selected Consulting
Refereed journal articles
for: American Statistician, Journal of Multimedia, Journal of Economics and
Politics, Optical Engineering, Food Engineering, Mathematical and Computer
Modeling, Machine Vision and Applications.
Statistics book reviews for
International Thomas Publishing Company, McGraw- Hill, Prentice-Hall, and
Freeman.
Characterization and Epidemiologic Investigation of a Novel
Electronegative VLDL in Diabetic and Prediabetic
Populations, for Dr. C. Chan, Bayler
College of Medicine, 2008.
Evaluation of
Statin Effects of L5’s Compositional and Functional Properties, for Dr. C. Chan, Bayler College of Medicine,
2007.
Prediction of
Discharge Disposition of Orthopaedic Trauma Patients
Prior to Treatment, M.K. Barrette-Grischow,
B.H. Ziran, St. Elizabeth Health Center, 2007.
Interlaboratory Comparisons on Spore Counts for Indoor Air Quality, for Eastern Environmental Microbial Consortium, 2005-present.
Identification
of Gram-Positive Cocci in Blood Cultures by Tem-PCRtm
Combined with Flow Cytometry, for Nabin K. Shrestha, MD, and Gary W. Procop,
MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Behavioral Study
on Diabetics, for Jung Kim, MD, St. Elizabeth Hospital,
2003-05.
Assessing the
Physical Activity and Health Behavior Perceptions and Attitudes Within the
Student Population of the National Youth Sports Program At Youngstown State
University, for A. Candel and J. Pintar, 2003.
Hyperopic LASIK
Enhancement for Over-treated Myopic Patients, for David
P. Roncone, O.D. and Philip C. Roholt,
M.D., Roholt Vision Institute, 2003.
Placement of Students in Chemistry Class for Dr. M. Serra, professor of Chemistry, 2003.
Linguistics
Research for Dr. Salvatore, professor of English, YSU, 2003.
A survey of
Attitudes Toward Treatment of Chronic Fatique
Syndrome, for Dr. S. Gallagher Warder, J. Cebula and E. Glass, Department of Counseling, YSU, 2002.
Computer Vision
System for Volume Measurement for Dr. D. Lee,
professor of Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2002-present.
Blood Glucose
Study, for Tony DiStefano and Dr. Joe Mistovich, Allied Health, 2002-2003.
Consulting on Clinical Research for Drs. Schuele, Pothier and Villa-Forte
and other physicians and residents, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2001-present.
The Impact of
High School AIDS and Contraceptive Education on AIDS Prevention, with Dr. C. Mikanowicz and D.
Fitzgerald, professors of Allied Health and Nursing, since 1999.
Applied
Sociology Research on Youngstown City Headstart
Programs, for Drs. Qi Jiang, Rosemary D’Apolito
and Beverly Gartland, professors of Sociology, YSU, 1997-1999.
The Health Practices and Behaviors of Health Educators and
Professionals, for Dr. Carol Mikanowicz and
Dorcas Fitzgerald, YSU, 1997-1999.
Categorical Data Analysis Procedures,
statistical consulting for Data for Professionals, Canfield, Ohio,
1996-present.
Statistical
Analysis of Radio Station Transactions, for Dr. Hagin, professor of Mass Communication, research papers
were presented at the 27th Popular Culture Association & 19th
American Culture Association Conferences, 1997.
Epidemic of Violence in America, for Dr. Pierce,
professor of Criminal Justice, YSU and his student Mr. Chris Lowenkamp. Result
was presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Louisville, KY.
The Economic Impact Analysis of Copperweld
Steel Company, statistical consulting for Center for Urban
Studies, Youngstown State University, 1994.
Statistics
Courses Taught
Introductory Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematical Statistics, Probability
Theory, Statistical Theory, Statistical Computing, Categorical Data Analysis,
Nonparametric Statistics, Linear Models, Design and Analysis of Experiments,
Statistical Data Mining.
Web Publishing
on Software Instructions
SPSS Text and Video Instructions:
(http://people.ysu.edu/~gchang/SPSS/SPSSmain.htm)
R, Rcommander, and IPSUR Instructions:
(http://people.ysu.edu/~gchang/r/R_Instructions.htm)