Dr. Jim Albert has been approved by the BGSU Board of
Trustees for the title of Distinguished University Professor to
recognize his outstanding professional achievements that have
brought broad national and international recognition of his
scholarly work.
His nomination reads, "Jim Albert is truly deserving to be
recognized for a lifetime of exceptional contributions to his
profession and the university." For Jim Albert's highlights on
research, "As of June 7, 2017,
Albert's 104 peer reviewed publications have received
a total of 6990 citations and 2508 since 2011. One of his papers,
'Bayesian analysis of binary and polychotomous response data',
received 2816 citations (this paper was listed number 13 in the
list of most cited statistics papers since 1993 in Ryan and
Woodall (2005) Journal of Applied Statistics)." "Over
his career at BGSU, Jim Albert has received over 24 grants and
research awards." He published 14 books. He was awarded the
Founders Award by the American Statistical Association in 2015.