Currently a statistics professor at North Carolina Central University, Kimberly S. Weems has been instrumental in enhancing the graduate mathematics curriculum with statistics courses. She strives to expose her students to a variety of areas in statistics and data science and encourages them to pursue the path that inspires them, as she thinks this will lead to the happiest and most productive careers. She is the 2017 recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.

