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Deborah Shepherd                                                                                                       Lecturer                                                                                                                        deborah-shepherd@utc.edu                                                                                            (423) 425-5372

Education                                                                                                                                                      Ph.D. - 2001, Louisiana Tech University                                                                                                               M.S. - 1996, Southern Illinois University at  Edwardsville                                                                                   B.S. - 1991, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Sample Publications

2012: “Using Runs Rules to Monitor an Attribute Chart for a Markov Process,” Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, with Steven E. Rigdon and Charles W. Champ, accepted for publication, January 2012. (DBR)

2007: “k-out-of-n Systems,” in the Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, p 891-900, editors:  Ruggeri, F., Kenett, R. and Faltin, F., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK. (DBR)

2007: “Moving Range and R Charts,” in the Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, p 1133-1138, editors: Ruggeri, F., Kenett, R. and Faltin, F., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, with Charles W. Champ. (DBR)

2007: Problem 11327, Am. Math. Monthly, Volume 114, No.10, p 925, with Rick Mabry.  (DBR)

2007: “Snail Shells in a Practical Application of Statistical Procedures”, The Journal of Biological Education, Volume 41, No. 3, with Stephen W. Banks, Tara Williams-Hart, Dalton R. Gossett and Amanda C. Crnkovic. (DBR)

2007: “Attribute Charts for Monitoring a Dependent Process,” Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 23, Issue 3, p 341-365, with Charles W. Champ, Steven E. Rigdon, and Howard T. Fuller. (DBR)

Professional Activities and Memberships                                                                                                     Member of American Statistical Association

Honors and Awards                                                                                                                                         Recipient of the George and Regina Khoury Professorship in Sciences (2007-2009)