Meet the Director
Colin Gallagher
Emily Peek Wallace ’72 Director
Colin Gallagher leads the School of Mathematical and Statistical Science’s strategic initiatives to amplify student success, increase research productivity and transform lives in South Carolina.
Formerly, he served as the founding associate director for the Division of Statistics and Operations Research within the school. Gallagher has significantly advanced the field of statistics through impactful research contributions spanning time series analysis, non-parametric methods, high-dimensional data analysis, changepoint detection in climate and environmental data, and statistical methods for biological and medical research. His developed time series diagnostic methods have been cited by international researchers from a wide variety of fields, and his related R software package has been downloaded more than 50,000 times. He has published in the top statistics and climate journals with his 12 Ph.D. students and has advised more than 20 M.S. students.
About Emily Peek Wallace ’72
When Emily Peek Wallace ’72 began at Clemson in 1968, she was a trailblazer — and has continued to be one since.
A first generation college graduate, Wallace was the first woman to serve as a top leader of the University’s WSBF radio station and was often one of only one or two women in the technical courses that led to her bachelor’s degree in mathematics. She spent 42 years at SAS, in Cary, North Carolina, before retiring as the senior director of the Knowledge Management Center.
Wallace has dedicated much of her career to creating innovative opportunities for underrepresented scientists. In 2014, she established the Emily Peek Wallace ’72 Scholarship Endowment for S.T.E.M., which provides financial assistance for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
In 2021, she created the Emily Peek Wallace ’72 Endowed Directorship for the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, which focuses on increasing student engagement and success as well as enhancing the relevance of the curriculum as the School prepares the next generation of leading mathematicians, statisticians and data scientists for both research and business application tracks.
In addition to the two endowments, Wallace serves on the Clemson University Foundation Board of Directors and as a founding member of the Order of the Oak.
