Provost and Vice President
Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama
United States of America
Tel: 205-726-2718
Dr. J. Michael Hardin is the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Samford University. Dr. Hardin has a B.A. in Math and Philosophy from the University of West Florida, M.S. in Research Design and Statistics from Florida State University, and M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Alabama. He earned a Master of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from The University of Alabama. He has authored or co-authored over 80 papers in various journals. He is the author or co-author of over 150 abstracts presented at national meetings and has given over 75 invited lectures or talks. Dr. Hardin has authored several book chapters dealing with database design and decision support systems. He often serves as a consultant to healthcare organizations in the areas of data mining, sampling, and program integrity.
