Dr. Samuel Jator joined Lamar University as the Senior Associate Provost for Academic Affairs on October 1, 2022. Prior to his current role, Dr. Jator served as a professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Austin Peay State University (APSU) for nearly a decade. Dr. Jator holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics with a specialty in numerical analysis and an M.B.A with a concentration in accounting. He earned both an M.S. degree in mathematics and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Ilorin in Ilorin, Nigeria. During his time at APSU, he served as the co-chair of the APSU QEP Assessment Committee and positively contributed to APSU’s QEP Impact Report Evaluation. He led 24 full-time faculty members and 27 adjunct faculty members while promoting departmental funding and striving to improve student achievement, retention, advising, and recruiting. Additionally, he was the primary dissertation supervisor for several PhD-awarded doctoral students. Dr. Jator has published more than 85 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and received more than $1 million in funding, all of which has been spent primarily to support the academic achievement of students.