Bayo Lawal is professor of statistics at Kwara State University, Nigeria. He received his bachelor of science degree with honors in mathematics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, and his master’s degree in biometry from the University of Reading, UK. His PhD in statistics is from the University of Essex, UK. Lawal has taught for several years at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria; St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota; and Temple University in Philadelphia. He has also served as chair of the Departments of Statistics at St. Cloud State University and at the University of Ilorin. He served as dean of the School of Sciences in Auburn University at Montgomery between 2004 and 2008, as well as the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Nigeria between 2008 and 2011. He currently serves as head of the Department of Statistics and Mathematical Sciences at Kwara State University.