Keisha Lanier Brown

BS Georgia Institute of Technology - Computer Science
MS Georgia State University - Secondary Mathematics Education
MS Kennesaw State University - Applied Statistics
Ph.D. Georgia State University - Educational Policy Studies (Research, Measurement, and Statistics) - in progress

Her topics of interest include community colleges, distance learning, statistics education, doctoral student mothers, and program evaluation. Her preferred research paradigm is mixed methods.

Keisha Lanier Brown is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, a Master of Arts in Mathematics Education from Georgia State University, and a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Kennesaw State University. Keisha is pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies with a concentration in Research, Measurement, and Statistics at Georgia State University. Her research interests include community colleges, distance learning, course design, statistics education, doctoral student mothers, and program evaluation.
Prof. Lanier Brown’s passion is to help people achieve their goals in life by assisting them through learning and mastering mathematics and statistics. She loves demonstrating the power of statistics and how it can be utilized in every field.

2025 – Recipient of the Dean’s Summer Writing Program Grant
2025 – GSU EPS: Outstanding Research, Measurement, and Statistics PhD Student Award
2024 – American Institutes of Research (AIR) P3 Fellowship
2024 – Learner-Centered Assessment Fellowship through Learner-Centered Collaborative and Digital Promise
2023 and 2024 SREE Researchers of Color Mentored Travel Award
2023 – MCSE SoTL Research Award
2023 – American Educational Research Association (AERA) Graduate Assistance $500
2023 – 2025 Pathway to Attaining the Doctoral Degree (PADD) Fellowship
2023 – NISOD Excellence Award
2023 – Senior Faculty Award for Excellence at Perimeter College at Georgia State University
2023 – PBI Grant – Expert Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) Online Instructor
2023 – Perimeter College’s Online Mini-grant - Travel to Meaningful Living and Learning Conference
2022 – Perimeter College's Dean's Faculty Seed Grant
2021 – 2022 Leadership for the Advancement of Women Inaugural Cohort
2021 – Suanne Davis Roueche Faculty Scholarship
2020 – Bill Bompart Teaching Excellence Award
2019 – Marietta City Schools Mayor’s “Birney” Award
2019 – 2020 College to Career Faculty Fellowship
2018 – S.T.E.M. Teaching and Learning Mini-grant
2016 – Georgia Perimeter College’s Service Excellence Award
2015 – Georgia Perimeter College’s Service Excellence Award

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCTM)
Georgia Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (GMATYC)
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)