About Kofi

He grew up in Lome, Togo (West Africa), graduated from the University of Lome in 1996 with a BS in Physics and moved to the US in 2000. In 2003, he started his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota where he is currently finishing his PhD in Statistics.

Contact

Email
kofi.adragni@gmail.com
Office
472 Ford Hall
224 Church Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Teaching and Research

  • Spring 2008: Reasearch Assistant for Prof Cook - On Dimension Reduction in Regression
  • Fall 2007: Stat 1001 - Introduction to the ideas of statistics
  • Spring 2007: Introduction to the ideas of statistics
  • Spring 2006: Stat 5201 - Sampling Methodology
  • Spring 2005: Stat 5021 - Statistical Analysis
  • Fall 2004: Stat 1001 - Introduction to the ideas of Statistics
  • Spring 2004: Stat 1001 - Introduction to the ideas of Statistics

Research

Some areas of interest


  • Dimension Reduction in Regression
  • Statistical Computing
  • Statistical Genomics

Advisor

Prof R. Dennis Cook

Consulting and Internship




Wise Words

"Evaluation of the past is the first step toward vision for the future."

- Chris Widener




Some Pictures

Christmas in Florida
Back in Lome with family and friends 1
Back in Lome with family and friends 2
Somewhere in Germany
Visiting Achille in Paris
Living in America
Some Good Friends

Some music...

My favorite singer! Sade Adu...

On Spirituality..

Eckankar Since Kofi was a teenager he was interested in spirituality. He came across Eckankar in his late teenage years. Through the teachings of Eckankar, he learned and realized that he is Soul, a spiritual being. He has also learned to trust the inner guidance. An amazing journey started then that led him through exciting experiences in dreams and daily life.

Dreams play a very important role in his life. Through dreams, he has been in touch with his family in Africa. Also, dreams help him in making daily decisions. The dream Master who is the Living Eck Master and Eck Masters can help in the pursuit of dreams studies and more. Do you want to know more about that? Go to Eckankar web site to read more.