Karen Kafadar

ASA Fellow Karen Kafadar, a statistics professor at Indiana University, recently was appointed to the Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and U.S. Department of Justice. The panel of experts will identify and foster development and adoption of standards and guidelines for the nation’s forensic science community. Kafadar, who will become professor and chair of the department of statistics at the University of Virginia this month, joins 16 other academic researchers and forensic science experts on the FSSB. Visit the National Institute for Standards of Technology website for more information.

Bin Yu

Bin Yu, chancellor’s professor in the departments of statistics and electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley was recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Those elected bring the total number of active members to 2,214 and the total number of foreign associates to 444. For details, visit National Academy of Sciences website.

Denise Lievesley

Denise Lievesley, King’s College London professor of statistics and head of the School of Social Science and Public Policy (SSPP), was named by Queen Elizabeth as a Commander of the British Empire for her services to social science. “I’m delighted to receive the award, which is a great tribute to the excellence and influence of social science at King’s,” said Lievesley. An ASA Fellow and former board member, Lievesley is past president of the Royal Statistical Society and International Statistical Institute. She joined King’s in 2008 and, during her tenure, the SSPP has grown significantly in student number and staff.

Robert Groves

President Obama has appointed ASA member and former U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves to the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation and advisor to Congress and the president on science and engineering policy. Groves, who currently is provost at Georgetown University, will serve a six-year term. The board’s 24 members, who are drawn primarily from universities and industry and represent a variety of science and engineering disciplines, are selected for their eminence in research, education, or public service. For details, visit the white house website.

Nicole Lazar, Daniel McCaffrey, and Mark Glickman

The American Statistical Association recently announced the appointment of new editors for three of its professional journals. The two new editors and two co-editors appointed by the ASA’s Board of Directors are the following:

• Nicole Lazar, a professor of statistics at the University of Georgia, will be the editor of The American Statistician (TAS) for a three-year period beginning January 1, 2015. She will start a transitional period later this year.
• Daniel McCaffrey, principal research scientist at Educational Testing Service, and Li Cai, a professor in the Advanced Quantitative Methodology program in the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, will co-edit the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (JEBS) beginning in January. JEBS is a joint publication of the ASA and American Education Research Association.
• Mark Glickman, research professor of health policy and management at Boston University’s School of Public Health, is the new editor in chief of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (JQAS). His three-year stewardship begins January 1, following a transition period that starts in July.

To read more about these new editors, visit the ASA website.