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[1 Aug 2022 | Comments Off on ASA President’s Learning Curve | 446 views]

ASA President Kathy Ensor talks about the many ways to get involved in the association, including joining chapters, sections, and committees.

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[1 Jul 2022 | Comments Off on Next Steps: Recommendations from the Anti-Racism Task Force | 695 views]

Kathy Ensor interviews Adrian Coles and David Marker about how the Anti-Racism Task Force met its goal of learning from the ASA’s members.

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[1 Jun 2022 | Comments Off on The Emerging Role for Statisticians and Data Scientists in Community Analytics | 644 views]

President Kathy Ensor looks for ASA members who would like to expand the Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science to include more statisticians and data scientists on the front lines of improving our communities.

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[2 May 2022 | Comments Off on JSM 2022 – Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation | 736 views]

ASA President Kathy Ensor asks for help with her JSM address and introduces the JSM President’s Invited Speaker, Reginald DesRoches.

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[1 Apr 2022 | One Comment | 2,094 views]

ASA promised to be the “Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science,” and ASA President Kathy Ensor shares the work the association is doing to fulfill this promise and extend its leadership by highlighting three important initiatives.

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[1 Mar 2022 | Comments Off on Prizes Recognize and Celebrate Our Innovators | 981 views]

ASA President Katherine Ensor talks to Guy Nason and Peter Rousseeuw about the International Prize and the new Rousseeuw Prize in Statistics.

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[1 Feb 2022 | Comments Off on Academic Leadership and How ASA Helps Members Grow as Academic Leaders | 655 views]

This month, ASA President Kathy Ensor focuses on leadership—specifically statisticians leading in the university environment—and interviews Monste Fuentes about how her role as a leading statistician helps her lead a university.

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[1 Jan 2022 | Comments Off on As the Statistics Profession Grows, So Does the ASA | 962 views]

ASA President Kathy Ensor sees three areas of immediate opportunity for the ASA: leadership, keeping vibrant data science and AI activities moving forward, and sustainability and community analytics. Here, she speaks briefly to each of these.

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[1 Dec 2021 | Comments Off on The Exquisite Art of Balancing Rigor and Purpose and a Fond Farewell | 859 views]

In his last column, ASA President Rob Santos discusses the technical skill it takes to achieve fitness for use. He also bids farewell.

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[1 Nov 2021 | Comments Off on There are Mentors, and Then There Are Guardian Angels | 751 views]

ASA President Rob Santos says, “… building community is critical for us, both in our statistical community and in society more generally. Yes, we can be mentors, but we can and should also be guardian angels.”