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Black History Month 2024
1 February 2024
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In celebration of Black History Month, we recognize members from the Black/African-American collective who have made contributions to the field of statistics as mentors, professors, and entrepreneurs. Read their biographies to learn how they entered the field, what they’ve accomplished, and how they built their professional careers.
Kobi Abayomi
Jemar Bather
Lloyd J. Edwards
Chandra Erdman
Drake Gibson
DeJuran Richardson
Christophe Toukam Tchakoute
Lehana Thabane
Some good looking statisticians!
I would like the ASA to recognize those black statisticians who have passed away such as those below:
Professor David Blackwell
Professor Charles B. Bell, Jr.
to name two I knew.
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