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Celebrating Black History Month 2024

February 1, 2024 2 Comments

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.
A Black man wearing glasses with dark frames and a mustache and beard and short hair smiles
Kobi Abayomi
A black man with a beard and a shaved head smiles
Jemar Bather
A Black man with short gray hair smiles
Lloyd J. Edwards
A Black woman with curly brown and blonde hair smiles slightly
Chandra Erdman
A Black man with kinky hair and a mustache and goatee
Drake Gibson
A Black man with short hair
DeJuran Richardson
A Black man with a full beard
Christophe Toukam Tchakoute
A Black man with a shaved head wearing frameless glasses smiles slightly
Lehana Thabane

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  1. Kobi Abayomi says

    February 1, 2024 at 3:29 pm

    Some good looking statisticians!

    Reply
  2. Harold Haller says

    February 20, 2024 at 3:29 pm

    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.

    Reply

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