ASA Celebrates Distinguished Members, Award Winners

The American Statistical Association is honored to grant the esteemed Founders Award to three individuals this year for demonstrating exceptional dedication to advancing the mission of the association. The association is also bestowing the prestigious distinction of Fellow on 46 members for their professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of statistical science.

Founders will have served the association for an extended time, usually in a variety of leadership roles, wherein effective service or leadership was provided within the ASA or through ASA outreach. A founder’s contributions will have had significant impact on the association beyond their time of service.

The designation of ASA Fellow has been a significant honor for nearly 100 years. Under ASA bylaws, the Committee on Fellows can elect up to one-third of one percent of the total association membership as fellows each year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2026 ASA FOUNDERS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2026 ASA FELLOWS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2026 ASA AWARD WINNERS

The American Statistical Association celebrates individuals in academia, industry, and government who’ve been recognized for their work and dedication to the statistics discipline. Of the hundreds of nominations received, ASA committees and leadership choose recipients for their roles in promoting the practice and profession of statistics.

Below is a compilation of all the ASA’s awards conferred in 2026. Those receiving ASA awards will be recognized at the awards ceremony following the ASA President’s Address Tuesday, August 4, during the 2026 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts.

ASA Pride Scholarship

Hannah Goldfarb, Stanford University

Bob Riffenburgh Award

Dave Osthus, Los Alamos National Laboratory

David R. Cox Foundations of Statistics Award

Peter McCullagh, The University of Chicago

Deming Lecturer Award

Sallie Keller, US Census Bureau

Dorothy Marie Lamb and Annette Lila Ryne Memorial Scholarship

Sydney White, High School Senior, 2025 Awardee

Sayda Karim, Wake Forest University, 2026 Awardee

Douglas A. Zahn Grant for Advancing Interpersonal Excellence

Sarah Peskoe, Duke University

Edward C. Bryant Scholarship

Ujjayini Das, University of Maryland

Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award

Molly Smith, Bloomberg News

Ryan McNeill, Reuters (not pictured)

Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship, Early Career Award

Iris Horng, University of Pennsylvania

Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship, Advanced Stage Career Award

Rachel Gonzalez, University of Michigan

Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship, Honorable Mention

Pragati Kore, Baylor College of Medicine

Kayla Irish, University of Washington

Gottfried E. Noether Awards, Noether Distinguished Scholar

Runze Li, The Pennsylvania State University

Gottfried E. Noether Awards, Noether Early Career Scholar

Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla, Carnegie Mellon University

Pragya Sur, Harvard University

Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award

Erica Groshen, Cornell University

Jackie Dietz Best Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education Paper Award

Nicole Dalzell, Wake Forest University; Allison S. Theobold, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; and Zoe Rehnberg, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Dr. Jean Dickinson Gibbons Endowed Scholarships

Ellery Galvin, University of Colorado, Boulder

John J. Bartko Scholarship Award

Breanna Brown, University of Washington

Lester R. Curtin Award

Kimberly Webb, University of Pittsburgh

Lingzi Lu Memorial Award

Yizheng Wang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Monroe G. Sirken Award in Interdisciplinary Survey Methods Research

Barry Graubard, National Cancer Institute (Emeritus)

Mentoring Award

Erin E. Blankenship, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Norman Beery Memorial Scholarship for First Generation College Students

Dennis Baidoo, The Ohio State University, 2025 Awardee

Tyson Stickney, University of Vermont, 2026 Awardee

Sushma Upadhayay, Bucknell University, 2026 Awardee

Outstanding Statistical Application Award

Augustine Wigle, McGill University

Audrey Béliveau, University of Waterloo

Karl E. Peace Award

Amy Braverman, California Institute of Technology

Nalini Ravishanker, University of Connecticut

Katherine K. Wallman Award for Transformative Impact on Federal, State, or Local Statistics

David Johnson, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award

Heping Zhang, Yale University

Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award

DOOR; Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University; and the US Food and Drug Administration

W. J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical Consulting

James J. Cochran, The University of Alabama

Waller Education Awards, Distinguished Career Education Award

Richard De Veaux, Williams College

Waller Education Awards, Early Career Education Award

Alana Unfried, California State University, Monterey Bay