Amstat News invited John H. Thompson, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, to respond to a few questions so readers could learn more about him and the agency he leads. Read on to find out what he had to say.
A Statistician's Life
Meet Clyde F. Martin: A Man on a Mission
Clyde Martin recently received the Jefferson Fellow Award to work with the U.S. State Department. He was looking for a break from decades in academia. Martin now recommends the Jefferson Fellowship program to others, and if his experience is an indicator, expect your life to change.
Four Students Talk Fellowships
Four fellows from the Data Science for Social Good program offer advice and respond to questions about their experiences, views on data science, and future plans.
Working as a Quantitative Ecologist and Beyond
For the past seven years, Penelope Pooler has worked as a quantitative ecologist for the Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program in the National Park Service. A position like this was the reason she went into statistics, and here she describes what her job entails.
Collaborating with International Colleagues, or Should It Be Inter … Colleagues?
Geert Molenberghs discusses the importance of developing an intercultural knowledge that will help statisticians collaborate with other scientists from around the world.
Post-doc Fellowships, Programs, and Opportunities
In an effort to help ASA members interested in finding and funding post-doctoral positions, the American Statistical Association is running a short series about recipients of federal post-doctoral fellowships, program officers, and potential host scientists. For our inaugural piece, we feature Q&As with four members who have received National Science Foundation (NSF) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) post-doctoral fellowships and program officers from NSF and NIH.
Post-doctoral Positions: A Path from Graduate School to Career
One way to ease the transition from graduate school to a new career is to take a post-doctoral position. Interviewed here by Jamie Nunnelly is George Luta, a post-doctoral fellow who benefited from such a program.
A Statistician’s Journey
There are many routes a statistician can take to reach an area to study. In an effort to get to know these routes, we asked a few ASA members to answer questions about the paths they took to get where they are today.
Recognizing the ASA’s Longtime Members
The American Statistical Association would like to thank its longtime members by continuing its tradition of honoring those members who joined the association 35 or more years ago.
On Being a Statistics Educator and Loving It
Here, Stephen Miller talks about the challenges and rewards of being an AP Statistics teacher.