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.
Columns
The ASA Committee on Professional Ethics: Promoting Data for Good
This year, Stats4Good will feature a series of columns focusing on the many ways the functions, committees, events, and groups within the American Statistical Association support this important work. The first stop on our tour is the Committee on Professional Ethics.
Chair Discusses Plans for Student and Young Professionals Committee
This month, The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Corner is spotlighting the incoming cochairs of the Student and Young Professionals Committee—Robert Tumasian III and Lydia Gibson.
Data for Good: The Year in Review
David Corliss looks back on 2021 and discusses both the challenges and opportunities the Data for Good community had.
As the Statistics Profession Grows, So Does the ASA
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.
At the Rise of JEDI: Lessons Learned from Fall of Jedi Order in Star Wars
Shu-Min Liao reflects on the similarities between the problems the Jedi Order faced and those statisticians are facing in academia today.
Caucus for Women in Statistics Celebrates 50 Years
This month’s JEDI column focuses on the Caucus for Women in Statistics. Formed in 1971, the caucus has been on the forefront of giving a voice to women in statistics and offering support, mentorship, friendship, and a safe space for discussion about challenging and often difficult topics faced by women.
Data for Good in a Post-Pandemic World
This month in Stats4Good, David Corliss discusses the post-pandemic “new normal” in Data for Good, where the experiences and technology of working remotely are changing Data for Good—for good!
The Exquisite Art of Balancing Rigor and Purpose and a Fond Farewell
In his last column, ASA President Rob Santos discusses the technical skill it takes to achieve fitness for use. He also bids farewell.
There are Mentors, and Then There Are Guardian Angels
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.”