Emilda Rivers directs NCSES, the principal statistical agency housed as a division within the National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Directorate. We asked her why this position appealed to her, what she views as the biggest challenges facing the agency, and what she believes are the agency’s greatest accomplishments.
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Monica Jackson
Monica Jackson began her research career when she was an undergraduate student at Clark Atlanta University. Since then, she has, as a spatial statistician, worked on applying her spatial techniques to a wide variety of medical problems. Now she is invested in developing research programs for undergraduate students.