Fernanda Araujo Maciel shares how her YouTube channel, podcast, and social media grew into a thriving Portuguese-language statistics community and urges fellow ASA members to help close the global gap in accessible statistical education.
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Growing on Purpose
ASA President Jeri Mulrow explores how members can take advantage of opportunities to build skills, expand networks, and grow with purpose.
Come to Boston: JSM 2026 Invited Session Proposals Sought
The theme for JSM 2026, selected by ASA President-Elect Jeri Mulrow, is “Communities in Action: Advancing Society.” With this spirit in mind, the JSM 2026 program committee invites proposals for invited sessions.
Practical Significance | Episode 49: The Next Chapter: Stats+Stories Joins the ASA Family
More than a decade ago, John Bailer and Richard Campbell launched Stats+Stories. Now, after more than 350 episodes, the podcast continues to explore the “Statistics Behind the Stories and the Stories Behind the Statistics.” In this episode of Practical Significance, hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein sit down with Stats+Stories current co-hosts John Bailer and […]
Mentoring Is the Way
To understand strategies of successful mentoring programs and identify potential gaps, members of the mentoring working group conducted an environmental scan that included surveys of the ASA community. Do you have areas of practice you would like to build communities around? Let the working group know.
Katherine Wallman
Her positions as chief statistician of the United States from 1992 to 2017 and 1992 ASA president only begin to capture her legacy as a leader, friend, and champion of government statistics and statistical literacy.
ASA GivesBack: Stories of Giving Back
The ASA GivesBack group chose to focus their first project of 2024 on the generosity of ASA members. Read the selection of the stories submitted from ASA members about how they chose to give back in 2023.
Aligning Goals for Success
Warmest wishes to everyone in our ASA community and hopes for a peaceful, healthy, and productive 2024! I am both honored and humbled to be your ASA president in 2024. One of my first tasks—and a great pleasure—was to select a theme for the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings, known to many as simply JSM. The […]
A Roadmap for ASA Chapter Rejuvenation
Does your chapter need a boost? This article provides guidance the authors hope will help you attain the status of a healthy ASA chapter.
Practical Significance | Episode 28: What’s in a Meeting (with Apologies to Shakespeare)?
Shakespeare asks, “What’s in a name?” in the play Romeo and Juliet, the purpose of which is to focus our attention on what’s important. This month, Practical Significance explores what’s important for an ASA meeting or conference to be successful as co-hosts Donna and Ron welcome Julia Sharp, chair of the ASA Meetings Task Force, […]