The ASA announces the selection of candidates for the 2019 election. Voting begins March 15 and goes until May 1. Make sure to look for your ballots in your email inbox.
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2019 ASA Board of Directors Candidates
The ASA announces the selection of candidates for the 2018 election. Voting begins March 15 and goes until May 1. Make sure to look for your ballots in your email inbox.
Karen Kafadar Elected ASA President
Karen Kafadar, chair and commonwealth professor in the department of statistics at the University of Virginia, has been elected the ASA’s 114th president. The ASA membership also elected Katherine Monti, formerly chief statistical scientist at Rho, as ASA vice president. Both women will begin their term January 1, 2019.
2018 ASA Board of Directors Candidates
The ASA announces the selection of candidates for the 2017 election. Voting begins March 15 and May 1. Make sure to look for your ballots in your email inbox.
High-School, College Sophomores Provide the Most Accurate Predictions of U.S. Presidential Election Results
Winners of Prediction 2016 used sophisticated statistical methods to predict state-by-state and overall percentage outcomes with greater accuracy than more than 450 students across the United States.
ASA’s Public Education Campaign Showcases the Significance of Statistics to Students
From sports to elections, diversity, career guidance videos, and workforce surveys, the ASA’s public education campaign, ThisIsStatistics, has engaged students and teachers in dynamic new ways, all to showcase the value of statistics to society.
Participate in a Voter ID Study
Want to get involved in gathering election data? It’s a great way to engender enthusiasm and appreciation for the role of statistics in public policy.
LaVange Elected ASA President; Williamson Elected Vice President
Lisa LaVange, director of the Office of Biostatistics in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has been elected the 113th president of the ASA. LaVange will serve a one-year term as president-elect beginning January 1, 2017. Her term as president becomes effective January 1, 2018. The ASA membership also elected G. David Williamson, senior science adviser at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as an ASA vice president.
Members also elected several new board members, plus officers for each of the ASA’s 27 sections.
Get Ready to Vote in ASA’s 2016 Election
The 2016 ASA election opens March 15 at 12:01 a.m. EST and closes May 1 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Here are a few things you can do to prepare.
EPA’s Barry D. Nussbaum Elected 112th ASA President
Barry D. Nussbaum, chief statistician at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was elected the 112th president of the American Statistical Association by the membership.