The 2020 ASA Fellow awards were presented this year virtually for the first time. Although the festivities were curtailed, the honor to the recipients is as distinguished as ever. This article details the breakdown of ASA Fellow awards and nominations by employment sector and gender.
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Study Reveals Gender Imbalance on (Bio)statistics Editorial Boards
The results of a recent study reveal an apparent discrepancy in the numbers of males and females who serve on editorial boards of prestigious biostatistics and statistics journals.
The Evolution of Variables and the Existence of Trans People
Jo Hardin and Jack Miller ask that academics and practitioners be aware and think about gender issues when defining and/or categorizing variables.
Women in Statistics and Data Science: A Conference to Empower
This year’s WSDS featured speakers are Cynthia Clark, Stacy Lindborg, Wendy Martinez, and Bin Yu. Here, they reflect on their long careers, share advice for the future, and discuss the topic they plan to talk about at WSDS.
How Does Your Salary Stack Up?
The 2015–2016 academic salary survey includes both faculty and nonfaculty statisticians and biostatisticians. We received responses from 64 institutions in the United States. The data included 956 faculty and 128 nonfaculty statisticians, with gender information. The quartiles and 90th percentile for relevant categories are provided in the summary tables.
Gender Balance in ASA Activities Update
This article continues the tradition of looking at the representation of ASA women members among a range of activities supported by the ASA, using more recent data from September 2015. This report was written on behalf of the Committee on Women in Statistics (COWIS) with the primary objective to indicate areas where gender disparities have subsided, as well as highlight those areas where they persist.
Response to ‘Academic Salary Survey by Gender’
Jean D. Gibbons, Russell Professor Emerita of Applied Statistics at the University of Alabama, gives a response to the ‘Academic Salary Survey by Gender.’
Academic Salary Survey by Gender
Here are the results of the academic faculty survey in statistics departments by title, years in rank, and gender based on a nine-month salary and full-time academic faculty in biostatistics departments by title, years in rank, and gender based on a 12-month salary.