Will Eagan’s ASA story is far from complete, but he’s so far earned his GStat, won a scholarship, and founded a student chapter.
JSM 2022
JEDI Corner: Student Travel Funding Needed to Improve Access to Profession
For students with marginalized identities, a conference may be the first place they encounter other statisticians with similar identities, which could contribute to a sense of belonging in the field. However, equitable accessibility to conferences is not always available for these students.
Quality and Productivity Section News
Check out what members of the Quality and Productivity Section has been up to and what they have planned for the rest of the year.
Annual JSM Statistical Significance Competition Sees Many Winners
The competition is designed to complement the ASA Statistical Significance documents, a series highlighting the contributions statisticians make to society.
2022 COCGB Workshop Focuses on Increasing, Diversifying Membership
Representatives and officers from ASA chapters attended the Council of Chapters Governing Board workshop at JSM 2022 for presentations from longtime ASA members, as well as break-out sessions for participants to share experiences, generate ideas, and network with others.
Passion for Data Literacy Puts Member on Capitol Hill
Leslie McClure participated in the ASA’s JSM Congressional Visits Day to advocate for data literacy and statistics education.
‘God Bless the ASA’ by Lawrence Lesser
Inspired by JSM being in our nation’s capital for the first in-person JSM since 2019, UTEP’s Lawrence Lesser rewrote Lee Greenwood’s signature hit song, “God Bless the USA,” to give the ASA our own anthem.
2022 SPAIG Award Honors Health Care Collaboration
The Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Award annually recognizes outstanding partnerships among academe, industry, and government organizations and aims to promote new cross-sector collaborations. This distinct ASA award emphasizes recognition of outstanding collaborations between organizations, while also recognizing key individual contributors and important advances.
Daniela Witten Wins COPSS Presidents’ Award
Daniela Witten is a professor of statistics and biostatistics at the University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics. She develops statistical machine learning methods for high-dimensional data.
Many Honored at Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony
A special feature of the Joint Statistical Meetings is the ASA President’s Address and Awards, during which the Founders Award winners are announced and the new ASA Fellows are inducted.