The Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies honored these individuals during the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings in Nashville, Tennessee.
Katherine Ensor
JSM Panel Urges Statistical Community to Propose Research Institutes
2022 ASA President Katherine Ensor led a JSM late-breaking session urging the statistical and data science communities to propose mathematical sciences research institutes (MSRIs) in response to the National Science Foundation’s current quinquennial call from its Division of Mathematical Sciences.
November Is for Thankfulness
Katherine Ensor discusses what she is grateful for, including her colleagues at Rice University and her family.
JSM 2022 – Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation
ASA President Kathy Ensor asks for help with her JSM address and introduces the JSM President’s Invited Speaker, Reginald DesRoches.
Meet the JSM 2022 Featured Speakers
Catch all of these featured speakers at JSM 2022 in Washington, DC.
Academic Leadership and How ASA Helps Members Grow as Academic Leaders
This month, ASA President Kathy Ensor focuses on leadership—specifically statisticians leading in the university environment—and interviews Monste Fuentes about how her role as a leading statistician helps her lead a university.
Katherine Ensor Elected 2022 ASA President
Katherine (Kathy) Ensor, Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, has been elected the 117th president of the American Statistical Association. The ASA membership also elected Matilde Sanchez-Kam, associate director of analytics and informatics in the Office of Biostatistics of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration, ASA vice president.