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.
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Quality and Productivity Section Offers Mentoring Programs
The Quality and Productivity Section revived its mentoring program and intends to connect those wanting mentoring with those wanting to mentor, as well as facilitate those interactions.
Practical Significance | Episode 42: With a Little Help from My Friends … Mentoring and the ASA
In January 2024, ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar announced strengthening and expanding mentoring in the ASA community as one of her initiatives and launched a working group with co-chairs Carolyn Rutter and Ruth Etzioni. This month, they join Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein to discuss this endeavor. Bonnie, Carolyn, and Ruth share their […]
Diversity Workshop and Mentoring Program to Take Place at JSM 2024
This program brings together historically underrepresented minority statisticians and data scientists at early to mid-career levels with senior-level statisticians and data scientists from academia, government, and the private sector.
Thank You, Mentors: Members Show Gratitude for Guidance
May marks graduation season and provides an opportunity to show gratitude for those who have guided and motivated us throughout our respective journeys. Here, invited by the ASA GivesBack Team, members express their appreciation through “thank you notes” to those who mentored them.
Practical Significance Take Two—Talking Data Science in Science with Founding Editor-in-Chief
The ASA recently added the open-access journal Data Science in Science to its portfolio of publications and Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein interviewed the journal’s founding editor, David Matteson, during a recent podcast episode. If you missed it, you can tune in here.
Starstruck: Statistician Describes Work in Astrostatistics
Chris Franck chats with Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose love of astronomy led her to a career in astrostatistics and topological data analysis.
From Inspiration to Impact: Mentoring Matters
ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar’s April column focuses on mentoring—both her own experience of being mentored and the ASA’s focus on mentoring programs.
Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award Accepting Nominations
The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award recognizes and encourages mentoring junior staff in the statistical community in federal, state, or local government.
From Inspired to Inspiring: Women Take ASA Helm
In honor of Women’s History Month, three former ASA presidents share career highlights, role models, and invaluable advice.





