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STATFEST 2025: Connecting Students with a World of Opportunities
In this month’s JEDI Corner, David Corliss spotlights StatFest—a free, virtual event for students from historically underrepresented groups in statistics and data science.
StatFest 2024 to Offer Advice, Opportunities for Underrepresented Students
StatFest 2024 is a free, one-day conference designed to encourage Black, Indigenous, and other undergraduate students of color to pursue graduate studies and careers in statistics and data science.
Diversity Mentoring Program, StatFest See Record Participation
For the first time in four years, the Committee on Minorities in Statistics held in-person meetings for both its signature programs, the Diversity Mentoring Program and StatFest. The Diversity Mentoring Program matched 45 mentees to mentors across all sectors of statistics. And, despite Tropical Storm Ophelia landing the same day, StatFest welcomed approximately 170 attendees.
StatFest Slated for NC with Keynote Address from Netflix’s Ché Smith
StatFest is a free, one-day conference designed to encourage undergraduate students of color to pursue graduate studies and careers in statistics and data science.
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.
Recognizing Academic Departments for JEDI Efforts … Continued
Learn how the University of California, Riverside and Drexel University are prioritizing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
This Fall, StatFest Is Coming to You
StatFest 2022 is a free conference aimed at encouraging undergraduates who are Black, indigenous, or people of color and have quantitative interests to pursue careers or graduate studies in the statistical and data sciences.
Therri Usher
Therri Usher always enjoyed mathematics, even competing in competitions during high school. Despite this, others encouraged her to pursue a career as a medical doctor, so she entered college as a pre-med student. However, when she was offered the opportunity to work in a biology lab researching sickle cell disease and conducting data analysis, she changed her major to biostatistics with a specialization in statistics. After completing her PhD, Therri joined the US Food and Drug Administration, where she applies statistical theories and methods used in the regulation of drug products to treat viral infections and rare diseases.
StatFest Back for 21st Year in 2021
StatFest 2021 is a free conference over two half days aimed at encouraging BIPOC undergraduates to pursue careers or graduate studies in the statistical and data sciences. This year’s event will take place virtually September 18–19.