Jana Asher
Jana Asher | |
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Nationality | American |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions | Slippery Rock University |
Doctoral advisor | Stephen Fienberg |
Jana Lynn Asher is a statistician known for her work on human rights and sexual violence. She is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Slippery Rock University.[1] She was a co-editor of the book Statistical Methods for Human Rights with David L. Banks and Fritz Scheuren.[2]
Asher volunteers for the American Statistical Association in several roles, including as the Program Chair for 2022 for its Section on Survey Research Methods. She was elected as the Council for Sections Representative to the ASA's Board of Directors for the 2023-25 term.[3] [4][5] Asher was appointed to be the Chair of the Committee on the History of Statistics of the International Statistical Institute.
Education
Asher majored in anthropology and Japanese studies at Wellesley College, graduating in 1991. She earned a master's degree (1999) and Ph.D. (2016) in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University.[6] Her dissertation, Methodological Innovations in the Collection and Analysis of Human Rights Violations Data, was supervised by Stephen Fienberg.[6][7]
Recognition
Asher was elected as a
References
- ^ Mathematics and Statistics Faculty, Slippery Rock University, retrieved 2020-09-16
- ^ Statistical Methods for Human Rights, Springer, 2008. Reviews of Statistical Methods for Human Rights:
- Samuelson, Douglas A. (2008), "Analysts promote human rights", OR/MS Today, 35 (1), INFORMS
- Starkings, Susan (August 2008), International Statistical Review, 76 (2): 328, )
- Samuelson, Douglas A. (2008), "Analysts promote human rights", OR/MS Today, 35 (1),
- Zador, Paul L. (December 2008), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 103 (484): 1724–1725, )
- Miller, Debra R. (2010), "Book and Software Review" (PDF), Journal of Official Statistics, 26 (1): 209–212
- ^ Committee Details: Committee on International Relations in Statistics, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2018-12-18
- ^ Section Officers: History of Statistics Special Interest Group, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-09-16
- ^ 2020 ASA Election Results (PDF), American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-09-16
- ^ a b c d Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2018-12-18
- ^ Jana Asher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ ASA Fellows List, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2019-04-25, retrieved 2018-12-18
- ^ Individual members, International Statistical Institute, retrieved 2018-12-18
External links
- Official website
- Jana Asher publications indexed by Google Scholar