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Caucus of Academic Representatives

provide assistance to academic departments offering degrees in statistics or biostatistics;
provide a venue for discussion of issues affecting departments and programs in statistics and biostatistics;
facilitate interaction between faculty at different institutions, especially between those at research departments and at undergraduate institutions;
dentify and collect data that are helpful for heads/chairs in dealing with their administrations and function as a repository for such data;
arrange a yearly meeting of the members of this group (Caucus of Academic Representatives);
arrange a yearly workshop for Department Chairs and Heads;
promote the statistics profession.

Composition: The members of the Caucus will be academic statisticians who are in a position to achieve the Caucus's purpose. This will include:

the Head or Chair or designated/elected representative of any Department of Statistics or Biostatistics at a US institution of higher education offering a M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics or biostatistics;
the leader of any group of statistics faculty in any department at a US institution of higher education offering a Master's or Doctorate with a concentration in statistics or biostatistics (not already included in item 1);
the leader of any group of statistics faculty at a US institution of higher education offering a Bachelor's degree in statistics or biostatistics or with a concentration in statistics or biostatistics (not already included in item 1 or 2);
the Officers;
the leader of other groups of ASA members in the academic community with the capability of advancing the statistics profession and who are not already represented in items 1-4 above. (See Operational Manual.)

Questions? Want to get involved? Contact Michael Lavine

Name	Position/Term
Lavine, Michael University of Massachusetts Dept of Mathematics and Statistics Lederle Graduate Rsrch Tower Box 34515 Amherst, MA 01003-9305 United States Phone: (413) 545-0560 lavine@math.umass.edu	Chair (2012 - 2013)
Mulry, Mary H. Federal Employee 2884 Manorwood Trail Fort Worth, TX 76109-5558 United States Phone: (817) 927-9570 m.mulry@charter.net	Education Council Liaison 2013 - 2013
Peck, Roxy L. Cal Poly P.O. Box 7088 Los Osos, CA 93412-7088 United States Phone: (805) 756-2971 rpeck@calpoly.edu	Education Council Liaison 2010 - 2014
Wasserstein, Ronald L. American Statistical Association 732 N Washington Street Alexandria, VA 22314-1943 United States Phone: (703) 684-1221 x1860 ron@amstat.org	Staff Liaison 2012 - 2013

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