Caucus of Academic Representatives

The purpose of this caucus is to promote the statistics discipline within the academic community and provide resources for academic statisticians to successfully advocate for the discipline. In particular, the caucus will do the following:

  • 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 undergraduate institutions
  • Identify 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

The Caucus of Academic Representatives is intended to be inclusive of all academics with an interest in promoting statistics, biostatistics, or other areas that deal with the development of similar methodologies, even if a different name is used. The term statistics (with or without the specific inclusion of biostatistics) is meant to include all these categories.

Join the Caucus

To join the Caucus of Academic Representatives, please contact Ron Wasserstein.

2024–2025 Officers
Chair:
Jeffrey Morris
University of Pennsylvania
2024–2025
Past Chair:
Dan Nettleton
Iowa State University
2024–2025
Chair-elect:
Catherine (Kate) Calder
University of Texas at Austin
2024–2025
PhD Statistics Dept.:
Kimberly Sellers
NC State
2024–2027
PhD Biostatistics Dept.:
Joe Cavanaugh
University of Iowa
2023–2026
Other PhD:
Mihye Ahn
University of Nevada, Reno
2023–2026
Non-PhD Dept.:
Katie St. Clair
Carleton College  
2022–2025
Districts 1-3:
Elizabeth Stuart
Johns Hopkins University
2024–2027
Districts 4-5:
Brani Vidakovic
Texas A&M University
2023–2026
District 6:
Helen Zhang
University of Arizona 
2022–2025
Secretary/Treasurer:
Heather Bush
University of Kentucky