Jana Asher

Jana Lynn Asher is a statistician known for her work on human rights and sexual violence. With David L. Banks and Fritz Scheuren, she is an editor of the book Statistical Methods for Human Rights (Springer, 2008).[1] Asher is currently employed as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Slippery Rock University.[2]

Jana Asher during a consulting trip to Kenya, at the Pax House, in 2011.

Asher is an active volunteer of the American Statistical Association. She is a member of the Committee on International Relations for the term 2019–2021,[3] the Webmaster for the Section on Statistical Consulting,[4] the Program Chair-Elect for 2020 and the Program Chair for 2021 of the History of Statistics Special Interest group,[5] and the Program Chair-Elect for 2021 and the Program Chair for 2022 for the Section on Survey Research Methods of the American Statistical Association.[6]

Education

Asher majored in anthropology and Japanese studies at Wellesley College, graduating in 1991. She earned a master's degree in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999, and returned to Carnegie Mellon University for her doctoral studies, completing her Ph.D. in 2016.[7] Her dissertation, Methodological Innovations in the Collection and Analysis of Human Rights Violations Data, was supervised by Stephen Fienberg.[7][8]

Volunteer

Asher is a well-known volunteer in Girl Scouts. She has been the troop leader for Troop 5384 of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital for the last 11 years. She also served as Service Unit Leader for Service Unit 34-08 of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital for 5 years, overseeing & managing over 60 troops.

She has received many recognitions for her hard work with her troop and the service unit,[9] including the Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award for over 4,000 hours of volunteer service.

Recognition

Asher was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2009 "for excellence in the application of statistical methodology to human rights and humanitarian measurement problems; for leadership toward placing human rights violations research on a sound statistical basis; and for service to the profession".[7][10] In 2010 she became an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.[7][11]

References
  1. Reviews of Statistical Methods for Human Rights:
  2. Mathematics and Statistics Faculty, Slippery Rock University, retrieved 2020-09-16
  3. Committee Details: Committee on International Relations in Statistics, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2018-12-18
  4. Section Officers: Section on Statistical Consulting, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-09-16
  5. Section Officers: History of Statistics Special Interest Group, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-09-16
  6. 2020 ASA Election Results (PDF), American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-09-16
  7. Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2018-12-18
  8. Jana Asher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  9. GSCNC Adult Recognition (PDF), Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital, retrieved 2020-09-23
  10. ASA Fellows List, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2019-04-25, retrieved 2018-12-18
  11. Individual members, International Statistical Institute, retrieved 2018-12-18
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