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] and she is a member of the Committee on International Relations of the American Statistical Association for the term 2019–2021.[2]

She is the program chair-elect for 2020 and the program chair for 2021 for section on survey research methods at the American Statistical Association.

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.[3] Her dissertation, Methodological Innovations in the Collection and Analysis of Human Rights Violations Data, was supervised by Stephen Fienberg.[3][4]

Volunteer

Asher is a well-known volunteer in Girl Scouts. She is a troop leader for Troop 5384 for the last 11 years. She also served as Service Unit Leader for 5 years which oversaw & managed over 60 troops.

She has received many recognitions for her hard work with her troop, the service unit, & the council including the Lifetime Presidential Service Award for over 4,000 hours of volunteer hours. .

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".[3][5] In 2010 she became an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.[3][6]

Asher Lifetime Presidential Service Award for over 4,000 hours of volunteer hours.

References
  1. Reviews of Statistical Methods for Human Rights:
  2. Committee Details: Committee on International Relations in Statistics, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2018-12-18
  3. Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2018-12-18
  4. Jana Asher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ASA Fellows List, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2019-04-25, retrieved 2018-12-18
  6. Individual members, International Statistical Institute, retrieved 2018-12-18
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