ASA-SIAM Series
New Editorial
Board Member
Named
Stokes
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I’m interested in
getting books on
new methodology
written for applied
statisticians
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She served on the program committee for
the Joint Statistical Meetings in 2006 and
S
eries Editor-in-chief Lisa LaVange as program co-chair for the 2005 ENAR
has named Maura Stokes to the Spring Meeting in Austin, Texas.
series editorial board to serve a Working with the ASA-SIAM series
three-year term, ending December 31, won’t be Stokes’ first foray into the book
2010. Editorial board members are publishing world, as she is a founding
charged with soliciting and reviewing member of the SAS Publications Advisory
book proposals and helping to identify Board. This group solicits and reviews pro-
external reviewers for proposals. posals for books about analytics in the SAS
Stokes is currently a research and devel- Press series.
opment director at SAS Institute in Cary, When asked what her goals are for
North Carolina, where she has worked since working with the ASA-SIAM series, Stokes
1985. She is the development product man- responded, “I'm interested in getting books
ager for SAS/STAT software and is involved on new methodology written for applied
with assessing additional methodologies for statisticians.” She continued, “I am pleased
inclusion, documentation, project manage- to be associated with the ASA-SIAM series
ment, and professional outreach. and look forward to working with the other
Motivated to share her knowledge with members of the editorial board.”
others, Stokes regularly teaches workshops We welcome Stokes to the series and have
and tutorials on a broad range of topics, already put her to work reviewing proposals.
including categorical data analysis and If you have a book proposal you’d like
longitudinal data analysis, which are her to submit to the series, you may contact
primary research interests. She also has par- LaVange, series Acquisitions Editor Sara
ticipated in the ASA’s LearnSTAT program J. Murphy, Stokes, or any other member
by teaching a course called Applications of of the editorial board. More information
GEE Methodology Using the SAS System. about the series and a full list of board
Stokes was named a Fellow of the ASA members can be found at
www.siam.org/
in 2008 and is an active member of ENAR. books/series/sa.php. n
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