Amanda L. Golbeck

Amanda L. Golbeck
Born
Amanda L. Golbeck
Occupation(s)Statistician, social scientist, and academic leader

Amanda L. Golbeck is a statistician, social scientist, and academic leader. She is known for her book, Leadership and Women in Statistics, and her book on Elizabeth L. Scott, Equivalence: Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley.[1][2] She is known for her pioneering definition of health numeracy.

Golbeck is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and the associate dean for academic affairs in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.[3][4] She is chair of the AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Data Committee that oversees the Annual Survey of the Mathematical Sciences, as well as a member of the editorial board of Significance Magazine.[5] Previously, she was the vice president for academic affairs at the Kansas Board of Regents and one of only seventeen American women statisticians known in 2016 to have ever held a senior academic leadership position.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Leadership and Women in Statistics". CRC Press. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  2. ^ "Equivalence: Elizabeth L. Scott at Berkeley". CRC Press. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ^ "Golbeck Joins UAMS College of Public Health as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | UAMSHealth". UAMSHealth. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ^ "Administration | Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health". publichealth.uams.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  5. ^ "Significance - Editorial Board - Wiley Online Library". doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1740-9713. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "List of Statisticians Becoming Senior University Administrators Growing - amstat". community.amstat.org. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  7. ^ "Amanda L. Golbeck, MA, MA, Ph.D. | Biostatistics". biostatistics.uams.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  8. ^ "Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) Career Advancements". American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-07.