Career and Mentoring Resources for Statisticians

 

A.   General Resources

B.   Resources Specific to UC Berkeley

 

A.  General Resources

 

Announcement: Mentoring by E-mail

 

Sigma Xi is partnering with MentorNet, the award-winning e-mentoring program for scientists and engineers. This one-on-one electronic mentoring system is efficient, convenient and proven to be effective.  Mentor undergraduates or, through a new program called MentorNet ACE, mentor graduate students and post-docs, without leaving your office or home. For details and sign up instructions please visit:

 

http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/education/partner.shtml

 

 

Caucus for Women and Statistics

 

“The Caucus helps to support women in the field.  It sponsors activities at the JSM annually, with sessions, discussions and dinner groups, and publishes a newsletter four times a year. It sponsors the Gertrude Cox race (along with the ASA Committee on Women), and the funds are used for scholarships for women graduate students near the beginning of their careers.  The Caucus members are very friendly and supportive, and range from beginning grad students to senior statisticians in academia, government, and industry.  About 10% of the members are men.”

 

http://www.statwomen.org

 

 

 

Seventh North American New Researcher’s Conference

 

August 4—6, 2004 at York University, Toronto, Canada.  Held each year prior to the Joint Statistical Meetings.

 

 “The purpose of the conference is to provide a comfortable setting for new researchers to share their research and make connections with their peers in an informal setting…Anyone who has received a Ph.D. since 1999 is eligible to attend, although priority will be given to first-time participants.”

 

http://www.ams.org/mathcal/info/2004_aug4-6_toronto.html

 

 

 

Sixth North American New Researcher’s Conference

 

Page from 2003 conference. Includes background on the New Researcher’s Conference, and the “Other links” page includes links to IMS, ASA, the Statistics Virtual Library at the University of Florida, a New Researcher’s Survival Guide, Collegial Advice for New Assistant Professors, and a paper on “How to get your first research grant”.

 

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~ralevine/NRC/

 

 

 

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

 

“The purpose of the institute is to foster the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of statistics and probability”

 

http://www.imstat.org/

 

 

American Statistical Association

 

“The nation’s leading professional association for statistics and statisticians”.  Site includes job postings, information on funding opportunities, and much, much more.

 

http://www.amstat.org/index.html

 

 

Association for Women in Mathematics

 

“A nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging women and girls in the mathematical sciences.”  See links to travel grants for women researchers.

 

http://www.awm-math.org/

 

 

Women in Math (at University of Maryland)

 

Web pages includes general resources for women in math.

 

http://www.math.umd.edu/~wim/

 

 

Women in Mathematics Information Server

 

General resources for women in mathematics.

 

http://www.mystery.com/WAM/

 

 

 

ISI Committee on Women in Statistics

 

A committee of the International Statistical Institute.  Its goals including “promoting and strengthening the representation of women statisticians in the ISI and its Sections.”

 

http://kiefer.stat.cwru.edu/~mhr/isi/

 

 

 

ASA Committee on Women in Statistics

A committee of the American Statistical Association.  Its goals include: “To make members of ASA more aware of the common professional interests and problems of women members of ASA.  To promote the status of women who are already in the statistics profession.  To encourage women to enter the field of statistics.”

 http://odin.mdacc.tmc.edu/~jlp/cowis.html

 

Statistical Society of Canada Committee on Women in Statistics

A committee of the Statistical Society of Canada.  Site includes links to information about women in statistics and in science in general.

 

 http://www.ssc.ca/main/women_e.html

 

 

Statistics Job Announcements

 

From the Virtual Library of Statistics at the University of Florida.

 

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/vlib/jobs.html

 

 

 

Job Listings—Institute of Mathematical Statistics

 

http://www.imstat.org/jobs/

 

 

ASA Job Web

 

http://jobs.amstat.org/search/results/

 

 

 

University of Washington - Statistics Employment Opportunities

 

http://www.stat.washington.edu/www/jobs/

 

 

 

Positions in Genetic Epidemiology

 

http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/~genetics/iges/jobads.html

 

 

 

SIGMAA –Special Interest Group on Statistics Education, Mathematical Association of America

 

http://www.pasles.org/sigmaastat/

 

 

 

ASA Section on Statistical Education

http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/stated/

 

 

Resources on Teaching and Learning Statistics

http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/stated/statedlinks.html

 

 

B. Resources Specific to UC Berkeley

 

Faculty Guide to Campus Life

 

“This Guide is designed to introduce new faculty members to UC Berkeley by answering some of the most commonly asked questions about faculty life and work.”

 

http://facultyguide.berkeley.edu/

 

 

 

New Faculty and Staff -- Getting started at work

 

Practical information on obtaining business cards, an employee ID, etc.

 

http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/neo/work.htm

 

 

 

New Faculty and Staff -- About the Berkeley Campus

 

Maps, list of campus websites, etc.

 

http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/neo/campus.htm

 

 

 

Academic Senate Committee on the Status of Women and Ethnic Minorities

 

Committee goals include: “to stimulate and aid all departments in strengthening their efforts to foster and achieve equality of opportunity for women and minorities”.  Site includes Faculty Pay Equity Study.

 

http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/swem/index.html

 

 

Academic Personnel Manual

 

Academic personnel manual for the University of California system.

 

http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/welcome.html

 

 

 

UCOP Faculty Handbook

 

Faculty handbook for UC Berkeley.

 

http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/handbook/welcome.html

 

 

A Guide to Balancing Work and Family

 

“This guide is designed to provide UC Berkeley faculty and staff with an overview of existing campus work/family policies, programs, and resources.”

 

http://workandfamily.chance.berkeley.edu/

 

 

 

Office of Faculty Equity Assistance

 

“The Office of Faculty Equity Assistance helps The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare, deans, department chairs, and directors implement the campus Academic Affirmative Action Plan and develops and oversees policies and programs dealing with faculty recruitment, development, and retention.”

 

 http://fea.chance.berkeley.edu/

 

 

 

Junior Faculty Mentor Grant Program

 

“The Junior Faculty Mentor Grant Program is designed to assist junior faculty in their professional growth and progress toward tenure.”

 

 http://fea.chance.berkeley.edu/JrMentor.html

 

 

 

Career Development Grant Program

 

“Responds to the needs of junior ladder faculty members whose heavy involvement in University and community activities curtails their time for the scholarship and creative activities necessary for promotion to tenure.”

 

http://fea.chance.berkeley.edu/CareerDev.html

 

 

Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity

 

“The Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Academic Diversity was established to increase the number of ethnic minority faculty members at the University of California at Berkeley. The program provides postdoctoral fellowships, research opportunities, mentoring and guidance in preparation for academic career advancement.”

 

http://fea.chance.berkeley.edu/Postdoctoral.html

 

 

 

Teaching Resources

 

Resources for instructors at UC Berkeley.

 

http://www.berkeley.edu/teaching/

 

 

Contact Haiyan Huang (hhuang@stat.berkeley.edu) to suggest additions to this page.

 

Page created by Blythe Durbin, February, 2004.