NC State Faculty Named Fellows Of American Statistical Association

Two North Carolina State faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Statistical Association. Statistics professors Dr. Subhashis Ghoshal and Dr. John Monahan were among 53 statisticians worldwide to receive the honor this year. They were recognized at a ceremony on Aug. 3 at the annual association meeting in Vancouver, B.C.

Ghoshal received his bachelor’s degree in statistics in 1988 and his Ph.D. in 1995, both from the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. He joined the NC State faculty in 2001 as an assistant professor, and became a full professor in 2008. Ghoshal received the Sigma Xi scientific research award in 2006, and was elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics that same year.

Monahan received his bachelor’s degree in statistics in 1972 and his Ph.D. in 1977, both from Carnegie Mellon University. He joined the NC State faculty in 1978 as an assistant professor of statistics and became a full professor in 1990. He has written two books and published over 35 refereed articles.

The American Statistical Association (ASA), a scientific and educational society founded in Boston in 1839, is the second oldest continuously operating professional society in the United States. The Department of Statistics is part of NC State’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

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