Session Details

Applied Demography Breakfast 2023
(Event: PAA 2023 Annual Meeting)

Apr 14, 2023 7:00am - Apr 14, 2023 8:30am
Session Type: Networking

Description

Join fellow applied demographers for breakfast to hear an update from the Committee on Applied Demography and the Government and Public Affairs Committee. 

Also speaking will be the U.S. Census Bureau director Robert L. Santos

Santos’ career spans more than 40 years in survey research, statistical design and analysis, and executive-level management. He previously served for 15 years as vice president and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute and was executive vice president and partner of NuStats, a social science research firm in Austin, Texas. Santos has held leadership positions in the nation’s top survey research organizations, including the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago; the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan; and Temple University’s Institute for Survey Research.

He served as the 2021 president of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the 2014 president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). He is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and, from 2017 to 2020, was a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He was also a longtime member of the editorial board of Public Opinion Quarterly.

Santos is an ASA fellow and the recipient of the 2006 ASA Founder’s Award and 2021 AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement. He was honored with the 2022 Ohtli Award, the highest recognition bestowed by the Mexican Government in recognition of contributions by persons in the U.S. who contribute exceptionally to the development of the Mexican community. In 2023, Santos was the recipient of MALDEF's Excellence in Community Service Award.

Santos was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Holy Cross of San Antonio high school. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Trinity University in San Antonio and a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

We look forward to hearing him at the breakfast in New Orleans.