Laura Voshell McKenna (also published as Laura Voshell and Laura Voshell Zayatz) is an American census statistician and expert on statistical disclosure control.
Contributions edit
McKenna served as chair of the Disclosure Review Board of the United States Census Bureau from 2002 to 2016,[1] and also headed the Center for Disclosure Avoidance Research at the Census Bureau.[2] She served on the Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the American Statistical Association from 1994 to 1999.[3] With Pat Doyle and Julia Lane, she is the co-editor of the book Confidentiality, Disclosure and Data Access: Theory and Practical Applications (North Holland, 2001).[4]
Recognition edit
McKenna won the Department of Commerce Silver Medal in 2003, "for developing and implementing the disclosure limitation methods used to mask data from Census 2000" and "for work as Chair of the Disclosure Review Board and as organizer of a conference on privacy and disclosure limitation".[4] She was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2010,[5] "for effectively moving theoretical techniques in the field of statistical disclosure control into practical application in official statistics; for leadership nationally and internationally in educating statisticians and policy officials on relevant disclosure issues, identifying new research opportunities, and developing innovative technical solutions; and for service to the statistical community".[6]
References edit
- ^ A history of the U.S. Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board, United States Census Bureau, April 2019
- ^ See author biography for McKenna, Laura (October 2018), Disclosure Avoidance Techniques Used for the 1970 through 2010 Decennial Censuses of Population and Housing (PDF), United States Census Bureau
- ^ American Statistical Association, Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality: Members, Consultants, and Terms of Office, 1998–1999, retrieved 2020-12-01
- ^ a b 2003 Annual Honor Awards Program Book (PDF), US Department of Commerce
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2020-12-01
- ^ Annual Report of the Statistical Research Division (PDF), United States Census Bureau, 2010, p. 49