meet the OUTREACH TEAM
Outreach Directors
V. N. Vimal Rao
(he/him)
Vimal is an educational psychologist and statistician at the University of Illinois. He studies the psychology of statistics: what does it mean to 'do' statistics and how does one learn how to do statistics? Before completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota, Vimal worked for both the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Health and Human Services as a senior statistician. Vimal combines his training and experience in psychology and statistics to support innovative research in statistics education.
Click here to visit Vimal's academic website.
King chun Jacky Chan
(he/him)
Jacky is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Durham University. He teaches courses on introductory and advanced research methods and statistics. He is interested in innovative ways of teaching statistics to students and assessing understanding. He also has an interest in student engagement and supporting students from a diverse background. When he is not teaching and thinking about statistics, he studies early language acquisition and bilingualism.
Click here to visit Jacky's institutional webpage.
Geographic Centre Representatives
Monday Osagie Adenomon
Western Africa
ANDREW PUA
(he/him)
Southeast Asia
Monday is an Associate Professor of Statistics with specialization in Econometrics and Financial time series in the department of Statistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. Dr Adenomon is an Elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Geographic Centre Lead for Africa in the RoSE Network Committee. Training and education: PhD (Statistics)2016; M.Sc.(Statistics) 2010; B.Sc. (Statistics) 2021; PGDS (Statistics) 2008; HND (statistics) 2004. Professional services: Chair of the International Association of Statistical Computing (IASC) African Members Group (2021 till date); ISI Short Course and Outreach Officer (2021-2023); Regional Coordinator, Northern Nigeria LISA 2020 Network; Coordinator, Nasarawa State R User Group; Lead-Organizer of the Northern Nigeria LISA 2020 Symposium (2020); Lead-Organizer, IASC physical symposium in Nigeria (2019 and 2021);Member, Committee of Sport Statistics Research Group of International Statistical Institutes (ISI) (2019 till date); Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society (2019 till Date); Coordinator, NSUK-LISA Stat Lab (2018 till Date); Founder, Foundation of Laboratory for Econometrics & Applied Statistics of Nigeria (aka Found-LEAS-in-Nigeria) (2018 till Date); Mentor, LISA 2020 Networks (2018 till date). Research interests: Econometrics; Time series Analysis; Financial time series analysis; Spatial Econometrics; Statistical Computing and Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis.
Andrew Adrian Pua is an econometrician working on panel data related issues. He has been involved in teaching and research in The Philippines, The Netherlands, Germany, and, most recently in China as an assistant professor of quantitative economics.
He has developed open educational resources and has written a couple of papers meant to easily get students up to speed so that they can engage with more difficult topics in econometrics.
Two personal tidbits: (1) He usually cooks dishes he has never tasted before. (2) If he were to be reborn as a vegetable, he would choose to be a radish.
Andrew is also our Conference Chair for 2025!
Vacancies
We are always excited to hear from statistics education researchers from across the world who would like to join our team of Geographical Centre Representatives.
The role involves acting as a liaison between RoSE and statistics education networks/researchers in your geographical region, working with our EDI team to identify and break down any barriers to participation in RoSE events and initiatives, and representing your region on the General Committee.
If you're interested in finding out more about the role, please contact our Deputy Directors, Megan and Abi.