Donna Brogan

Donna Brogan
Born (1939-07-12) July 12, 1939
Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality American
Alma mater Gettysburg College
Purdue University
Iowa State University
Scientific career
Fields Statistics
Institutions Emory University
Doctoral advisor Joseph Sedransk

Donna Brogan (born July 12, 1939) is an American statistician and professor emeritus of statistics at Emory University. She earned a B.A. in mathematics from Gettysburg College in 1960, an MS in statistics from Purdue University in 1962, and a Ph.D. in statistics from Iowa State University in 1967 under the supervision of Joseph Sendransk.

She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, received the Emory University Thomas Jefferson Award in 1993,[1] and was awarded the Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2002.[2]

Personal life

Brogan grew up in a working-class neighborhood, and was the first in her family to go to college.[3] She was married to Charles Ruhl, and had two children, although their son died in infancy.[3] Brogan and Ruhl later divorced, and Brogan lived as a single mother for several years. As a woman in mathematics in the 1950s and 1960s, she suffered from many incidents of sex discrimination, including issues with unequal compensation from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Emory University, as well as a legal battle with the DeKalb County voter registrar, which involved the American Civil Liberties Union.[3]

Work

Brogan has worked in the areas of mental health statistics and analysis of complex survey data.

Organizational Contributions

In 1971, Brogan founded the Caucus for Women in Statistics, and helped to establish the standing ASA Committee on Women in Statistics.[4]

Bibliography

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  • Gayle S Biehler, G Gorgon Brown, Rick L Williams, Donna Brogan. "Estimating Model-Adjusted Risks, Risk Differences, and Risk Ratios From Complex Survey Data." American Journal of Epidemiology. 171(5), 2010.
  • Sherryl H Goodman, Donna Brogan, Mary Ellen Lynch and Brook Fielding. "Social and Emotional Competence in Children of Depressed Mothers." Child Development. 64(2), 1993.
  • Cecil Slome, Donna Brogan, Sandra Eyres, and Wayne Lednar. "Basic Epidemiological Methods and Biostatistics: a Workbook." 1982. Wadsworth, Belmont, Cal.

References

  1. ↑ "Emory University Thomas Jefferson Awardees". Emory University. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award". Iowa State University. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Challenging Sex Discrimination: Reflections over Seven Decades". American Statistical Association. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Donna Brogan". Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
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