Vice President
Statistics and Methodology Department
(301) 634-9440
scheuren-fritz@norc.org
Expertise
Statistics in the social sciences
Human rights
Voter behavior
Education
Ph.D. Statistics
Background
Fritz Scheuren is a past-president of the American Statistical Association and a Fellow of the ASA, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Scheuren works on sampling issues in applied settings. In recent years, these applications have largely involved human rights matters, both overseas and in the United States. He has conducted work in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Peru, Guatemala, East Timor and Columbia.
As part of an interdisciplinary team, he advises the countries of Georgia and Benin about the impact of their work under grants from the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
He also monitors voting problems and voter behavior in the United States.
He has received the Harry Roberts Statistical Advocate Award from the American Statistical Association’s Chicago Chapter and the Shiskin Award for Contributions to Economic Statistics from the National Association of Business Economists and the Washington Statistical Society. Dr. Scheuren was the 100th President of the American Statistical Association.