Kristen Olson, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor in sociology and director of the Bureau of Sociological Research, has been named to the Committee on National Statistics at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Her appointment is for a three-year term, through June 2028.
The Committee on National Statistics is a standing committee at the National Academies. The committee provides advice to the federal statistical system, including the publication of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency.
Olson previously served on multiple National Academies’ panels on Contingent Work and Alternate Work Arrangements, Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys, and a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection. She also chaired a committee panel on Future Directions for Social and Behavioral Science Methodologies in the Next Decade: A Workshop.
