Robert Luis Santos (born 1957) is an American statistician who is the director of the United States Census Bureau. He served as the 116th President of the American Statistical Association in 2021.[1]
Robert Santos | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 26th Director of the United States Census Bureau | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Steven Dillingham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Luis Santos 1957 (age 66–67) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | San Antonio College Trinity University (BA) University of Michigan (MA) |
Early life and education
editSantos was born in San Antonio. After graduating from Holy Cross of San Antonio, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Trinity University and a Master of Arts in statistics from the University of Michigan.[2]
Santos is of Mexican American heritage. He is the first Latino person to serve as permanent, Senate-approved director of the Census Bureau (James F. Holmes, a Black man, was acting director of the Census Bureau in January-October 1998).[3]
Career
editSantos has worked at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center, NORC at the University of Chicago, and the Institute for Survey Research at Temple University. He was the 116th president of the American Statistical Association,[4] 2013-2014 president of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, and a member of the National Center for Health Statistics board of counselors.[5][6] Santos was the vice president for statistical methods and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute[7] in Washington, D.C.
Santos was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2021,[8] and was sworn in on January 5, 2022.[9]
Personal life
editSantos identifies as a Chicano. From 2012 to 2019, he was a SXSW Festival photographer and later helped manage the photo crew of about 100 photographers at this annual film and music event in Austin.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership". www.amstat.org. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Robert Santos for Director of the U.S. Census Bureau". The White House. 2021-04-13. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ Wang, Hansi Lo (2021-11-04). "The Senate has confirmed the 1st Latino to lead the U.S. census, Robert Santos". NPR. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership". amstat.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ "Biden To Make Historic Census Director Pick With Latinx Statistician Rob Santos". NPR. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ Gonzalez, Oriana (13 April 2021). "Biden picks Robert Santos to be first person of color to lead Census bureau". Axios. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "Robert Santos". Urban Institute. 2016-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ Michael Macagnone. Senate confirms new Census Bureau director Archived 2021-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Roll Call, 4 Nov 2021
- ^ "Robert Santos". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Census director is a Chicano who photographed bands at SXSW and used tortilla dough to fish". NBS News Latino. 28 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "What Does Rob Santos Like to Do When He Is Not Being a Statistician?". AMSTAT News. January 2018. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.