Margo J. Anderson (also published as Margo Anderson Conk) is an American social historian and historian of statistics known for her studies of the United States Census and on the history of

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

and

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...

. She is a distinguished professor of history at the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscon ...

, and a former president of the

Social Science History Association The Social Science History Association, formed in 1976, brings together scholars from numerous disciplines interested in social history. : Its statement of purpose is: "To bring together members of various disciplines (including economics, sociol ...

Education and career

Anderson studied history as an undergraduate at

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering ...

, graduating summa cum laude in 1967. She earned a master's degree and PhD from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

in 1972 and 1978 respectively. She taught briefly as an instructor at

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

before joining the

faculty in 1977. At Milwaukee, she chaired the history department from 1992 to 1995, directed the Urban Studies Program from 2001 to 2005, and became a distinguished professor in 2013. She was president of the

in 2006.

Books

Anderson is the author or editor of: *''The United States Census and Labor Force Change: A History of Occupation Statistics, 1870-1940'' (UMI Research Press, 1980) *''The American Census: A Social History'' (Yale Univ. Press, 1988; 2nd ed., 2015) *''Pittsburgh Surveyed: Social Science and Social Reform in the Early Twentieth Century'' (edited with Maurine W. Greenwald, 1996) *''Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census'' (edited with Constance F. Citro and Joseph J. Salvo; CQ Press, 2000; 2nd ed., 2012) *''Who Counts? The Politics of Census-Taking in Contemporary America'' (with Stephen Fienberg; Russell Sage 1999 and 2001) *''Perspectives on Milwaukee's Past'' (edited with Victor Greene; University of Illinois Press, 2009) *''Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee'' (with Ann M. Graf and Amanda I. Seligman; Marquette University Press, 2014)

Awards and honors

Anderson became a

fellow of the American Statistical Association Like many other academic professional societies, the American Statistical Association (ASA) uses the title of Fellow of the American Statistical Association as its highest honorary grade of membership. The number of new fellows per year is limited ...

in 1998.

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