Margo J. Anderson (also published as Margo Anderson Conk) is an American

social historian Social history, often called history from below, is a field of history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to co ...

and historian of statistics known for her studies of the

United States Census The United States census (plural censuses or census) is a census that is legally mandated by the Constitution of the United States. It takes place every ten years. The first census after the American Revolution was taken in 1790 United States ce ...

and on the history of

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

and

Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...

. 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 university, public Urban university, urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropo ...

, and a former president of the

Social Science History Association Social Science History Association was formed in 1972 and brings together scholars from numerous disciplines interested in social history. The Social Science History Association's core purpose is: "To bring together members of various disciplines ...

Education and career

Anderson studied history as an undergraduate at

Bucknell University Bucknell University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal-arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts a ...

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

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

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. The college be ...

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 designation of ASA Fellow has been a sign ...

in 1998.

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