Biography
Steve MacEachern attended Carleton College, receiving a B.A. in Mathematics before moving on to the University of Minnesota for his graduate work. Upon graduation, he took a position at The Ohio State University where he is currently Professor of Statistics with a courtesy appointment in Psychology. He has spent leaves at Duke University and Carnegie Mellon University. He has served as President of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis and in a number of service roles for the American Statistical Association, including Program Chair for the 2012 Joint Statistical Meeting.
Steve has worked on a variety of problems, ranging from the development and implementation of Bayesian methodology, to the creation of classical techniques in areas such as sampling and quality control, to applications in psychology and marketing. His research includes the development of models and inferential strategies, exploration of models’ properties, and the development of computational techniques. Recurring themes include robustness, the impact of model misspecification, and the gap between model and reality.
