Krista J. Gile

Dr. Krista J. Gile is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMass Amherst, where she also directs Statistical Consulting and Collaboration Services. Education includes B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic), M.S. in Science and Technology Studies (Virginia Tech), and Ph.D. in Statistics (University of Washington, 2008).

Research develops statistical methods for social science applications including:

• Sampling methodologies for hidden populations
• Network-based inference techniques
• Analysis of partially-observed social structures
• Link-tracing designs (snowball sampling, respondent-driven sampling)

Affiliated with Computational Social Science Initiative and Hidden Population Methods Research Group.