#  Donald B. Rubin 

Emeritus Professor of Statistics

 

 

 



   ![Don Rubin](/sites/g/files/omnuum10116/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-09/Don%20Rubin.png?itok=dhRGWPeS) 

 



 

 email <rubin@stat.harvard.edu> 

 



 

**Research Interests**

- Causal inference in experiments and observational studies.
- Inference in sample surveys with nonresponse and in missing data problems.
- Application of Bayesian and empirical Bayesian techniques.
- Developing and applying statistical models to data in a variety of scientific disciplines.

**Education**

- 1970: Ph.D. in Statistics - Harvard University
- 1966: M.A. in Computer Science - Harvard University
- 1965: A.B. in Psychology - Princeton University

**Experience**

- 1984 - 2018: Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University (retired)
- 1985 - 1994, 2000 - 2004: Chairman, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
- 1999 - 2001: Fellow in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA
- 1983 - present: Research Associate, NORC, Chicago
- 1982 - 1984: Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Education, The University of Chicago

[Curriculum Vitae](/files/statistics/files/rubin-cv-august2017_-_includes_shasha_han_in_phd.pdf)

[**Short Biography**](/files/statistics/files/short_1_paragraph_bio_march_2017.pdf)



 

 

 





 

 

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