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NORC at the University Chicago

Claire McKay Bowen

Senior Fellow
Statistics & Data Science
Claire is a nationally recognized expert in data privacy, data governance, and data modernization.

Claire is a senior fellow in the Statistics & Data Science department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on developing technical and policy solutions to safely expand access to confidential data for evidence-based policymaking, with an emphasis on data governance, privacy, security, ethics, and ensuring everyone is responsibly represented in data.

Her work connects statistical methods with the legal, ethical, and policy questions that arise when data are collected, shared, analyzed, and archived. She is also interested in improving science communication. In 2024, Bowen was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association for her contributions to statistical data privacy, leadership in the profession, and commitment to mentoring the next generation of statisticians and data scientists.

She serves on the ICPSR Governing Council and other data governance and privacy committees as well as is an adjunct professor at Stonehill College and a research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. After completing her PhD, she worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where she investigated the effects of cosmic rays on supercomputers.

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Expertise

Education

PhD

University of Notre Dame

MS

University of Notre Dame

BS

Idaho State University

Appointments & Affiliations

Governing Council Member

ICPSR

Member

American Statistical Association Committee on Privacy & Confidentiality

At-Large Member

Association of Public Data Users

Associate Chair

Joint Statistical Meetings 2027

Board Member

Significance Magazine

Editorial Board Member

Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality

Special Issue Editor

International Journal of Population Data Science

Adjunct Professor

Stonehill College

Research Assistant Professor

University of New Mexico

Honors & Awards

Finalist | 2026

William T. Grant Scholar Program

Lecturer | 2025

Dionne Price Public Lecture Series

Fellow | 2024

American Statistical Association

Privacy Papers for Policymakers Winner | 2023

Future of Privacy Forums

Leadership Academy Awardee | 2021

Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies