TY - JOUR AU - Ventura, Samuel L PY - 2018/11/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Steve Fienberg and Student Research JF - Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality JA - JPC VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Reminiscences DO - 10.29012/jpc.693 UR - https://journalprivacyconfidentiality.org/index.php/jpc/article/view/693 SP - AB - <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was nervous when giving my first presentation to our US Census research group as a young graduate student: &nbsp;Steve was in the room, and I was not sure if my record linkage research was any good. While I was presenting, Steve seemingly paid no attention to what I was saying. &nbsp;I would glance his direction when presenting each slide, and every time, he was typing something on his iPad and not watching my presentation at all. That's okay, I thought. &nbsp;He's probably really busy, and shouldn't be wasting his time on my talk. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the meeting, I got back to my desk and checked my inbox, only to find seven emails from Steve, each with a paper that I should read that related to different parts of my work. &nbsp;His feedback in these emails helped shape the directions of my future research. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That was Steve. &nbsp;He always made time for sharing constructive feedback on student research, and he could multitask better than anyone I've ever met.</span></p> ER -