Aryness Joy Wickens (January 5, 1901 – February 2, 1991) was an American economist and statistician who served as acting commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and as president of the American Statistical Association, and who helped develop the United States Consumer Price Index.

[3] After teaching economics at Mount Holyoke College from 1924 to 1928, she moved to Washington, DC to work for the Federal Reserve Board.

[7] In 1935, Joy was considered as one of several candidates to be the president of Mount Holyoke,[8] continuing a tradition of female leadership at that school.

[2] Joy was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1937, the second woman (after Kate Claghorn) to be so honored.

[2] Joy married David L. Wickens, an economist, United States Air Force lieutenant colonel,[1][2] rancher, and member of the South Dakota Senate,[7] on June 29, 1935.