Jana Lynn Asher is a statistician known for her work on human rights and sexual violence.

[1] She was a co-editor of the book Statistical Methods for Human Rights with David L. Banks and Fritz Scheuren.

[2] Asher volunteers for the American Statistical Association in several roles, including as the Program Chair for 2022 for its Section on Survey Research Methods.

[6] Her dissertation, Methodological Innovations in the Collection and Analysis of Human Rights Violations Data, was supervised by Stephen Fienberg.

[6][9] In 2022 she received the Caucus for Women in Statistics Societal Impact Award for "her work combating societal injustice through accurate and ethical quantitative measurement, and for her commitment toward teaching civic responsibility and JEDI principles through statistical practice."