Polly A. Phipps is an American sociologist and social statistician.
[1] She has also collaborated with several societies of mathematicians to survey the employment of recent doctorates in mathematics.
[3] At the University of Michigan, Phipps' doctoral research included studying the inroads made by women into previously male-dominated careers in pharmacy and insurance; her 1989 dissertation was Sex segregation and the changing sex composition of insurance adjusters and examiners.
[3] In 2006–2007, the Washington Statistical Society gave Phipps their President's Award.
[5] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2013.