After she completed her doctorate, she became a faculty member at the University of Michigan and later at Case Western Reserve University,[3] where she became an associate and full professor in statistics, and then a professor of biostatistics and director of Case's Center for Statistical Research, Computing and Collaboration.[2] In 2019 she moved to the department of statistics at George Mason University as professor, Bernard J. Dunn Eminent Scholar, and department chair.[1] She also became an ASA/ACM/AMS/IMS/MAA/SIAM Science and Technology Policy Fellow for 2019–2020, working with the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.[5]
^ ab"Sun, Jiayang"(PDF), Candidates for Board of Directors – 2005 to 2007, Bulletin of the International Chinese Statistical Association: 28, July 2004