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Roger Keonker is an American professor of Econometrics, Statistics, and Economics at the University of Illinois(UIUC). He is best known for his work on Qauntile Regression in the field of Econometrics. Roger's in Econometrics spans nearly 40 years from his work at Bell Laboratories in the 70's. He has been a professor at the university since he joined in 1974. He is an Elected Fellow at the American Statistical Association, Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and The Econometric Society. He is also an editor for the journal of Econometric Theory.

Education
Roger received his BA from Grinnel College in 1968 and his PH.D. from the University of Michigan in 1974.

Research
His work in Econometrics is mostly centered around Quantile Regression where he is considered the leading mind on the subject. His work includes nearly 40 publications on the method alone. He published the textbook "Quantile Regression" in 2005 which has become a staple for students in Econometrics programs around the country. Koenker has taught at many university's including