Bridging Research and Policy: Insights from American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellows

The University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium, in collaboration with the Society for Research in Child Development, hosted a webinar on April 9, 2018 on Bridging Research and Policy.

The focus of this webinar was bridging research and policy at the federal level through the eyes of doctoral fellows who were staffers in Congress in 2017. Specific topics addressed included: Tips for successfully engaging with policymakers and their staff; The points and products throughout the legislative process during which research is used; The challenges of incorporating research into policy; and The differences between working with the House and Senate.

This webinar features presentations by the following former AAAS Congressional Fellows:

• Elizabeth Day, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, Cornell University
• Emily M. Douglas, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Department of Social Science & Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Rashmi Nair, Ph.D., Internationalization Committee Member, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
• Catherine Paolucci, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, SUNY New Paltz; AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Science Foundation