Leadership and selected fellow positions supporting the research enterprise and STEM workforce through policy research and advocacy, and talks on science policy and the legislative branch for trainees.
RESEARCH POLICY & ADVOCACY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
TSC
Member (UC System), Board of Directors
ASCB
Member, Public Policy Committee
AAAS
Membership Engagement Chair, Section X Steering Group
RESEARCH ADVOCACY & TRAINING ROLES
- NPA: Served in the Advocacy Committee on postdoc advocacy & policy, co-wrote proposal on postdoc policies, developed Q&A resource on FLSA & postdocs, provided feedback on postdoc exit surveys.
- GCC: Worked with PhD Career Outcomes Committee, published institutional PhD career taxonomies paper that could be a resource for workforce legislation, contributed advocacy training content.
- Advocacy Fellow Roles: Selected as SfN Policy & Advocacy Fellow to support neuroscience research advocacy, and ARIS Fellow working on STEM education & workforce training and policy project.
- Various Systemic Change Projects: Wrote on trainee advocacy for university policy change for NSPN Graduate Education Working Group handbook content, contributed to projects on academic mentoring, leadership & well-being for eLife Ambassadors.
- JSPG: As CEO & Managing Publisher, published special issue on STEM education and workforce development, enhanced author impact on Capitol Hill, expressed support for the GRAD Caucus, and enlisted JSPG in SOA.
- Policy Fellow Roles: Supported federally-funded research as AAAS-ASGCT Congressional Policy Fellow, advanced policy entrepreneurship as FAS Senior Fellow in Science Policy and facilitated policy training engagement as Sigma Xi Senior Fellow in Civic Science & Public Policy.
FEDERAL POLICY TALKS & PANELS
A selection of discussions on science policy and legislative careers includes:
- Organizations: NAGPS Grad-to-Policy Panel: Advocacy Summit and Legislative Action Days | DiverseScholar Postdoctoral Conference: From Research to Science Policy | NIH OITE: Careers in Science Policy | SfN: Transitioning from the Bench to a Career in Science Policy | URA SPARC: Introduction to Federal Policymaking and the Legislative Branch.
- Universities: UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy: Careers at the Nexus of Science and Policy | Scripps Research Center Symposium: Science Policy Panel | Stanford University: Building your Science Policy Story.