Connecting ASA Members to Policymakers

摘要

The ASA has terrific potential to influence science policy because its members are involved in issues ranging from health studies and election auditing to climate change and census counts. You- the members-have expertise that is invaluable to policy decisions. My role is to facilitate connections between you-die experts-and die policymakers. To accomplish this, I need your help. How does one become a science policy person? For me, it started six years ago when I spent my sabbatical from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the Washington Office of the American Physical Society. I never imagined myself as a lobbyist (nor was it ever my aspiration). But, I quickly assumed the responsibilities of advocating for federal funding needed for basic research in the physical sciences.