science policy

The author outside of Rep. James Langevin's office in Congress, holding up her advocacy day materials.

Bringing Your Interdisciplinary Background and Identity to Science Advocacy

In many of my roles as a food systems scholar and public servant, I noticed my uniqueness in these spaces.

Reclaiming STEM: addressing the gap in diverse and inclusive trainings

Reclaiming STEM was the first workshop created to center scicomm and scipol training specifically for marginalized scientists — and it’s expanding.

Finding our voice in advocacy

Each time we spoke out, we grew a little more confident that our collective voices could affect change and that we could demand better from those in positions of power.

Six students sit around a round table in a conference room, in discussion, and someone is filming them

Giving students a seat at the table: why we should teach science policy advocacy early on

Burgeoning scientists or science-curious students want to be part of both scientific and political conversations.