About the chapter
Boston SSN brings together scholars from a broad range of policy fields at Harvard, MIT, the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts, and other Boston area universities. Members are particularly interested in strategies to address rising economic inequality, strengthen the integrity of American democracy, and ensure the successful implementation of health care reform. Other interests include the challenges faced by low-income mothers, the consequences of the prison boom, environmental policy, immigration policy, and school reform.
Leaders
- Colleges & Universities
- Race & Ethnicity
- Gender & Sexuality
- Civic Engagement
- Inequality
Salem State University
- Media & Public Opinion
- Immigration
- Race & Ethnicity
Fitchburg State University
Members
- Children & Families
- Gender & Sexuality
- Inequality
- Labor
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Colleges & Universities
- Science & Technology
- Civic Engagement
- Democracy & Governance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brookings Institution
- Media & Public Opinion
- Civic Engagement
- Environment & Energy
Harvard University
- Inequality
- Race & Ethnicity
- Gender & Sexuality
- Public Health
- Children & Families
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Race & Ethnicity
- Immigration
- Public Health
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Education
- Economy
- Children & Families
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Economy
- Gender & Sexuality
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Gender & Sexuality
- Reproductive Health
- Civic Engagement
Smith College
- Civic Engagement
- Democracy & Governance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Media & Public Opinion
- Civic Engagement
- Public Health
Tufts University
- Environment & Energy
- Foreign Policy & Security
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Gender & Sexuality
- Environment & Energy
- Health Care
- Public Health
Brown University School of Medicine
Silent Spring Institute
- Media & Public Opinion
- Race & Ethnicity
- Democracy & Governance
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Economy
- Inequality
- Health Care
- Democracy & Governance
- Media & Public Opinion
- Civic Engagement
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Science & Technology
- Democracy & Governance
- Health Care
- Public Health
Harvard University
- Children & Families
- Race & Ethnicity
- Inequality
Harvard University
- Children & Families
- Immigration
- Gender & Sexuality
- Education
Boston University
National Institutes of Health
- Media & Public Opinion
- Religion & Values
- Foreign Policy & Security
Harvard University
- Media & Public Opinion
- Race & Ethnicity
- Democracy & Governance
- Inequality
Boston University
- Inequality
- Criminal Justice
- Democracy & Governance
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Civic Engagement
- Race & Ethnicity
- Gender & Sexuality
Tufts University
- Democracy & Governance
- Economy
- Environment & Energy
Northeastern University
- Media & Public Opinion
- Democracy & Governance
University of New Hampshire
- Economy
- Democracy & Governance
- Inequality
- Health Care
- Public Health
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Gender & Sexuality
- Children & Families
- Labor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Children & Families
- Immigration
- Race & Ethnicity
- Education
Harvard University
- Science & Technology
- Civic Engagement
- Media & Public Opinion
Olin College of Engineering
- Children & Families
- Public Health
- Democracy & Governance
Boston University
- Civic Engagement
- Children & Families
- Democracy & Governance
- Education
- Inequality
Harvard University
- Democracy & Governance
- Criminal Justice
- Race & Ethnicity
Harvard University
- Environment & Energy
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Health Care
Boston College
- Democracy & Governance
- Inequality
- Civic Engagement
Harvard Kennedy School
- Civic Engagement
- Media & Public Opinion
University of Massachusetts
- Colleges & Universities
- Civic Engagement
- Gender & Sexuality
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Immigration
- Race & Ethnicity
- Labor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Science & Technology
- Economy
- Environment & Energy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Science & Technology
- Economy
- Labor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Medical School
- Economy
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Labor
University of Massachusetts Boston
Center for Social Policy
- Gender & Sexuality
- Democracy & Governance
Harvard Kennedy School
American Political Science Association
- Democracy & Governance
- Colleges & Universities
- Public Health
Harvard University
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Criminal Justice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Criminal Justice
- Civic Engagement
- Democracy & Governance
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Science & Technology
- Education
- Labor
Harvard University
National Bureau of Education Research
- Colleges & Universities
- Criminal Justice
- Immigration
- Gender & Sexuality
- Education
Suffolk University
- Civic Engagement
- Science & Technology
- Public Health
Northeastern University
Harvard University
- Gender & Sexuality
- Civic Engagement
- Inequality
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Reproductive Health
- Religion & Values
- Gender & Sexuality
Boston University
- Children & Families
- Gender & Sexuality
- Environment & Energy
- Public Health
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Environment & Energy
- Health Care
- Public Health
Silent Spring Institute
- Civic Engagement
- Environment & Energy
- Public Health
Harvard University
- Civic Engagement
- Criminal Justice
- Public Health
Harvard University
American Bar Foundation
- Civic Engagement
- Media & Public Opinion
- Immigration
- Race & Ethnicity
Tufts University
- Education
- Environment & Energy
- Public Health
Westfield State University
- Race & Ethnicity
- Religion & Values
- Foreign Policy & Security
Simmons College
- Criminal Justice
- Gender & Sexuality
- Health Care
Suffolk University
Center for Women's Health and Human Rights
- Democracy & Governance
- Civic Engagement
- Inequality
- Health Care
Scholars Strategy Network Founder and Director
Harvard University
- Civic Engagement
- Media & Public Opinion
Northwestern University
Harvard University
- Civic Engagement
- Media & Public Opinion
- Gender & Sexuality
Tufts University
- Reproductive Health
- Gender & Sexuality
- Health Care
- Democracy & Governance
Harvard University
- Health Care
Harvard School of Public Health
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Labor
- Democracy & Governance
- Economy
- Public Health
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Civic Engagement
- Colleges & Universities
- Democracy & Governance
Tufts University
- Gender & Sexuality
- Race & Ethnicity
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Colleges & Universities
- Immigration
Wheaton College
- Public Health
- Civic Engagement
University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Civic Engagement
- Foreign Policy & Security
- Democracy & Governance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Children & Families
Salem State University
Center for Childhood & Youth Studies
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Children & Families
- Immigration
- Race & Ethnicity
- Public Health
Harvard University
- Race & Ethnicity
- Children & Families
- Civic Engagement
- Education
College of the Holy Cross
- Media & Public Opinion
- Criminal Justice
- Race & Ethnicity
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Civic Engagement
- Foreign Policy & Security
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Sarah Sobieraj quoted on attacks against women being harsher and more relentless, by Barbara Rodriguez, "Elected Officials Faced Relentless Harassment and Threats of Violence This Year — Women Got Some of the Worst of It" The 19th, December 30, 2020.
"Pitting Men’s and Women’s Sports Against Each Other at the U Is Wrong," Elizabeth Sharrow, Star Tribune, December 8, 2020.
Deborah Schildkraut's research on American identity and how it has influenced our response discussed by Anil Ananthaswamy, "American Individualism and Our Collective Crisis," Knowable Magazine, December 1, 2020.