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Rural Midwest

New Member Spotlight: L.J. McElravy Advocates for Compromise in Nebraska

SSN is excited to welcome L.J. McElravy, an associate professor of leadership at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, as the 1900th member to join the...
Farmers Market

New Member Spotlight: Saria Lofton Advocates for Food is Medicine Programs in Illinois

The Scholars Strategy Network is thrilled to spotlight a new and dedicated member of the network, Professor Saria Lofton . As an Assistant Professor...
White House

New Member Spotlight: Niki vonLockette Builds Relationships at White House Event

The core of the Scholars Strategy Network’s mission is helping researchers connect and build relationships with policymakers, civic leaders, and the...
Greenville, South Carolina

Member Spotlight: Ken Kolb Collaborates with Local Newspaper for Award-Winning Series on Gentrification

“Ken’s work was absolutely essential to the Greenville News project…It was a great illustration of how academic research can reach out from campus and...
us census

Member Spotlight: Neda Maghbouleh on Improving the U.S. Census

“ At the American Medical Association, we are working to refine our data systems to include Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) as a separate...
Female doctor sitting with female patient

New Member Spotlight: Earl Smith on Concussion Care for Victims of Domestic Violence

“Conceptualizing health care, especially in the emergency department, as a site of primary intervention in intimate partner violence would save lives...
Utah

Chapter Spotlight: For Utah SSN, a Deep and Fast-Paced Dive into Policy

“We had an idea of some of the bills that were going to come up. We wanted to figure out how to get people prepared to engage in a way that might be...
Confluence

Chapter Spotlight: Confluence SSN Highlights State Election Changes

“Election rules keep changing. So there's always new things to try and explain to people,” David Kimball, Confluence SSN co-leader As voters all...
Virginia

Chapter Spotlight: Virginia SSN Builds Trust in Elections at Local Level

“The purpose is really to improve trust through education by offering a variety of events to clarify and understand what happened in 2020, but also to...
College campus

New Member Spotlight: Lara Perez-Felkner Tackles Inequality in STEM Education

“In order to best support STEM students, and especially, to help underserved students thrive in these programs and open the door for high-paying...