Shira Rascoe

Shira Rascoe is the Postdoctoral Fellowship Director for the Scholars Strategy Network. She works with the Fellows and their host chapters as they help academics insert research and scholarly analysis into local, state, and national policy debates. Shira manages the placement and application process for the Fellowship program. She also supports SSN’s policy team in the issue areas of climate change, energy, and the environment. She joined SSN in August 2014 and most recently served as SSN’s Director of Communications.

Prior to SSN, Shira worked at Climate XChange in Massachusetts. She hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Tufts University with a BA in Political Science and Environmental Studies.