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Chapter Spotlight: New Mexico SSN Helps Combat Youth Homelessness
“There's been a big push at the state level and local level, to figure out what to do about homelessness and be really effective at it. In this case...
Member Spotlight: Peter Jones Helps Change Alabama's System of Fines and Fees
“I don't think we could have gotten the bill over the finish line without [Jones’s] contribution.” - Leah Nelson, Research Director at Alabama...
Chapter Spotlight: Maine SSN Works to Improve Poll Worker Recruitment and Trust in Elections
“ Poll workers are an integral part of Maine’s election system. The research that Dr. Glover, Dr. LaBouff and Dr. LeVan are conducting is giving us...
Welcoming SSN's 1800th Member: Hanne Hoffmann
"I joined SSN to be part of a supportive group to help me navigate and successfully approach state representatives." - Hanne Hoffman, Michigan State...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Member Spotlight: Two Different Perspectives, One Impactful OpEd
What do a sociologist and an engineer have in common? For professors Michael Haedicke and Jean MacRae , who study environmental pollutants from...
Chapter Spotlight: Dallas-Fort Worth SSN Builds Local Connections after Pandemic Shutdowns
“I was thrilled to meet with SSN scholars because timely, insightful commentary from academics is a critical part of our state’s ongoing dialogue...