As part of the 2016 AERA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Richard Anderson (professor emeritus, Educational Psychology), Dorothy Espelage (Gutgsell Professor, Educational Psychology), and Bill Trent (Education Policy, Organization & Leadership) were a part of the Annual Meeting and Social and Behavioral Science Advocacy Day held by the Consortium of Social Science Associations.
The March 15 and 16 gatherings brought together more than 100 members of the social and behavioral science community for a day of discussion on federal issues impacting social and behavioral science research.
Almost 50 participants, including Anderson, Espelage, and Trent, visited Capitol Hill during Social and Behavioral Science Advocacy Day to meet with their Congressional delegations and discuss the value and importance of this research.
Espelage said it was a “powerful morning,” as she and her Education colleagues met with Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk to discuss the importance of supporting educational researchers through funding.
“These conversations allowed researchers to hear what was being talked about in government spaces, and the staffers got to hear of the most recent cutting-edge educational research,” Espelage said. “I would encourage educational researchers to make it a practice to connect with their representatives in D.C.”
