Session S7: Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists
2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Morial Convention Center Room: RO5
Sponsoring Unit:
FGSA
Chair: Gavi Begtrup, University of California, Berkeley
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.MAR.S7.1
Abstract: S7.00001 : Scientific Careers in Public Policy
2:30 PM–2:45 PM
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Author:
Don Engel
(APS)
Congress is built to respond to the will of its constituents. Representatives and their staffs are awash in information. If scientists do not communicate regularly and effectively with Congress, policies requiring sound scientific underpinnings will be ill-crafted. As a panelist, I will represent scientific careers in public policy, and will also address how civic engagement can be woven into the fabric of any career path.
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