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We're excited to share our 2025-26 AY annual report! It powerfully demonstrates that SSN is a community that reminds us that policy engagement matters—and that scholars’ contributions can make a real difference.
🔗 Read about the year’s accomplishments: scholars.org/sites/scholars/…
Legal sports betting has grown rapidly since 2018. In this policy brief, @JoshuaGrubbsPhD (@UNM) explains how gambling hurts and calls on policymakers to expand Gambling Disorder treatment and restrict gambling marketing.
Learn more: scholars.org/contribution/ad…
Drawing on interviews in South Texas Latino communities, Rodolfo Solís (@utrgv) argues that political support for either party is not a measure of Latino identity.
Learn more from his @LatinoNewsNet_ op-ed. ⤵️
latinonewsnetwork.com/democr…
From op-eds to a Univision Los Angeles appearance, @EfrenPoliPsy (@REPS_Lab) shows how SSN can help scholars combine research-based insights with public conversations.
➡️ Read more stories like this in SSN's annual report:
scholars.org/sites/scholars/…
As Nevada lawmakers take on maternal health, Lorraine M. Garcia (@UNLVnursing) argues that they should prioritize two research-backed solutions for better outcomes: birth centers run by midwives and better access to licensed midwives.
🫄In @NevadaCurrent: nevadacurrent.com/2026/10/20…
Drawing on her experience becoming a mother while earning her Ph.D., Yasmin Elgoharry (@UConnNeag)
explains what universities can do to better support parents.
Read the op-ed in @TheEDULedger: theeduledger.com/opinion/art…
Why do politicians keep invoking fraud to justify Medicaid cuts? “It’s about politics,” says @povertyscholar (@Cornell). She explains why the people most affected have little say in how Medicaid works, and what it would take to change that.
🔗 Listen: scholars.org/podcast/politic…
We are thrilled to welcome @JoventineMulu93 (@UofAlabama) to the network! Mulumba is a social worker with a Master’s in International Social Work from Europe and seven years of practice experience in Uganda.
Learn more from Mulumba's SSN member profile: scholars.org/scholar/joventi…
Violence teaches people to anticipate danger in ordinary moments, but because this way of seeing is learned, it can be unlearned, writes @kang_megan in @aeonmag. Her team interviewed 99 men in a Chicago program that helped them do just that.
Learn more:
aeon.co/essays/early-violenc…
Join us on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 2pm ET for an interactive Q&A that will offer practical tips for developing & submitting effective testimony, including strategies for translating academic research into compelling messages for policymakers.
➡️ Register now: scholars.my.salesforce-sites…
Hear from SSN members Charles Wilkes, Robert Glover, and @DrMaggie16, who have provided legislative testimony on a range of issues. They will share how they identified opportunities to testify, communicated their research, and built relationships with lawmakers.
🗳️ Election Day is just weeks away. For reporters covering voting, state politics, and some of the top issues of this election in these key states, the following experts are available. ⤵️
🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/17-exp…
Brian Adams, Thad Kousser, Melissa Michelson, @sarasadhwani , Christopher Witko, Deana Rohlinger, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Henry F. Carey, Tammy Greer, @jlynnmccoy , Amy Fried, Robert Glover, Carrie LeVan, @DaveDulio , Nazita Lajevardi, Lee Hannah, Danielle Lemi
What should happen to empty juvenile detention facilities? SSN member Daniel Macallair (@CJCJmedia) and colleagues took that question to Capitol Hill. Their talks have contributed to the development of a bill to repurpose them for community uses.
🔗 scholars.org/features/member…
In this @hechingerreport op-ed, Laura Hamilton (@ucmerced) and Veronica Lerma (@ucdavis) argue that universities shouldn’t cut diversity programs under federal pressure without first asking what the law actually requires.
Learn more. 👇
hechingerreport.org/opinion-…
🚗 In this policy brief, Liana Pennington (@SaintAnselm) explains why lawmakers must set guardrails on police access to self-driving car data before these vehicles become a mobile surveillance network.
🔗 Read the brief: scholars.org/contribution/re…
ALT "Policy Brief: Regulating Police Access to Self-Driving Car Data" followed by a headshot of the author of the brief, Liana Pennington, with Pennington's name and affiliation, Saint Anselm College. The background is a darkened overhead shot of self-driving cars, specifically Waymo's.
Paternity leave is more than just a perk, argues @Dr_AT758 (@UWMadison) in this @TIME op-ed. Thomas shares how a father’s engagement in infancy is linked to better outcomes for kids and urges changes from both lawmakers and employers.
time.com/article/2026/10/10/…
In this @ConversationUS op-ed, @spitzerb (@suny_cortland) explains why the upcoming SCOTUS hearing on assault weapons will “bring to a head the multi-decade dispute over restricting assault weapons that extends far beyond legal arguments.”
Learn more. ⤵️
theconversation.com/why-the-…
We are excited to welcome @ainjeian (@UA_BCAS) to the network! Injeian's research focuses on embryo personhood, embodied experiences of assisted reproduction, and political economy of reproductive healthcare.
Learn more from Injeian's SSN member profile: scholars.org/scholar/arianna…
In MoCo, Maryland, a proposed bill would give some public school teachers $2,500 per year in property tax credits. In this @ModeratelyMoco op-ed, @NoraEGordon (@McCourtSchool) argues it won’t make homes meaningfully more affordable or improve schools.
moderatelymoco.com/opinion-m…
