During her tenure she organized conversation hours at SRCD biennial meetings and organized and maintained the policy network. During the past five years, what quickly emerged as the student network gained momentum by encouraging and holding activities aimed at student interchange and efforts to bridge social science research and public policy. For example, network members first organized an invited conversation hour and a student symposium on poverty, education, and public policy held at the 1995 biennial meeting in Indianapolis. The invited conversation hour formed the basis of an SRCD Social Policy Report authored by eight network members. In addition to another social hour at the 1997 biennial meeting and a conversation hour in 1999 biennial meeting recent activities have focused on expanding network membership to undergraduate and graduate students and young professionals throughout the SRCD community.
Students develop a policy network.
Survey of over 100 network members for ideas on network activities. The first organized conversation hour and a student symposium on poverty, education, and public policy held at the 1995 biennial meeting in Indianapolis. Conducted informal networking session at SRCD biennial meetings. Developed a formal recruiting and selection process for student representatives. Creation of an on-line student edited policy journal.