JSPG Volume 20 Issue 02

Cover Memo: Volume 20, Issue 2, Special Issue on STEM Education and Workforce Development
Jamie Vernon
Executive Director and CEO of Sigma Xi, and Publisher of American Scientist

Volume 20, Issue 2, Special Issue on STEM Education and Workforce Development
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Paper Competition First Place Winner
Policy Position Paper: Ensuring the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in STEM Education and Careers
Wisberty J. Gordián-Vélez

Keywords: people with disabilities; education; STEM; workforce; diversity and inclusion; HR4521; S1260

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Paper Competition Second Place Winner
Policy Position Paper: To Strengthen the American STEM Workforce, Empower Workers
Justin Lee, Carolyn Amir

Keywords: science; technology; STEM workforce; education; unions; labor rights; collective bargaining

To Strengthen the American STEM Workforce, Empower Workers
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Paper Competition Third Place Winner
Policy Position Paper: Family Support Policy for Pharmacy, Medical, and Graduate Students
Lora L Daskalska, Benjamin S O’Brien, Thiago Arzua, Brianne K Bakken

Keywords: health policy; pharmacy, medicine; STEM; leave of absence; financial aid; lactation

Family Support Policy for Pharmacy, Medical, and Graduate Students
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Policy Position Paper: Addressing Workforce Shortages Through Equitable Design of Education and Opportunities
Faryaal Alam

Keywords: workforce development; apprenticeships, education; opportunities; rural areas; workforce shortage

Addressing Workforce Shortages Through Equitable Design of Education and Opportunities
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Policy Position Paper: Hardwired to learn science but left out of the landscape: the role of expanding access to quality science education in America for elementary learners
Christine Hirst-Bernhardt, Kama Almasi

Keywords: elementary education; STEM education; science education; elementary education policy; teacher professional development; STEM workforce; STEM pipeline

Hardwired to learn science but left out of the landscape: the role of expanding access to quality science education in America for elementary learners
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Op-Ed: Words Matter: Defining opportunities in STEM to improve rural and urban student outcomes
Benjamin Mansky, Rachel Piselli, Emily Quarato

Keywords: STEM education; technology; rural education; educator preparedness; informal education

Words Matter: Defining opportunities in STEM to improve rural and urban student outcomes
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Policy Memo: For the Public Good: Incorporating Civic Science into Undergraduate STEM Education
Christian H. Ross, Samantha Jo Fried

Keywords: civic; civic science; STEM education; science communication; democracy

For the Public Good: Incorporating Civic Science into Undergraduate STEM Education
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Background photo expanded from Mitigating Climate Change’s Impact on Tick-Borne Zoonotic Disease Emergence - Figure 1: Infographic of the dangerous cycle that climate change creates for zoonotic diseases. Humans expand the wildlife-urban interface, and climate change continues to homogenize habitats, creating areas of increased biodiversity where novel species interactions can occur. These interactions present an increased risk for the spread of zoonotic diseases. Image depicts circle in quarters with chart title: climate change and zoonotic diseases. Subtitle: A dangerous cycle. Quarter 1: Depicts icon of crane and tree. Text reads: Expanding wildlife urban interfaces (WUI), Humans continue to use land in novel ways, expanding the WUI. Leads to Quarter 2: Depicts icon of Earth. Text reads: Homogenized habitats, Climate change is causing temperatures to rise globally, creating habitats that are more homogenous. Leads to Quarter 3: Depicts icon of leaf. Text reads: Increased biodiversity. Species can move more freely between homogenized habitats, increasing the level of biodiversity. Leads into Quarter 4: Depicts icons of network relationship between humans, deer, and ticks. Text reads: Novel species interactions. Novel species interactions occur in homogenized habitats, increasing the likelihood of disease transmission. Leads into Quarter 1.

Op-Ed: Reforming Graduate Student Policies and Resources Starts with Promoting the Ones you Already Have
Michael W. Rudokas, Megan E. Damico, Christina Kling, Alessandra Zimmermann

Keywords: graduate student; institutional policy; higher education; student policies and resources; STEM education

Reforming Graduate Student Policies and Resources Starts with Promoting the Ones you Already Have
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Literature Review: The Lack of Sexual and Gender Minority Curriculum in U.S. Medical Schools
Kyra Varley

Keywords: sexual and gender minorities; LGBTQ; medical education; inclusive healthcare; medical curriculum; transgender health; health policy; minority healthcare

The Lack of Sexual and Gender Minority Curriculum in US Medical Schools
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JSPG Volume 20 Issue 02

Editorial Team & Competition Reviewers

Editor-in-Chief
Rosie Dutt

Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Andy Sanchez

Associate Editors

Luyi Cheng; Cherrelle Dacon; Ethan Fitzgerald; Jenny Ge; Dilara Kiran; William Ota; Conner Philson; Peter Serles; Hannah Thomas

Competition Reviewers

Greer Arthur; Allison Augustus-Wallace; Laura Bartock; Ariana Eily; Matthew Garcia; Andrew George; Tammy Long; Barbara J. Natalizio; Mary Lou O’Donnell; Jylana Sheats; Jeff Toney

DISCLAIMER: The findings and conclusions published herein are solely attributed to the author and not necessarily endorsed or adopted by the Journal of Science Policy and Governance or issue partners/sponsors. Articles are distributed in compliance with copyright and trademark agreements.

ISSN 2372-2193

Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG2002