COSSA Annual Meeting Speakers
2011
Keynote Address: The Changing Political Landscape: 1981-2011
- Thomas Mann - Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The W. Averell Harriman Chair, Brookings Institution
Social/Behavioral Science Contributions to Public Policy
- Charles L. Schultze - Senior Fellow Emeritus, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution - Presentation
- James Jackson - Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health and Director, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan - Changing Nature of America's Black Population -1981 to 2011: Social, Economic, and Political Implications
- Al Blumstein - J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research; Former Dean of the Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University - Social Science Research and Crime and Crime Control
- Roberta Balstad - Senior Research Scientist, and a Senior Fellow, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Columbia University
- Norman B. Anderson - Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, American Psychological Association - Social and Behavioral Science Contributions to Public Policy: Health and Behavior Research
- Cora Marrett - Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
Panel: The SBE Sciences in STEM Education
- Felice Levine - Executive Director, American Educational Research Association
- Steve Breckler - Executive Director for Science, American Psychological Association
- Robert Houser - Executive Director, National Research Council’s Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
- Shirley Malcom - Head, Education and Human Resources, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Panel: Changing Demographics and Immigration Policy
Looking Ahead: New Tools, New Areas for Research
Science Policy in an Age of Austerity
- Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation
Challenges for Social/Behavioral Science in the Deficit Driven Federal Budget Climate
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2010
- Myron Guttman, Assistant Director, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation
- Deborah Olster, Acting Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health - "Behaviorial and Social Sciences Research at NIH"
- Steve Landefeld, Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis - "The Role of Statistics in America’s Economic Future"
- Aletha Huston, Professor of Child Development, University of Texas, Austin - COSSA President - "Children and America's Future"
- John Crowley, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Peter Henderson, National Research Council, Committee on Higher Education and the Workforce
- Gary Sandefur, Dean, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- Robert M. Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau
- Raphael Bostic, Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research, Housing and Urban Development
- John Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences
- William Tate, Washington Universtiy, St. Louis
- Lindsay Hunsicker, Sentate HELP Committee
- Felice Levine, Amerian Educational Research Association
- Raynard Kington, Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
- Kei Koizumi, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Dahlia Sokolov, House Science and Technology Committee
- Al Teich, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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2008
- James Thurber, Director, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
- Sidney Winter, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Gale Mattox, Professor of Political Science, U.S. Naval Academy
- Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina
- Michael Feuer, Director of DBASSE, NAS
- Catherine Freeman, Study Director Panel on Evidence, NAS
- Ken Prewitt, Columbia University
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2007
- David B. Abrams Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health (presentation -- 4.0 MB )
- Ruth Friedman, Majority Staff, House Education and Labor Committee
- James Griffin, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Jacqueline ‘Jack’ Meszaros, Innovation and Organizational Science Program, National Science Foundation
- Julia A. Moore, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
- Robert O’Connor, Decision, Risk, and Management Science Program, National Science Foundation
- Lawrence Tabak, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health
- William Tate, Washington University, St. Louis
- George von Furstenberg, Economics Program, National Science Foundation
- Jim Wilson, Majority Staff, House Science and Technology Committee
- William Zartman, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
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- David Lightfoot, Assistant Director for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
National Science Foundation
- Tom Mann, Brookings Institution
- Vivian Ota Wang, National Human Genome Research Institute/OBSSR National Institutes of Health
Panel: Science and Security
- Karen Cook, Stanford University
- Gary LaFree, University of Maryland
- Victor Johnson, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- Mark Frankel, AAAS, Moderator
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- John Marburger III, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- David Lightfoot, Assistant Director for NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
- David Abrams, Director, NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Panel: Religion in American Life
- Honorable Rosa DeLauro - U.S. House of Representatives
- William D’Antonio - Catholic University
- Scott Keeter - Pew Research Center
- Clyde Wilcox - Georgetown University
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- Kathleen Frankovic, Director of Surveys, CBS News
- Nina Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Wanda Ward, Acting Assistant Director for NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
Panel: Science Policy and Politics
- Howard Garrison, Federation of Societies of Experimental Biology
- Bob Palmer, House Science Committee Minority Staff
- Al Teich, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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- Elias Zerhouni, Director, National Institutes of Health
- Kathie Olsen, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Grover ’Russ’ Whitehurst, Director, Institute for Education Sciences
- Howard J. Silver, COSSA Executive Director
Panel: Higher Education Under Scrutiny
- Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, COSSA Board Member, University of Wisconsin
- Richard Harpel, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
- Jane Oates, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Orlando Taylor, COSSA President, Howard University
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- John Marburger III, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging
- Lewis Branscomb, Harvard University, National Academies of Science Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism
- Paul Braithwaite, Congressional Black Caucus
Panel: Election 2002 and the 108th Congress>
- Paul Herrnson, University of Maryland
- Catherine Rudder, George Mason University
Panel: National Science Foundation Priorities
- Richard Lempert, Social and Economic Sciences Division Director
- Philip Rubin, Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division Director
- Sally Kane, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Director for the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
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20th Anniversary Celebration
- David Ward, American Council on Education
- Ernest May, Harvard University
- Stephen Krassner, Stanford University
- Sally Hillsman, National Institute of Justice
- Raynard Kington, Director, OBSSR, NIH
- Deborah Merritt, Ohio State University
- Carl Christ, Johns Hopkins University and National Bureau of Economic Research
- Susan Fuhrman, University of Pennsylvania
- Michael Toman, Resources for the Future
- William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
- Norman Bradburn, National Science Foundation
- Barbara Torrey, National Academy of Sciences
- David Featherman, ISR, University of Michigan
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- Rita Colwell - Director, National Science Foundation
- Kenneth Prewitt - Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Greg Koski - Director, Office of Human Research Protections
- Jonathan Knight - American Association of University Professors
- Kathleen Frankovic - CBS News
- David Goldston - Office of Rep. Sherwood Boehlert
- Mark Harkins - Office of Rep. David Price
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- Joseph Bordogna - Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
- Alan Leshner - Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Bill Hoagland - Staff Director, Senate Budget Committee
- Frank Cushing - Chief Clerk, House VA, HUD, IA Appropriations Subcommittee
Panel: Information Issues
- TerriAnn Lowenthal - Census 2000 Initiative
- Prue Adler - Association of Research Libraries
- Mark Frankel - American Association for the Advancement of Science
Panel: Youth Violence
- Alfred Blumstein - National Center on Violence Research, Carnegie-Mellon University
- Alex Crosby - Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ted Gest - National Editor, U.S. News and World Report
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- Martha Kumar - Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, Harvard
- Norman Anderson - Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, NIH
- Kent McGuire - Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research & Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
- Bennett Bertenthal - Assistant Director for NSF’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate
- Rebecca Blank - President’s Council of Economic Advisers
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- Daryl Chubin - Assistant Director for the Social & Behavioral Sciences, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Martha Farnsworth Riche - Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Judith Auerbach - Office of AIDS Research, NIH
Panel: Social Science and the Press Panel
- E.J. Dionne - Washington Post, Brookings Institution
- Dan Greenberg - Science and Government Report
- Wil Lepkowski - Chemical and Engineering News
- Rochelle Stanfield - National Journal
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- Ernest Moniz - Associate Director for Science, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Norman Ornstein - American Enterprise Institute
- Skip Stiles - House Science Committee
- David Goldston - Office of Representative Sherwood Boehlert
- Katherine Wallman - Director, Office of Statistical Policy, Office of Management & Budget
- Jeremy Travis - Director, National Institute of Justice
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- Neal Lane - Director, National Science Foundation
- Tom Weimer - House Science Committee
- David Goldston - Office of Representative Sherwood Boehlert
- Tom Mann - Brookings Institution
- Norman Anderson - Director, Office of Behavioral & Social Science Research, National Institutes of Health
- Anne Petersen - Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
- Joyce Justus - Assistant Director Social & Behavioral Sciences, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Peter Edelman - Counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
Panel: Violence Research:
- Colin Lofton, University of Maryland
- Joan McCord, Temple University
- Jeff Roth, Urban Institute
- Christy Visher, National Institute of Justice
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- M.R.C. Greenwood - Associate Director for Science, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Cora Marrett - Assistant Director for NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
- David T. Ellwood - Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- William Julius Wilson - University of Chicago, COSSA President
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- Walter Massey - Director, National Science Foundation
- Peter Magrath - President, National Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
- Charles Schultze - Brookings Institution
Panel: Children: Linking Research and Policy
- Karen Hendricks - American Academy of Pediatrics
- Donald Hernandez - U.S Bureau of the Census
- May Kennedy - House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
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- Duane Alexander - Director, National Institute on Child Health and Human Development
- Pierre Perrolle - Assistant Director for Social & Behavioral Science, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
- Suzanne Woolsey - Director, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
Panel: Education Research and Reform
- Milton Goldberg - Director, Office of Research, U.S. Department of Education
- Paul Hill - RAND Corporation
- Jeanne McDonald - National Governors Association
- Gerald Sroufe - American Educational Research Association
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- Charles Schuster - Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Roberta Miller - Director, Social & Economic Sciences Division, National Science Foundation
- Steve Anderson - Johns Hopkins University, Member BBS Task Force
Panel: Congressional Attitudes Toward the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Patricia Ruggles - Joint Economic Committee
- Amy Schultz - Senate Labor, Health & Human Services, Education Appropriations Committee
- Michael Telson - House Budget Committee
- Pat Windham - Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee
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- Allan Bromley - Director, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (in absentia)
- Honorable William Green - U.S. House of Representatives
- David Featherman - President, Social Science Research Council
- Alfred Blumstein - Carnegie Mellon University
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- Honorable David Price - U.S. House of Representatives
- Thomas E. Malone - Sigma Xi
- Robert Rosenzweig - President, Association of American Universities
- Mary Clutter - Assistant Director for NSF’s Biological, Behavioral & Social Sciences Directorate
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- Eric Wanner - President, Russell Sage Foundation
- Discussion of National Academy of Sciences Report: The Behavioral and Social Sciences: Achievements and Opportunities
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- Stanley Katz, American Council of Learned Societies
- William Taylor, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Lynne Cheney, National Endowment for the Humanities
- Harold Hanson, House Science and Technology Committee
- John Holmfeld, House Science and Technology Committee
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- Honorable Doug Walgren, U.S. House of Representatives
- David Hamburg, Carnegie Corporation
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- Erich Bloch, Director, National Science Foundation
- Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
- Manuel Justiz, Director, National Institute of Education
- Ezra Heitowit, House Science Committee
- Wallace Berger, Senate Appropriations Committee
- Otto Larsen, Senior Science Advisor to the Assistant Director for Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation
- Daniel Greenberg, Editor, Science and Government Report
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