Knauss Fellowship paves career path to science policy
Beyond a crash-course in “West Wing” references, Kraatz learned to explain science quickly for policymakers.
Beyond a crash-course in “West Wing” references, Kraatz learned to explain science quickly for policymakers.
Long Rubin was in college when a tornado touched down on the Eastern Shore in 2014. Just a few years later, she was writing the TORNADO Act as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow.
Communicating flood risk, calculating the benefits of a living shoreline, and understanding why consumers choose to buy different types of seafood — each of these require social sciences.
Within a week, Pamela Braff went from a risk management meeting and snorkeling on a coastal reserve in Hawai’i to working from home in her D.C. apartment, all in support of senior leadership at NOAA’s National Ocean Service as a Knauss Coastal & Marine Policy Fellow.