At the 2011 Population Association of America Meetings meetings in May, CPIPR hosted a session “Communicating Demographic Results to Policymakers.”

Two presenters shared their advice on how researchers can effectively share their results with policymakers:

• Mary Jo Hoeksema, Director of Government and Public Affairs, Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers (View PowerPoint PDF: 81KB)
• Steven Robinson, Senior Policy Advisor for the Republican staff, Joint Economic Committee, and formerly Chief Social Security Advisor for the Senate Finance Committee (View PowerPoint PDF: 29KB)

Three presenters shared their experiences and lessons learned in successfully communicating their policy-relevant findings to decisionmakers on Capitol Hill and in government agencies:

• Nicole Kunko, Chief of Public Policy, Association of States and Territorial Health Officials, and formerly professional staff for the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives for 11 years (View PowerPoint PDF: 436KB)
• Robert Moffitt, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Economics, Johns Hopkins University (View PowerPoint PDF: 47KB)
• Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs at Columbia University (View PowerPoint PDF: 184KB)