The Goldfarb Center hosted a workshop that helped inform students on writing compelling and jargon-free policy briefs. Participants moved through each step of the policy brief drafting process and actively shaped their idea into a first draft. The workshop also included practical information on how to distribute your policy brief for maximum impact.
The workshop was led by Andrew Pope and Kristina Mensik from the Scholars Strategy Network. Andrew is the Director of Training at the Scholars Strategy Network. In this role, he works closely with staff and leaders from across the network to develop trainings that empower scholars to use research to improve public policy. Andrew has a PhD from the History Department at Harvard University. Kristina is the Trainings Fellow at SSN, where she supports researchers in the policy process. In addition, Kristina is a policy advocate and researcher largely focused on state legislatures, incarceration, and political participation.