July 2024
ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas named two education research scholars as ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellows for 2024–25. The Fellows will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working as staff for a member of Congress or a Congressional committee and will use their education research expertise to inform public policy and the legislative process. This is the eighth year of the ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellowship Program.
The two 2024–25 ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellows are Jeongeun Kim (University of Maryland, College Park) and Kathryn E. Wiley (Howard University). The ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellowship Program begins September 1 each year.
“We are thrilled to have Dr. Kim and Dr. Wiley join the ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellowship Program this year,” said ÐÜèÊÓÆµExecutive Director Felice J. Levine. “With their backgrounds and research skills and savvy, they will connect the field with policymakers and expand public understanding and appreciation of important of education research and data and evidence more broadly.”
ÐÜèÊÓÆµis one of more than 30 scientific and engineering societies that sponsor congressional fellowships through a program coordinated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ÐÜèÊÓÆµCongressional Fellows benefit from a comprehensive two-week orientation as well as professional development and networking opportunities throughout the year that are administered by AAAS. ÐÜèÊÓÆµalso provides professional development and networking opportunities targeted specifically to education researchers.
The call for applications for the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ2025–26 Congressional Fellowship Program will be released in October.