Edith-Marie Green publishes science policy piece in the Mississippi Free Press
Edith-Marie Green, PhD candidate in Population Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently published an op-ed in the Mississippi Free Press with her colleague Logan Havard. Titled “Mississippians Deserve Transparency on Candidates’ Stances on Scientific Issues,” the article focuses on Green and Havard’s work as state co-leads for Mississippi (Green’s home state) for the Stance on Science project. A non-partisan initiative of the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy coalition, Stance on Science leveraged state teams that send political candidates a set of peer-reviewed science policy-related (and state-specific) questions and ask for written responses. Candidate answers were then posted publicly on the Stance on Science website so that voters could easily compare positions before the midterm elections and featured on an interactive map.