This panel will bring together social scientists working in and out of academia on issues of high public salience. Dr. Kevin Morris, Senior Research Fellow and Voting Policy Scholar at the Brennan Center for Justice, is visiting campus for the SBS Democracy in Troubled Times Series. He will join UMass faculty for a panel discussion moderated by ISSR Director of Faculty Research Libby Sharrow.

Panelists will reflect on their career paths and evolving orientations to the role of social science in public life. This panel will appeal to graduate students considering future career paths both within and beyond the academy, and faculty contemplating their roles in public-facing social science in 2025.