CNSF Webinar, "Communicating the Value of NSF to Elected Officials" (26 July 2018)

Of particular interest may be CNSF's webinar entitled “Communicating the Value of NSF to Elected Officials”. The webinar focused on why continuing dialogue in the district is essential for communicating the value of science and offered advice about a range of ways for scientists and engineers to engage with elected officials while they are home in their districts. The accompanying presentation slides are available in PDF format.

Linguistics in the Public Sphere: An Advocacy Webinar (9 March 2018)

This webinar was held with the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), focusing on strategies for linguistics advocacy to influence public policy via the following:

  1. government funding for linguistics research;
  2. public policies that are informed (or should be) by the findings of linguistics research;
  3. public policies that affect the context in which linguistics operates as a discipline.

Click here to learn more and access the recording.

LSA Linguistics Summer Institute Workshop, "Linguistics in the Public Sphere: An Advocacy Workshop" (26 July 2017)

Executive Director Alyson Reed and Professor Emeritus of University of California, Santa Cruz, Bill Laudsaw, organized this workshop for the 2017 Linguistics Summer Institute. They discussed the intersection between linguistics and public policy, focusing on three points of intersection:

  1. government funding for linguistics research;
  2. public policies informed by (or should be) the findings of linguistics research;
  3. public policies that affect the context in which linguistics operates as a discipline.

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LSA Webinar on Linguistics and Human Rights (20 March 2015)

This webinar presentation and discussion covered the intersection between Language, Linguistics, Science and Human Rights. Learn more about the webinar and access a recording here.

LSA Issues Brief on the Impact of Linguistics in the Humanities and the Sciences

Linguistics research has important implications for policies relating to K-12 education, national security, technology, health care, the judicial system, and many other critical aspects of everyday life. This brief covers the impact of linguistics and language research on these various public spheres.

LSA Issues Brief on Linguistics, Foreign Policy & National Security

Linguistics research has varied applications that help advance our nation’s goals. These applications are used by agencies and institutions funded by the government to develop sophisticated tools and mechanisms for analyzing language in a variety of contexts. This brief discusses the implications of linguistics and language research on foreign policy and national security.