Measuring Convergence in Science and Engineering: Proceedings of a Workshop (2021)
Chapter: Front Matter
Measuring Convergence
in Science and Engineering
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Shadya Sanders, Rapporteur
Committee on National Statistics
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
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STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF CONVERGENCE FOR HOW THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STATISTICS MEASURES THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE
BARBARA ENTWISLE (Chair), Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
KARA HALL, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
JAMES BRITT HOLBROOK, Department of Humanities, New Jersey Institute of Technology
PRAMOD P. KHARGONEKAR, School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine
JULIE THOMPSON KLEIN, English Department, Wayne State University (emerita) and Transdisciplinarity Lab, ETH Zurich
JASON OWEN-SMITH, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
JOLENE SMYTH, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska
KRISZTINA MARTON, Study Director
ELLIS GRIMES, Senior Program Assistant
TINA LATIMER, Senior Program Assistant
BRIAN A. HARRIS-KOJETIN, Director, Committee on National Statistics
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COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
ROBERT M. GROVES (Chair), Office of the Provost, Georgetown University
ANNE C. CASE, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
MICK P. COUPER, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
JANET M. CURRIE, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
DIANA FARRELL, JPMorgan Chase Institute, Washington, DC
ROBERT GOERGE, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
ERICA L. GROSHEN, ILR School, Cornell University
HILARY HOYNES, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
DANIEL KIFER, Pennsylvania State University
SHARON LOHR, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, emerita
JEROME P. REITER, Duke University
JUDITH A. SELTZER, University of California, Los Angeles
C. MATTHEW SNIPP, School of the Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
ELIZABETH A. STUART, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
JEANETTE WING, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
BRIAN A. HARRIS-KOJETIN, Director
CONSTANCE F. CITRO, Senior Scholar
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Acknowledgments
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings: Steve W.J. Kozlowski, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, and Nicole Motzer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were neither asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor allowed to see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings document was overseen by Jennifer S. Bond, Senior Fellow, Council on Competitiveness. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings document was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. The views expressed in this document reflect both individual and collective opinions of the meeting participants and not necessarily those of the National Academies.
This Proceedings of a Workshop was drafted by Shadya Sanders, Dana Glei, Rose Li, Dana Carluccio, and Nancy Tuvesson of Rose Li & Associates, Inc. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies.
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