Join the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships (STPF) on October 13 at 1 p.m. ET to “Ask a Fellow Anything!” We offer this chat every October for a reason: It’s your last chance to ask STPF fellows your questions before the November 1 application deadline. All questions welcome! Don’t have one? Tune in the hear last-minute application advice from a panel of STPF fellows and alumni.
Miss an earlier chat? View the full schedule and watch on-demand recordings of previous chats here.
MODERATOR
Jessica Soule, Director, Recruitment, Marketing & Alumni Engagement
FELLOWS
Dominiqua Griffin, 2021-22 AERA Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow in the Office of Senator Chris Coons
Dr. Griffin is a AAAS S&T Policy Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute in the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. She previously worked on the health and education legislation portfolio as the 2021-22 AERA Congressional Science & Engineering Fellow in the Office of Senator Chris Coons. Prior to her time has a fellowship, she was a tenure-track Assistant Professor of School Counseling at California State University, Fresno. In 2017 she co-created BlackWomenPhDs®, a small business that highlights the achievements of Black Women scholars and provides resources for current and future doctors. Dominiqua obtained her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from The Pennsylvania State University.
Dava Keavney, 2018-20 AAAS S&T Policy Fellow with the Bureau of Energy Resources of the U.S. Department of State
Dr. Keavney was a 2018-20 AAAS S&T Policy Fellow with the Bureau of Energy Resources of the U.S. Department of State. In this role she supported international efforts to promote diversified supply chains for clean energy minerals and robust standards for greenhouse gas emissions measurement and accounting. Following her fellowship, she joined the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) for one year as a contractor, providing technical and strategic planning support for the AMO leadership team and helping to promote decarbonization, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in industry. She is currently at the at the DOE working as a Program Manager, managing X-ray Light Sources and Neutron Scattering Facilities in the Scientific User Facilities Division of BES. Dr. Keavney earned her Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the Johns Hopkins University.
Michael Jones, 2020-22 Executive Branch Fellow, U.S. Department of State, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction