ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the sponsor of SEAN—the National Science Foundation. Special thanks go to members of the SEAN executive committee, who dedicated time and thought to this project: Maria Carmen Lemos (co-chair), University of Michigan; Dolores Albarracín, University of Pennsylvania; Sonia Y. Angell, The Johns Hopkins University; Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Emily K. Brunson, Brigham Young University; Jevay Grooms, Howard University; Michael Hout, New York University; Linda Langston, Langston Strategies Group; Brooke Liu, University of Maryland; and Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan.
We extend gratitude to the staff of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in particular Malvern T. Chiweshe, Holly Rhodes, Lisa Brown, Chelsea Fowler, and Sean O’Connor, who contributed research, editing, and writing assistance. We thank Ron Warnick, who led the communication and dissemination of the project. Thanks are also due to Annie DiRenzo, who managed the administrative aspects of the project and assisted with report production. From the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, we thank Kirsten Sampson Snyder, who shepherded the report through the review process. We thank Rona Briere, Allison Boman, and Danielle Nasenbeny as well for their skillful editing.
To supplement their own expertise, the authors received input from several external sources, whose willingness to share their perspectives and expertise was essential to this work. We thank Glen P. Mays, University of Colorado; Andy King, University of Utah; and Federico Subervi-Vélez, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
We also thank the following individuals for their review of this rapid expert consultation: Tabia H. Akintobi, Evaluation and Institutional Assessment, Morehouse School of Medicine; Stephen M. Fiore, Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, University of Central Florida; Karen Glanz, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania; Ann Lin, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John’s University; Erin Frye Sosne, Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Brian Southwell, Public Understanding of Science, RTI International; and Kasisomayajula (Vish) Viswanath, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions of this document, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this document was overseen by Alicia L. Carriquiry, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, and Robert A. Moffitt, Department of Economics, The Johns Hopkins University. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this rapid expert consultation was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authors, and this document has been reviewed and approved for release by the National Academies.
