Temporary Head of OSTP Named
February 21, 2022
Alondra Nelson has been named temporary director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a recent Issues interview conducted when she was the office’s deputy director for science and society, Nelson describes her desire to bring social science expertise to federal science and technology policies and to ensure that policies are fair and equitable for all members of society. One step, she says, is to “build a science policy that intentionally and explicitly includes the perspectives of the American public, including seeing science and technology through the eyes of folks who are marginalized or vulnerable.”