Walter D. Valdivia

Mar 12, 2024 | issues.org | Lisa Margonelli |Walter D. Valdivia |Kimberly Quach

The Science Policy IRL series pulls back the curtain on who does what in science policy and how they shaped their career path. In previous episodes we’ve looked at the cosmology of science policy through the eyes of people who work at federal agencies and the National Academies, but this time we are exploring think tanks. Walter Valdivia describes how a chance encounter while he was getting a PhD in public policy at Arizona State University led him into science policy.