Jennifer W Owen

Sustaining the Gain: Advancing Evidence-Informed Policymaking through Federal, State, and Local Government Leadership Transitions · November 2024 National Scientific Meeting Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,

Improving Government’s Use of Evidence with Research and Action · November 2024 International Meeting or Conference Transforming Evidence Network,

Building Partnerships with State Agencies · January 2024 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium East Carolina University,

Building Nonprofit & Government Capacity to Respond to Wicked Problems · September 2023 Invited Talk UNC School of Government, Deil Wright Public Service Forum,

Putting the “Applied” Into Applied Economics of Education: The Potential of Government-Research Partnerships. · May 2023 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Triangle Economics of Education Workshop, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy,

Invited testimony on the North Office of Strategic Partnerships · March 2022 Other Government Operations Committee, North Carolina General Assembly,

A year of crisis: What we’ve learned through nonprofit and philanthropic partnerships - podcast · March 2021 Broadcast Appearance Triangle Community Foundation,

The role of North Carolina’s Office of Strategic Partnerships - podcast · January 2021 Broadcast Appearance Gov Innovator Podcast,

Making Research Relevant: Strategies for Success and Impact · October 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture Institute of Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago,

Identifying Opportunities for Research-Policy Collaboration - Seminar in Health Policy and Management · May 2019 Invited Talk Margolis Institute for Health Policy,

Enhancing the Data and Evidence Movement in States and Localities · November 2017 National Scientific Meeting Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,

Policymaking in the Old North State · October 2017 Invited Talk UNC Institute of Politics,

Building Health Communities for Children: Examples of Service Learning Initiatives in Response to the Call · June 2015 Invited Talk eThekwini Municipality and UNISA , Durban, South Africa

The two-way street: A conversation among policymakers and researchers about strategies for successful researcher-policymaker interaction · April 2015 National Scientific Meeting Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,

Drinking from a Fire Hose: Using Information for Decision-Making · January 2014 Invited Talk UNC School of Government,

UNC School of Government Orientation Follow-Up Program for New Members of the North Carolina General Assembly

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Community health, education and development in the post-apartheid era · 2010 - 2022 Service Learning DukeEngage , Durban flag

South Africa

Service to the Profession

Associate Editor - Social Policy Report · January 2023 Editorial Activities Society for Research on Child Development,

Member - Evidence-Informed Policymaking work group · 2019 - 2023 Committee Service National Conference of State Legislatures ,

Member · 2019 - 2021 Committee Service Pew Charitable Trusts Results First Advisory Group,

Advisory Commitee member and chair · 2018 - 2021 Other Governor’s Advisory Committee on Performance Management, North Carolina state government (Raleigh and virtual)

Policy Council member · 2016 - 2022 Other Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management,

Commissioner · 2008 - 2016 Other North Carolina Indigent Defense Services Commission,