Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process

Chapter 1.Knowledge Brokers, Networks and the Policymaking Process (by Matthew S. Weber and Itzhak Yanovitzky).- Chapter 2. Disseminating Evidence to Policymakers: Accounting for Audience Heterogeneity (by Jonathan Purtle).- Chapter 3. "Being Important" or "Knowing the Important": who is the best to influence policy? (by Kathryn Oliver).- Chapter 4. Integrating Connectionist and Structuralist Social Network Approaches to Understand Education Policy Networks: The Case of the Common Core State Standards and State-Provided Curricular Resources (by Emily M. Hodge, Susanna L. Benko and Serena J. Salloum).- Chapter 5. Measuring Issue Preferences, Idea Brokerage, and Research-Use in Policy Networks: A Case Study of the Policy Innovators in Education Network (by Joseph J. Ferrare, Sarah Galey-Horn, Lorien Jansy and Laura Carter-Stone).- Chapter 6. The Role of Brokers in Connecting Educational Leaders around Research Evidence (by Kara S. Finnigan, Alan J. Daly, Anita Caduff and Christina C. Leal).- Chapter 7. An Ego-Network Approach to Understanding Educator and School Ties to Research: From Basic Statistics to Profiles of Capacity (by Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple and Ji-Young Yun).- Chapter 8. Mixing Network Analysis and Qualitative Approaches in Educational Practices (by Mariah Kornbluh).- Chapter 9. A Multi-Level Framework for Understanding Knowledge Sharing in Transnational Immigrant Networks (by Rosalyn Negrón, Linda Sprague-Martínez, Eduardo Siqueira and Cristina Brinkerhoff).- Chapter 10. Promoting healthy eating: A whole-of system approach leveraging social network brokers (by Kayla de la Haye, Sydney Miller and Thomas W. Valente).- Chapter 11. Brokerage-centrality conjugates for multi-level organizational field networks: Toward a blockchain implementation to enhance coordination of healthcare delivery (by Kayo Fujimoto, Camden J. Hallmark,Rebecca L. Mauldin, Jacky Kuo, Connor Smith, Natascha Del Vecchio, Lisa M.

Matthew Weber (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is Associate Professor of Communication at Rutgers University's School of Communication & Information. Matthew is a computational social scientist and an expert on media ecosystems, organizational dynamics and the use of Big data in research. His research explores processes of organizational change and adaptation, with a focus on understanding how organizations navigate complex information ecosystems in order to develop evidence-informed policies and policymaking processes. Matthew's work has been widely published in leading academic journals, as well as in the popular press, and is funded by grants from a number of federal agencies including the National Science Foundation.

Itzhak Yanovitzky (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor of Communication at Rutgers University's School of Communication & Information. His program of research explores effective mechanisms for improving the dissemination and implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices and building the capacity of community organizations to communicate effectively about health and wellness issues. Dr. Yanovitzky is an expert in the area of behavior change, public policymaking and translational science, and is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication.