ELISS Fellows meet U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter

Christine is a part of the second cohort of Emerging Leaders in Science & Society (ELISS) Fellows. ELISS is a leadership development program for graduate students from all fields who are eager to collaborate across boundaries for the benefit of society. The program is hosted at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with current fellows participating at four founding partner campuses: University of Pennsylvania, Purdue University, Stanford University, and University of Washington.

Pictured above are ELISS Fellows meeting with U.S> Secretary Carter at AAAS in Washington, D.C. He discussed his pathway from PhD to public servant and urged Fellows to embrace a sense of public responsibility. To learn more about his message to the Fellows, click here: http://www.aaas.org/news/ashton-carter-urges-young-researchers-embrace-sense-public-responsibility