Thats why for the first time in history, im going to be elevating the president ial science adviser to a cabinet rank, because we think its that important. As Deputy Director of the office of science and Technology Policy and science and society, i appoint dr. Nelson. Shes a professor at the institute of advanced studies at princeton university, president of social Science Research council, and one of americas leading scholars and Award Winning author and researcher, exploring the connections between science and our society. The daughter of a military family, her dad served in the United States navy and her mom was an army crip yptographer. When i wrote that down i thought to myself, how many kids anyway. That passion, it was a passion, forged a lifelong curiosity about the inequities and the Power Dynamics that sit beneath the foundations of scientific research. Dr. Nelson has focused on that like few before in american history, breaking new ground in our understanding of the role sci