Elizabeth Day is Assistant Director for Policy Engagement for Cornell Project 2Gen, Lecturer with the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, and Research Assistant Professor with the HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on bridging research and policy, with a particular focus on adolescent well-being and family policy at the state level. Prior to joining the BCTR, Dr. Day was a Society for Research in Child Development Congressional Policy Fellow in the United States Senate. She received her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Purdue University.