{"id":1283,"date":"2025-08-15T16:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:43:50","slug":"brittany-friedman-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/faculty-recogntion\/2025\/08\/brittany-friedman-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittany Friedman"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Brittany Friedman<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1285 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/08\/friedman-brittany-st-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Brittany Friedman\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/08\/friedman-brittany-st-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/08\/friedman-brittany-st-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2025\/08\/friedman-brittany-st.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/brittany-friedman\/\"><strong>Brittany Friedman<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of sociology, has been named a fellow of the American Sociological Association\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asanet.org\/public-engagement\/policy-outreach-program-fellowship\/\">Policy Outreach Program<\/a>. As one of 10 scholars selected nationwide, Friedman will spend the next year refining her skills in translating complex sociological research into accessible language for policymakers and the public, a major emphasis of the program, which aims to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/brittany-friedman\/\"><strong>Brittany Friedman<\/strong><\/a>, assistant professor of sociology, has been named a fellow of the American Sociological Association&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asanet.org\/public-engagement\/policy-outreach-program-fellowship\/\">Policy Outreach Program<\/a>. As one of 10 scholars selected nationwide, Friedman will spend the next year refining her skills in translating complex sociological research into accessible language for policymakers and the public, a major emphasis of the program, which aims to bridge the gap between academic research and public policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-recogntion","category-social-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brittany Friedman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/faculty-recogntion\/2025\/08\/brittany-friedman-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brittany Friedman - USC Dornsife News Briefs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brittany Friedman, assistant professor of sociology, has been named a fellow of the American Sociological Association&#8217;s Policy Outreach Program. 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