Karen Bogenschneider

Karen Bogenschneider is a Rothermel-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She founded and directed for 26 years the Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars—a series of presentations, discussion sessions, and briefing reports that communicate rigorous, nonpartisan research to state policymakers. For 15 years, she directed the national Family Impact Institute. Recently, she published the 4th edition of Family Policy Matters and the 2nd edition of Evidence-Based Policymaking (with Tom Corbett). In 2021, she received the Wiley Prize for her research. She served on a National Academy of Science Round Table on communicating and applying social and behavioral science research. She has taught numerous national trainings for researchers on engaging policymakers. She is a fellow of the National Council on Family Relations, and recipient of several awards from policy and research organizations, including the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.