{"id":3251,"date":"2016-07-05T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2025-05-07T16:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:33:56","slug":"humrro-hosts-congressional-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/news\/humrro-hosts-congressional-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"HumRRO Hosts Congressional Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>HumRRO recently hosted several Congressional visits to raise awareness of the value and impact of psychological research through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.org\/about\/gr\/science\/stand-for-science.aspx\">American Psychological Association\u2019s (APA) &#8220;Stand for Science&#8221; initiative<\/a>. In June, the Louisville office hosted visits from staff working in the local offices of Kentucky&#8217;s two senators: Whitney Meadows (Louisville Field Representative for Senator Rand Paul) and Andrew Condia (Louisville Field Representative for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell). In late August, we hosted Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY), the U.S. Representative for Kentucky\u2019s 3rd congressional district.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style>.imageframe-liftup.imageframe-1:before{border-radius:10px;}<\/style><div class=\"awb-image-frame awb-image-frame-1 imageframe-liftup imageframe-1\" style=\"max-width:250px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1\" style=\"border-radius:10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"250\" title=\"HumRRO Hosts Congressional Visits\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HumRRO-Hosts-Congressional-Visits.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HumRRO-Hosts-Congressional-Visits.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-3252\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27282%27%20height%3D%27250%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20282%20250%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27282%27%20height%3D%27250%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HumRRO-Hosts-Congressional-Visits-200x177.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/HumRRO-Hosts-Congressional-Visits.jpg 282w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>During each visit, researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/profile\/gavan-oshea\">Gavan O\u2019Shea<\/a>, Matt Trippe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/profile\/beth-bynum\/\">Beth Bynum<\/a>, Laura Ford, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/profile\/art-thacker\">Art Thacker<\/a> highlighted some of HumRRO\u2019s federally-funded work and its impressive impact. The discussions included a &#8220;hands on&#8221; demonstrations of our rich media simulations, our line of research focused on Army Officer selection (e.g., for Reserve Officer Training Corps and Officer Candidate School), our research and assessment development in the cyber arena and for the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), and finally the wide-range of psychometric, quality assurance, and validity work we do in the educational domain.<\/p>\n<p>Each of our Congressional visitors left HumRRO very impressed with the work that we do, and our staff enjoyed the opportunity to share the impact of our wide-ranging research with these Congressional leaders!<\/p>\n<\/div><div 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