Professor Day is a Research Assistant Professor with the HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice in the College of Education. Her research focuses on bridging research, practice, and policy, with a particular focus on child and adolescent well-being and social policy at the state level. Prior to joining the HEDCO team, Professor Day served as Associate Director for Policy and Training Initiatives at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell University where she launched an annual event bringing together Cornell faculty with New York state policymakers. She also directed Cornell’s Translational Research Summer Institute, which brings scholars from across the globe together to learn about translational research. Professor Day was also a Postdoctoral Fellow with Cornell Project 2Gen and was awarded Cornell’s inaugural Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award for Community Learning and Engagement in 2018. Prior to Cornell, she served as a Congressional Fellow in the United States Senate where she worked on legislative portfolios covering education, child health, and child welfare.