The public professor : how to use your research to change the world / M.V. Lee Badgett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badgett, M. V. Lee (Mary Virginia Lee), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--Professional relationships--United States.

College teachers.

Communication in higher education--United States.

Communication in higher education.

Learning and scholarship--United States.

Learning and scholarship.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 227 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2015]

Summary:

The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research, and knowledge to address the most important issues of the day. This book gives practical strategies to become more engaged with the public on a variety of fronts: online, in print, at council hearings, even national legislation. M. V. Lee Badgett, herself a veteran policy analyst and public intellectual with more than twenty-five years of experience connecting cutting-edge research with policy makers and the public, shows you how to find and develop relationships with the people who can take your research and ideas into places scholars rarely go, and who can get you into congressional hearings, on NPR, or into the pages of the New York Times. Learn how to use research to change minds, and turn your knowledge into clear and compelling messages to use in interviews, blog posts, tweets, and op-eds. The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource, or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. Clear, practical, and insightful, The Public Professor is an essential guide for anyone who wants to build the necessary skills to get involved, make a difference, and change the world. Book jacket.

Contents:

Speaking truth to empower

Seeing the big picture, part 1 : understanding the debate

Seeing the big picture, part 2 : mastering the rules of the game

Effective networking

Communicating outside of the academy

Using traditional media outlets to connect with the world

Using social media to connect with the world (co-authored with Scott Swenson)

In the heat of the moment : managing public conflict

Sustainable engagement : how to stay productive.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479861392

1479861391

9781479815029

1479815020

OCLC:

906010897