Getting ideas, insights, and/or findings out there is seen by many as the heart of scholarship. Yet, so often what there really means is behind a paywall or writing it up in ways that are not broadly accessible. In this Voices at the Table, we want to highlight some approaches scholars have taken to move away from notions that out there must mean beyond either the attention or accessibility of the broader public.
Tools like Twitter have allowed scholars , as seen in Tressie McMillian Cottom鈥檚 work which has a public life through the hashtag . 听Other scholars have utilized Twitter-specific cultural practices, as in the case of threading, where they can draw on their scholarship as they enter into broader conversations. Example threads and threaders include: , , and @nathan_who reflecting on a . Many scholars have created public-facing syllabi, examples include: 听 and the , and the Standing Rock Syllabus, and her research team creating the , and the prison abolition syllabus versions and .
Below are other examples of scholars engaging in and/or reflecting on ways of being a public scholar:
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Re-imagining the Future by Looking at the Past and Present
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The Justice in America podcast is an attempt to explain why the U.S. criminal justice system looks the way it does today. Each episode and help their audience understand how the system works and its impact, particularly on the poor and people of color. Josie is a senior reporter for , a senior strategist for , and a lawyer at . Clint is a writer, teacher, and doctoral candidate at Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Education whose work centers on placing the present-day criminal justice system in its larger historical context. Both transcripts and audio of the podcast can be found here: 听
Marking Up to Help Make Arguments Realizable
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Manuel Espinoza, associate professor of Educational Foundations at University of Colorado Denver, and members of the have for over 10 years studied the ways that dignity gets both affirmed and disregarded within educational contexts. Recently, Dr. Espinoza shared how R2L is using , in their work. . 听
Teaching Hard History
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, a project of the , provides resources for teaching and learning about the role slavery played in the development of the United States and how the legacy of slavery still influences U.S. society today. A number of scholars played a role in creating these resources including: 听, , , 听, , and have played a role in creating these resources.