Considering Scholarship as Public Knowledge: An Agenda for Educating a Diverse Public

• In Event: Division C Graduate Student Committee. New Directions: Public Knowledge and Balancing the Academic Life of Publishing for Scholarly Impact and Publishing for Many

Abstract

In this talk, the presenters will provide an overview of public scholarship and explain how engaging in public scholarship can serve as a cornerstone for scholars striving to make meaningful contributions to their own research program, to public literacy, and to social justice. To illustrate how this conceptualization of public scholarship advances both theory and practice,
the presenters provide examples of three types of publications they have written specifically for education stakeholders. Moreover, the presenters describe the way education stakeholders have interfaced with these publications, and how their knowledge of the utility of these documents informs their future research activities.

Authors

• DeLeon Lavron Gray, North Carolina State University

• Margaret Councill Leak, North Carolina State University

• Ashley Lawson, North Carolina State University

• David Christopher Achin, North Carolina State University

• Jason Robert Wornoff, North Carolina State University

• Lauren H. Bryant, North Carolina State University