Navigating the land grant mission in criminal justice and criminology

• In Event: Roundtable: The Role of Chairs at the Intersection of Institutional and Disciplinary Pressures

Abstract

Departments of criminal justice and criminology are uniquely positioned to serve the land grant mission, yet disciplinary standards emphasize a traditional publication model which provides competing incentives, distracting junior scholars from the meaningful work of community-engaged scholarship. What can academic unit heads do to help reconcile priorities and ensure their faculty's success both institutionally and within the discipline.

Author

• Melanie-Angela Neuilly, Washington State University