Career Threats and Opportunities: What Is the Role of Social Media in Public Scholarship?

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Researchers will discuss social media approaches to public scholarship that can democratize education knowledge. Panelists will focus on how social media can advance academic scholarship discussions but also may pose threats to academic careers, particularly for junior scholars. Questions from audience-generated social media will be discussed by the panelists, as both conference participants and streaming viewers from across the nation and world contribute comments and questions in advance and in real-time via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, using the hashtag #AERAPubScholar.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Julian Vasquez Heilig, California State University - Sacramento

Participants

• Diane Ravitch, New York University

• Sara Goldrick-Rab, University of Wisconsin Madison

• Frederick M. Hess, American Enterprise Institute

• Nolan L. Cabrera, The University of Arizona