Citizen Scholar - Public Engagement for Social Scientists

This book is a practitioner's guide to civic engagement today, showing current and aspiring social scientists how to build a career in the public sphere.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Ride the Wave
2. Doing Description
3. Open Scholarship
4. Peer Review, Unleashed
5. Social Media
6. Activism and Active Citizenship
7. Make It Happen
Notes
Acknowledgments
References
Index

About the author

Philip N. Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His books include The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change (fourth edition, 2024), and his commentary has appeared in major media outlets such as the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Summary

This book is a practitioner’s guide to civic engagement today, showing current and aspiring social scientists how to build a career in the public sphere.

Product details

• Authors: Philip N. Cohen, Cohen Philip N.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9780231204194
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20419-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Society & culture: general, Advice on careers & achieving success, Society and culture: general, Advice on careers and achieving success