Octavo. 279 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in light blue wrappers. Light wear to the binding. Several pages (145-147 & 169) have heavy underlining, but the bum of the text is clean.

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Title

Academics in Action!: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service

Publisher

Fordham University Press, New York

Publication Date

2016

Language

English

ISBN 10

0823268802

ISBN 13

9780823268801

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

Weight

1.5 pounds

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The academy is often described as an ivory tower, isolated from the community surrounding it. Presenting the theory, vision, and implementation of a socially engaged program for the Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD) in Peabody’s College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, Academics in Action! describes a more integrated model wherein students and faculty work with communities, learn from them, and bring to bear findings from theory and research to generate solutions to community problems.

Offering examples of community-engaged theory, scholarship, teaching, and action, Academics in Action! describes the nuanced structures that foster and support their development within a research university. Theory and action span multiple ecological levels from individuals and small groups to organizations and social structures. The communities of engagement range from local neighborhoods and schools to arenas of national policy and international development.

Reflecting the unique perspectives of research faculty, practitioners, and graduate students, Academics in Action! documents a specific philosophy of education that fosters and supports engagement; the potentially transformative nature of academic work for students, faculty, and the broader society; and some of the implications and challenges of action-oriented efforts in light of dynamics such as income inequality, racism, and global capitalism. This edited volume chronicles teaching, research, and community action that influences both inside and outside the classroom as well as presents dimensions of a participatory model that set such efforts into action.

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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein (Author)
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein is a recent PhD graduate in Community Research and Action (CRA) in Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.

Bernadette Doykos (Author)
Bernadette Doykos is a Doctoral Candidate in CRA in HOD at Peabody College of Vanderbilt.

Nina C. Martin (Author)
Nina C. Martin is a Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development and HOD in Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.

Alison McGuire (Author)
Allison Patten McGuire is a Lecturer in HOD in Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University.

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