Title:
Making research matter : a psychologist's guide to public engagement / edited by Linda R. Tropp.
Author:
Tropp, Linda R., editor.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2018]
Call Number:
H62 .M2464 2018
Abstract:
"This volume gathers a wide range of well known experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. With pointers on talking to the media, testifying as an expert witness, dealing with governmental organizations, working with schools and students, and influencing public policy, this volume helps social scientists forge the vital link between scholarship and social engagement. Contributors include prominent experts from a wide range of specialties, such as academic psychologists, business school professors, directors of organizations, and government officials"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781433828249
Physical Description:
viii, 219 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
Becoming an Engaged Scholar: Getting Started / Linda R. Tropp -- The Media: Helping Journalists Use and Interpret Your Research / Amy T. Schalet -- The Public: Engaging a Nonscholarly Audience / Samuel R. Sommers -- Public Policy: How Psychologists Can Influence Lawmakers / Roberta Downing -- Government and Organizations: Transforming Institutions Using Behavioral Insights / Abigail Dalton, Max H. Bazerman -- The Courts: How to Translate Research for Legal Cases / Eugene Borgida, Susan T. Fiske -- Law Enforcement: Finding Common Purpose / Jack Glaser, Amanda Charbonneau -- Education: Building Trusted Partnerships With Schools / Geoffrey Maruyama, Lara Westerhof -- Health Professionals: Conducting Research With Physicians / Louis A. Penner -- Community-Based Organizations: Enhancing Collaboration and Dissemination of Research / Meg A. Bond, Michelle C. Haynes-Baratz -- Teaching and Mentoring: How to Involve Students in Engaged Scholarship / Jamie Franco-Zamudio, Regina Langhout -- Where Have We Been, Where Are We Now, and Where Should We Be? Linking Engagement to Scholarship / John F. Dovidio.
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