{"product_id":"the-activist-academic-engaged-scholarship-for-resistance-hope-and-social-change-9781975501396","title":"The Activist Academic: Engaged Scholarship for Resistance, Hope and Social Change","description":"\u003cb\u003e2021 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Trump's election forced academics to confront the inadequacy of promoting social change through the traditional academic work of research, writing, and teaching. Scholars joined crowds of people who flooded the streets to protest the event. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe present political moment recalls intellectual forbearers like Antonio Gramsci who, imprisoned during an earlier fascist era, demanded that intellectuals committed to justice \"can no longer consist in eloquence ... but in active participation in practical life, as constructor, organizer, 'permanent persuader' and not just a simple orator\" (Gramsci, 1971, p. 10). Indeed, in an era of corporate media and \"alternative facts,\" academics committed to justice cannot simply rely on disseminating new knowledge, but must step out of the ivory tower and enter the streets as activists.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Activist Academic serves as a guide for merging activism into academia. Following the journey of two academics, the book offers stories, frameworks and methods for how scholars can marry their academic selves, involved in scholarship, teaching and service, with their activist commitments to justice, while navigating the lived realities of raising families and navigating office politics. This volume invites academics across disciplines to enter into a dialogue about how to take knowledge to the streets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for courses such as: \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction to Social Theory Social Foundations Certificate in Public Scholarship Practicing Public Scholarship Reimagining Public Engagement Decentering the Public Humanities \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClick HERE to listen to the New Books Network podcast with the authors, hosted by Jane Richards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClick HERE to see a video of the book launch, moderated by Monisha Bajaj for Imagining America, with contributions from Margo Okazawa-Rey and John Saltmarsh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWatch the #CompactNationPod interview, which runs between minutes 9:35 and 48:45. In this episode, Marisol Morales chats with Colette Cann and Eric DeMeulenaere, as they share the true stories of their lives as activists, scholars, and parents who are trying to push forward social change through academic work.Compact Nation Podcast - The Activist Academic\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to be both an activist and an academic? Watch the FreshEd podcast \u003ci\u003eBecoming an Activist Academic\u003c\/i\u003e, which features authors Colette Cann \u0026amp; Eric DeMeulenaere discussing their own journeys as a guide for merging activism and academia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCann, Colette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Colette N. Cann (Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley) is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco. Her scholarship has allowed her to collaborate with teachers, students and community organizations and has appeared in journals such as \u003ci\u003eRace, Ethnicity and Education; Whiteness and Education; Urban Education; Journal of Peace Education; Qualitative Inquiry;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCultural Studies - Critical Methodologies.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemeulenaere, Eric:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eric J. DeMeulenaere (Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley) is an Associate Professor of Education at Clark University. He has consulted with urban school leaders and teachers nationally and internationally to transform their pedagogical practices and organizational school cultures. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eReflections from the Field: How Coaching Made Us Better Teachers\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Myers Education Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644622999826,"sku":"9781975501396","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33dada52-1c20-444e-b891-c201a4da7c66.jpg?v=1733118569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-activist-academic-engaged-scholarship-for-resistance-hope-and-social-change-9781975501396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}