Fwd: DR. AMY LESEN'S NEW BOOK ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT march 12th tulane uptown

[Scott Eustis]

"How do scientists, scholars, and other experts engage with the general public and with the communities affected by their work or residing in their sites of study? Where are the fine lines between public scholarship, civic engagement, and activism? Must academics ‘give back’ once they collect data and publish results? In this volume, authors from a wide range of disciplines examine these relationships to assess how they can be fruitful or challenging. Describing the methodological and ethical issues that experts must consider when carrying out public scholarship, this book includes a checklist for critical factors of success in engagement and an examination of the role of digital social media in science communication. Illustrated by a range of case studies addressing environmental issues (climate change, resource use, post-disaster policy) and education, it offers an investigation into the levels and ways in which scholars can engage, and how and whether academics and experts who engage in community work and public scholarship are acknowledged and rewarded for doing so by their institutions. Also bringing into the debate the perspective of citizens who have collaborated with academics, the book offers an exploration of the democratizing potential of participatory action research."

March 12th  Bea Fields Alumni House on the Tulane University Uptown campus at 6319 Willow Street.

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From: Bob Thomas <rath...@loyno.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Subject: DR. AMY LESEN'S NEW BOOK ON CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
To: iec <i...@loyno.edu>

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT BY IEC FELLOW DR. AMY LESEN:

THE FOLLOWING BOOK IS AN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLE OF ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

 I am happy to announce the publication of my new book Scientists, Experts, and Civic Engagement: Walking a Fine Line, published by Ashgate. The book includes chapters contributed by seven colleagues and collaborators (some of whom many of you know), as we consider the fine lines between public scholarship, civic engagement, and activism, and the ways we might do scholarly work that enriches our communities. 

And for those of you who are local, please save the date for our book launch event, Thursday, March 12 at 3:30 PM in the Bea Fields Alumni House on the Tulane University Uptown campus at 6319 Willow Street. I will send out more details about the book launch closer to the date.  We will be selling a few copies of the book at the launch event, at the 50% discount price.

Attached you will find a flier with more information about the book, and you can order the book directly from the publisher at a 50% discount: 

Go to http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472415240 and use discount code 50BDH14N. (Please note: For shipping purposes, if you are in North or South America, make sure that you click on "Go to North and South American site" if that appears in the upper right. If it says "Go to Rest of the World site" that means you are already on the N. and S. America site.)

I hope to see you at the book launch in March.

Best,

Amy

Amy Lesen, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
627 Lindy Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology
6823 St. Charles Ave.
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA 70118
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