{"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":"\u003cp\u003e2021 SPE Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention  Donald Trumps 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.  The 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.  The 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.  Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Social Theory  Social Foundations  Certificate in Public Scholarship  Practicing Public Scholarship  Reimagining Public Engagement  Decentering the Public Humanities  Click HERE to listen to the New Books Network podcast with the authors  hosted by Jane Richards.  Click 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.  Watch 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 What does it mean to be both an activist and an academic? Watch the FreshEd podcast Becoming an Activist Academic  which features authors Colette Cann \u0026amp; Eric DeMeulenaere discussing their own journeys as a guide for merging activism and academia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651824640053,"sku":"ByrdShop_197550139X","price":42.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781975501396.jpg?v=1781841292","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-activist-academic-engaged-scholarship-for-resistance-hope-and-social-change-9781975501396","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}