Public engagement: Faculty lived experiences and perspectives underscore barriers and a changing culture in academia.

ABSTRACT: The idea of faculty engaging in meaningful dialogue with different publics instead of simply communicating their research to interested audiences has gradually morphed from a novel concept to a mainstay within most parts of the academy. Given the wide variety of public engagement modalities, it may be unsurprising that we still lack a comprehensive and granular understanding of factors that influence faculty willingness to engage with public audiences. Those nuances are not always captured by quantitative surveys that rely on pre-determined categories to assess scholars' willingness to engage. While closed-ended categories are useful to examine which factors influence the willingness to engage more than others, it is unlikely that pre-determined categories comprehensively represent the ran

SUBMITTER: Calice MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200360 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature