In collaboration with the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), this session of the 2024 Engaged Scholarship Symposium at Swarthmore College’s Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility highlights approaches to ‘Making Our Work Public,’ bringing together the University of South Carolina Upstate, Indiana University–Indianapolis, Indiana University–Bloomington, and Towson University. During the session, each institution will share its unique strategies for enhancing public engagement and scholarship accessibility, from storytelling and celebrating community partnerships to making scholarly work resonate with wider audiences and embedding public scholarship within academic initiatives.

Moderator: Stacey Johnson, director of learning and engagement, CUMU

Panelists:

  • Araceli Hernandez-Laroche, director of South Carolina Centro Latino, University of South Carolina, Upstate
  • Maria Francisco-Monteso, assistant director of South Carolina Centro Latino, University of South Carolina, Upstate
  • Ted Polley, research and instruction librarian, Indiana University Bloomington
  • Jere Odell, director of University Library Center for Digital Scholarship, Indiana University Indianapolis
  • Kathleen Crostic, executive director, Partnerships and Outreach, Towson University