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The 2019 Institute<\/h2>\n

In June 2019, the American Political Science Association launched the new\u00a0Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER)<\/a>\u00a0as a way to facilitate and encourage such research within our discipline by providing needed training and developing cohorts of scholars who can help define the discipline\u2019s path forward.<\/p>\n

The Institute is an initiative of the\u00a0APSA Task Force on New Partnerships<\/a>\u00a0and was approved by the APSA Council.\u00a0 On the first day, former APSA President Rogers Smith (2018-2019) helped to launch ICER saying, \u201cI believe if political scientists are working actively and collaboratively with a wide variety of groups in defining and exploring the issues we address, we are less likely to miss big developments that are occurring outside the academy but not within it.\u201d He added that Americans \u201cmay come to see us as partners in helping them to understand and deal constructively with the difficulties they face,\u201d which will benefit the profession.<\/p>\n

The first institute took place at Tufts University\u2019s Tisch College of Civic Life was led by a team of directors:\u00a0 Peter Levine (Tufts University), Amy Cabrera Rasmussen (California State University Long Beach) and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (Purdue University), with extensive support from and coordination with Amanda Grigg (of\u00a0APSA\u2019s Centennial Center<\/a>).<\/p>\n

17 participants were admitted and enrolled from a range of career stages, institutions, research interests, geographical locations, and backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Over the four-day institute, participants learned and interacted with one another, the institute directors, and visiting scholars.\u00a0 Formats varied from formal presentations, facilitated discussions of assigned readings and case studies, to small groups, writing time, and informal visits with leading scholars.<\/p>\n

The group worked to define civically- and community-engaged research and what might be the unique attributes of doing such work within political science as compared to other disciplines.\u00a0 Participants also discussed some practicalities of being an engaged researcher, looking at both opportunities and challenges, from Institutional Review Board processes and well beyond. The group also considered the professional aspects of doing such work and established mechanisms to work with one another beyond the institute.<\/p>\n

ICER was especially important for me as I was able to interact with and learn from scholars who have been doing participatory research for many years. I was a bit nervous going to the Institute because, until last summer, I was not very familiar with approaches like participatory action research and other forms of engaged scholarship. Since learning about these approaches, however, I have been really inspired to integrate them into my work and have been surprised at how much they have impacted the ways that I think about political science research.
\n\"Brian
\nBrian ShoupAssociate Professor, Mississippi State University<\/cite>
\nAll of my work is what would be considered “engaged research” as all of my work is deeply rooted in communities of color and the ways that non-white people participate in the political process. Participating in ICER was an opportunity to build community with other scholars for whom this work is also a priority. I learned that political scientists are doing complex and innovative work at the margins of identity and embodiment. I also learned that there are complex ways to fund, facilitate, and manage this research.
\n\"Jenn
\nJenn M. JacksonAssistant Professor, Syracuse University<\/cite>
\nDuring ICER I was able to workshop my dissertation prospectus and preliminary research with senior scholars from across the discipline…Seeing scholars at all different types of institutions engaging with their local communities and conducting Civically Engaged Research projects and collaborations greatly inspired me to continue doing this type of work.
\n\"Randy
\nRandy VillegasPhD Candidate, UC Santa Cruz<\/cite>
\nI benefitted greatly from the network we developed over the week at ICER. I have collaborated with ICER colleagues on an article on motivations underlying civically engaged research to be included in the PS symposium. Other colleagues from the institute have read writing drafts and provided helpful feedback on new ideas. We also fostered an informal community on social media, which has provided an invaluable source for generating new ideas.
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\nH. Howell WilliamsAssistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University<\/cite>
\nThe experience was truly encouraging and enlightening thanks to the range of scholars present who are both invested in this work and interested in answering big questions about how to do this kind of research rigorously. I definitely feel like I came away with a supportive community.
\n\"Jordie
\nJordie DaviesPhD Candidate, The University of Chicago<\/cite>
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ICER\u2019s directors and participants were joined by a range of visiting experts and scholars. Alisa Zomer and Varja Lipovsek presented the model for engaged scholarship that has been developed at MIT\u2019s GOV\/LAB. Jarvis Hall from North Carolina Central University discussed the interplay between scholarship and activism. Tufts University political scientist Pearl Robinson described her long-standing work with a network of Sufi women leaders in the Sahel.\u00a0 The group gained the perspective of Cornell Professor Jamila Michener who spoke about her experience being an engaged researcher. Celeste Montoya from the University of Colorado and Jennet Kirkpatrick from Arizona State University separately discussed various ethical and methodological considerations, including one\u2019s positionality as a researcher and engaging with marginalized and\/or at-risk communities. Lydia Edwards, a Boston City Councilor and former activist for domestic workers discussed the value\u2013and limitations\u2013of academic work from her perspective. Johns Hopkins Professor and APSA Task Force on New Partnerships chair Robert Lieberman, along with Harvard Professor Archon Fung discussed the status of engaged scholarship in the profession.<\/p>\n

ICER participants also had the opportunity to continue their learning and engagement by attending the Frontiers of Democracy conference.\u00a0 Also held at Tisch College, immediately after the Institute, Frontiers drew about 120 other scholars and activists from a dozen countries.<\/p>\n

The first Institute was well-received by participants, who have stayed in contact with one another in ways both formal and informal.\u00a0 The cohort is building a true scholarly community that is poised to create a broader disciplinary shift. As\u00a0Jordie Davies<\/a>, PhD candidate from the University of Chicago and\u00a0APSA MFP Alum<\/a>, recounts,<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience was truly encouraging and enlightening thanks to the range of scholars present who are both invested in this work and interested in answering big questions about how to do this kind of research rigorously. I definitely feel like I came away with a supportive community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cohort has a series of organized efforts underway including establishing a writing accountability group, working on a collective research symposium, and locating grant funding to support their collaborations. According to Adriano Udani, associate professor at the University of Missouri-St.Louis,\u00a0 the cohort is committed to doing so as a way to further the disciplinary discussion and build the necessary supportive institutional contexts to establish a constituency for civically engaged research within political science.<\/p>\n

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