M. V. Lee Badgett is Professor of Economics and director of the Center for Public Policy & Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and also serves as research director of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA School of Law. She is the author of Money, Myths, and Change: The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men and co-editor of Sexual Orientation Discrimination: An International Perspective.
"In addressing three main themes of seeing the bigger picture,
networking effectively and communicating outside the academy,
Badgett draws widely on the experiences of other engaged academics,
providing a clear philosophical basis for her arguments and
offering a wealth of worthwhile and practical suggestions."
*Times Higher Education*
"This relatively short book shows one way in which academics can
justify our privileged position and enhance the quality of research
and teaching in the process.The Public Professor should be required
reading."
*Times Higher Education*
"From one of the foremost publicly engaged scholars in the country,
this brilliant and groundbreaking primer for academics interested
in applying their expertise in the policy realm is also a deeply
useful manual for all policy advocates. Combining astute power
analysis of how policy is made with strategic communications
advice, stories of real-life experience with an accessible and
clear style, Lee Badgett has created an essential training tool for
every academic, graduate student, law student and advocate
interested in informing public policy debates."
*Urvashi Vaid,author of Irresistible Revolution*
"Professor Badgett has a quarter century of experience successfully
conveying results of scholarly research to policy makers and the
public. She has written an important book which provides valuable
advice for anyone who wants to improve their ability to use their
research and knowledge to create compelling public messages."
*David Boies,co-author of Redeeming the Dream: Proposition 8 and
the Struggle for Marriage Equality*
"Researchers who want to reach beyond the academy rightly worry
about how to maintain scholarly integrity while streamlining their
message and accommodating the time constraints of journalists or
policy makers. M.V. Lee Badgett gives concrete examples and advice
that can help you do both. Whether you want to advocate for a
specific policy or simply get your research findings out to a wider
audience, this book is a great way to get started."
*Stephanie Coontz,author of The Way We Never Were: American
Families and the Nostalgia Trap*
"Social change movements need scholars to contribute their ideas
and research, and this book will show them how to do it. With great
examples and understandable steps, Badgetts book provides the &
how-toit gives academics the tools to present their research in
meaningful and relevant ways."
*Chad Griffin,President, The Human Rights Campaign*
"The Public Professorhas much to offer by exploring what is
possible for those who want to change the world."
*Nature*
"Badgett provides cogent advice and time-tested guidelines for
scholars interested in expanding their research results beyond
academia...an accessible and thought-provoking primer."
*Library Journal*
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