LTC: Public Scholarship: Challenges and Possibilities at Carleton 10-9-12

What constitutes “public” or “engaged” scholarship? What are its possibilities and challenges for scholar-teachers in a liberal arts environment like ours? This focused panel discussion draws on the wisdom of respected faculty members who have not only done engaged scholarship and lived to tell the tale but also have thrived as dedicated teachers and traditional scholars in their own right. Michael McNally, professor of religion and faculty associate for public scholarship, Center for Community and Civic Engagement; Susan Singer, Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences; and Nancy Wilkie, William H. Laird Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and the Liberal Arts