Speaking of Books with Philip Cohen

"Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists"

What is the role of professional scholars in civic life? How and why should academics seek to reach audiences beyond their disciplines and institutions? Must there be tension between advancing along an academic career path and taking part in public conversations, or can these goals reinforce each other? Cohen will present his new book, Citizen Scholar, a practitioner’s guide to civic engagement today, showing current and aspiring social scientists how to build a career in the public sphere.

Philip N. Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His books include The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change (fourth edition, 2024), and his commentary has appeared in major media outlets such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. He writes about demographic trends, family structure, the division of labor, health disparities, and open science. He is also the director of SocArXiv, an open archive for social science research at UMD.

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