March 30, 2023
Paving the Way: Graduate Students Shifting Institutional Culture in Support of Scholar Activism
Session Presider and Presenter
Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Public Scholarship in Graduate School
As part of Imagining America's Leading and Learning Initiative, this project explores the experiences of graduate students doing public scholarship through in-depth interviews.
Collaborators
Publications
Reports
- De La Cruz Santana, L., & Haynes Stein, A. (2022). Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Public Scholarship in Graduate School: An Imagining America Research Report [Report]. Imagining America and the Mellon Foundation.
Grants & Awards
2020
Imagining America’s Leading and Learning Initiative, Graduate Research Fellow
$7,500 from Imagining America through the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Davis Humanities Institute2020
Presentations
March 15, 2023
Navigating Graduate School as a Public Scholar While Building Supportive Structures and Culture
Invited Presentation hosted by Imagining America at University of California, Davis
October 15, 2022
Creating Institutional Change to Support Public Scholarship
Invited Presentation for the Leadership Forum at the Imagining America National Gathering
October 14, 2022
Renew, Repair, Engage: Graduate School in Support of Public Scholarship
In this interactive workshop, we shared findings from our research conducted as part of Imagining America’s Leading and Learning Initiative with graduate public scholarships at UC Davis and in the Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellowship program. Using this research as a starting point, we coordinated collaborative thinking and brainstorming on how graduate school can be reimagined.
April 8, 2022
Emotionality and Graduate Students’ Experiences with Public Scholarship
Exploring the emotionality and experiences of graduate students in public scholarship, this study, based on 31 interviews, reveals unique challenges. Scholars navigate power dynamics and emotional labor, often coming from the marginalized communities they study.
March 17, 2022
Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Public Scholarship in Graduate School
Invited presentation to share research findings with the Leading and Learning Initiative advisory board at Imagining America's Organizing Institute.
November 12, 2021
‘So You’re an Activist?’: How Graduate Public Scholars Navigate University Spaces
Examining the challenges faced by graduate students in arts, humanities, and social sciences pursuing activist scholarship, this study identifies barriers, facilitation spaces, and strategies based on 31 interviews. The findings provide recommendations to foster a supportive academic culture.
October 22, 2021
Advocacy, Assessment, Accessibility: The Affective Work of Graduate Engaged Scholarship
Six UC Davis Mellon Public Scholars discuss the emotional and social aspects of community-engaged graduate scholarship. Topics include advocacy, limitations of assessment, and expanding accessibility. This session showcases transformative spaces and practices for meaningful community engagement.
October 26, 2020
Graduate Public Scholars at the Center: A Conversation on Culture Change
This panel will host scholars engaging with each other around the experience of public scholarship at the graduate level based on ongoing research of graduate student experiences.