Ways+of+engagement+-+Faculty+identity+and+motivations+for+community-engaged+scholarship+of+early+career+academics

**Ways of engagement:** **Faculty identity and motivations for community-engaged scholarship of early career academics**

Elaine Ward, Arnold F. Graves Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Higher Education Policy Research Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology; Visiting Fellow, NERCHE [elainecward@yahoo.com] **Keywords:** Faculty, next generation engagement, early career, identity

**Track:** Faculty roles and professional development

**Format:** Research paper 
 * Date & time: ** Fri day 9:30-10:40
 * Location: ** Salon 1

**Summary:** Ways of engagement are about who we are and the choices we make about how, where, and why we do this work (Ward, 2010). There is increased focus on the work termed “next generation engagement” – the work of scholars, students, and practitioners that has taken place over the past decade that continues to advance our understanding of who is doing community-engaged scholarship and why they are motivated to do this work. This research examines the work of early career faculty through document analysis of nomination materials for a national award for excellence in community-engaged scholarship. Results of this study will test the theory of Community-engaged Scholarly Identity developed by Ward (2010) and either strengthen that framework or identify areas where the theory needs to be reframed.

This research is not only significant for individual scholars as we advance our own research methods but as we understand individual faculty member’s motivations for this work. We can begin to examine the work of individual scholars alongside the workings of the academic institutions. We can then begin to interrogate issues of alignment between the work of individuals and their institutions, alignment of faculty roles with institutional reward structures, as well as interrogate the institutional barriers that still face community-engaged scholars in spite of institutional rhetoric in support of it.

**References:** Creswell, J. W. (2007). //Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches.// Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Ward, E. (2010). //Women’s ways of engagement: An exploration of gender, the scholarship of engagement and institutional reward policy and practice// (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA.

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