The URBAN scholar-activist network’s publications committee has drafted guidelines to aid editors and reviewers of sociological journals and conference papers in assessing community- based research submissions. The guidelines are also intended to support community-based researchers who are presenting studies for critical reviews. Please send your thoughts and questions to charlotte_ryan@uml.edu.
The URBAN scholar-activist network’s publications committee has drafted guidelines to aid editors and reviewers of sociological journals and conference papers in assessing community- based research submissions. The guidelines are also intended to support community-based researchers who are presenting studies for critical reviews. Members of the URBAN publications committee will present
Mentorship is a critical need for graduate students and early career sociologists who very often lack access to resources and guidance in their home departments to support their community-based research interests. Toward addressing this need, the Sociology Node will hold its second annual Junior Community Scholars Mentorship Event in conjunction
Active Learning: Social Justice Education and Participatory Action Research examines a participatory action research (PAR) project led by young people as a teaching and learning approach with implications for pedagogy, schools, educational policy and education reform and transformation. This book was written by Dana E. Wright and published by Routledge in
On April 30th and May 1st, the first national URBAN gathering took place at UMASS Boston. Forty-five scholars from across the country gathered for a 2-day working conference on “Collaborative Research for Equity and Action in Education.” Funded by a grant from the American Educational Research Association, the conference was
URBAN is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring a set of roundtables on collaborative, community-based research at the 2015 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. These roundtables will be in conjunction with the Section of Sociological Practice and Public Sociology. The roundtables are intended to serve as working sessions