Becoming a footnote : an activist-scholar finds his voice, learns to write, and survives academia / Sanford F. Schram.

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Schram, Sanford

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SUNY series in new political sciencePublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781438447766
1438447760

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Becoming a footnoteDDC classification:

300.92 23

LOC classification:

H59 .S34 2013eb

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Contents:

Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. How I Had Four Majors in College -- Chapter 2. Going Postal, Getting Drafted: How I Ended Up in Graduate School -- Chapter 3. How I Learned To Read -- Chapter 4. I Went Down to the Crossroads: Activism and Scholarship -- Chapter 5. Standing on Shoulders: Scholarship as Networking -- Chapter 6. Theory and Practice: Research and the Court -- Chapter 7. Is Anybody Listening? Testifying before Congress -- Chapter 8. Calling Out Racial Bias: Images, Words, and Numbers -- Chapter 9. The Deep Semiotic Structure of Deservingness: Enduring Identities in Dependency Discourse -- Chapter 10. Three Heads Are Better than One: Collaboration, Mixed Methods, and Disciplining the Poor -- Chapter 11. Moving On: Turning To Europe -- Chapter 12. Making It Matter: Real Social Science in the Neoliberal Academy -- Conclusion: A Postscript on Writing -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: How does a graduate student acquire the skills necessary to define a clear research agenda and write meaningful contributions to the scholarship in his or her field? Can the requirements of professional advancement in the ivory tower be reconciled with making a difference in the bare-knuckle world of policymaking? Can even a celebrated activist-scholar survive the seemingly relentless neoliberalization of higher education? Becoming a Footnote takes the reader on an inspirational journey through the experiences of researcher Sanford F. Schram, illuminating how he overcame his early insecurities and limitations, particularly about his writing, to develop into someone cited by both scholars and people involved in the policymaking process. With wit and humor, Schram illustrates how his award-winning research on race, poverty, and welfare emerged from the political struggles in which he was immersed, and how we all have something unique to contribute if we commit ourselves to making it happen.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How does a graduate student acquire the skills necessary to define a clear research agenda and write meaningful contributions to the scholarship in his or her field? Can the requirements of professional advancement in the ivory tower be reconciled with making a difference in the bare-knuckle world of policymaking? Can even a celebrated activist-scholar survive the seemingly relentless neoliberalization of higher education? Becoming a Footnote takes the reader on an inspirational journey through the experiences of researcher Sanford F. Schram, illuminating how he overcame his early insecurities and limitations, particularly about his writing, to develop into someone cited by both scholars and people involved in the policymaking process. With wit and humor, Schram illustrates how his award-winning research on race, poverty, and welfare emerged from the political struggles in which he was immersed, and how we all have something unique to contribute if we commit ourselves to making it happen.