December 3, 2024 | Blog / News & Press
Imagining America’s Engaged Art Summit Sparks Connections and Creativity
Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life hosted 20 national student fellows from 17 IA member campuses in Davis, CA for an…
November 26, 2024 | Action Research / News & Press
Supporting Public Humanities at the Critical Intersections: An Imagining America Manifesto
We are excited to share a recent publication by IA Faculty Director, Erica Kohl-Arenas, from the recently launched journal, Public Humanities. In this research paper and manifesto, Kohl-Arenas proposes five critical ways in which institutions of higher education can better support public humanities.
November 18, 2024 | Action Research / News & Press
2025 IA Collaboratories: Submit Your Proposal
Call for Proposals Imagining America (IA): Artists and Scholars in Public Life invites IA members to submit proposals to form new Collaboratories starting…
November 13, 2024 | Action Research / Blog / Publications / Research Reports
Democratically Engaged Assessment: Reimagining the Purposes and Practices of Assessment in Community Engagement
The 2018 white paper by the APPS Research Group offers in-depth exploration of the framework, thinking, and “found pilots” to support the model of Democratically Engaqed Assessment (DEA).
November 13, 2024 | News & Press
IA Unveils 2023-24 Mail Art Project Gallery
The 2023-24 Mail Art Project was inspired by the 2023 IA National Gathering theme: Radical Reckoning: Invoking the Elements for Collective Change. The project was open to all IA members – faculty, staff, and students. Participation was free, and participants were mailed a small kit with instructions, a prompt, and a few art supplies and materials to get started.
November 13, 2024 | News & Press
A Toolkit to Help Organize Your People, Projects, and Partners
We are excited to announce a new resource available to IA members! This toolkit was developed by IA staff using many of the ideas that members have implemented to energize their campus, engage their IA member benefits, and uplift public scholarship.
October 22, 2024 | Member Stories Current
Spotlight on Emory University’s Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues and Public Scholarship
This month, we shine a spotlight on the many ways in which faculty and students at Emory University are leveraging the power of public scholarship to foster conversations across and between departments and disciplines through story circles, sidecar courses, and IA engagement tools.
October 20, 2024 | Events
Textures of Ecology, an Imagining America Happening
Join us for an afternoon of crafting with natural materials When: Wednesday November 13, 3:00-4:30pm PSTWhere: Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden This…
