Becoming a Footnote: An Activist-Scholar Finds His Voice, Learns to Write, and Survives Academia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781438447759)

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.

Author: Sanford F. Schram
ISBN-10: 1438447752
ISBN-13: 9781438447759
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2013
Pages: 237
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d