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Advocacy and public scholarship

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ID9052081
AuthorsApryl A Alexander (0000-0002-9666-9598, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume95
Issue4
Pages421-426
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/ort0000800
PMID39235906
OpenAlexW4402277525
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Psychological science can be used to inform the critical social and global issues affecting communities. Advocacy has been recognized as an essential and ethical responsibility of mental health professionals, as it champions the basic human and civil rights of individuals, families, and communities. Scholar-activism encourages psychology to bridge scholarly knowledge, social justice, and advocacy to foster social change. Public scholarship aims to consider dissemination beyond our scholarly journals and to communities and decision makers who might benefit from psychological science research and practice. There are existing barriers to psychologists' advocacy engagement, primarily centered around the need for social justice and advocacy education and training for psychology students and trainees. As the 2021 Marion Langer Award recipient, the author provides examples of how she integrated advocacy, social justice, and public scholarship into her early career work. Future directions for students, trainees, researchers, and practitioners are provided. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)

Criminology · Political science · Public relations · Scholarship · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement

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