Opportunities and Challenges in Engaged Scholarship: Faith Makes Us Live and the 2010 Haitian Earthquake Margarita Mooney University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill January 26, 2011

Scholarship as a Process 1. Research 2. Publications 3. Dissemination and Dialogue 4. New Questions

Cross-National Comparative and Ethnographic Research Design National level: immigration policies and religion in the public sphere in US, France and Quebec (Canada) Community level: interviews in Miami, Montreal and Paris with 1) Government leaders, 2) Haitian community leaders, 3) Catholic clergy and lay leaders Individual level: 15 months of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews at Haitian Catholic mission in each site; immigration and census data

Faith as Resilience “Jesus Came With Us On The Boat” Incarnation and Inculturation of the Faith “When you feel you are somebody, [that] you are important, you can move mountains, and that is faith.” Active Abandonment “We Should Give without Expecting to Receive in Return.” Turning Passive Recipients into Givers “Fight, life is not easy; don’t be afraid, Jesus is there.” Suffering as Redemptive

“We should give without expecting to receive in return.” Transforming Passive Recipients into Giver

Meso-Level: Haitians’ Mediating Institutions “The church is the only place people can trust.” “The only reason churches would provide social services is if the state is absent.” Religion-State Consensual Differentiation “The State doesn’t pay any attention to our associations.” Assertive Secularism Secular Nationalism

Scholarship as a Process 1. Research 2. Publications 3. Dissemination and Dialogue 4. New Questions

Diverse Ways of Communicating Scholarship to Multiple Audiences Books and Journal Articles Author-Meets-Critics Panels Returning to Fieldsites Newspapers, Magazines, Internet and Social Media – Margarita Mooney’s HomepageHomepage – Website for Faith Makes us LiveFaith Makes us Live – Margarita Mooney’s Professional BlogBlog – Facebook for friends and colleagues Facebook – Twitter

Haitian Earthquake of 2010 Opportunity: Broad interest in scholarship, provided scholars communicate knowledge in diverse ways Challenges Communicating a scholarly voice without jargon Making just a few main points, not endlessly complex arguments Responding to timely events in a short time frame — hours, not months!

Communicating Scholarship through the Press, Internet and Social Media Three main points that build on Faith Makes Us Live 1. Religion can be a source of resilience in the face of disaster 2. Danger of “hubris” of outsiders 3. Need to activate the agency of the poor Disseminated through: 1. 9 presentations, 8 media articles, including: 2. Miami Herald 3. Social Science Research Council’s Immanent Frame 4. Carolina Population Center’s Website

Scholarship as a Process 1. Research 2. Publications 3. Dissemination and Dialogue 4. New Questions

New Research Religion and immigrant Integration – “Religion as a Context of Reception: The Case of Haitian Immigrants in Miami, Montreal and Paris.” (sole authored) – “Religion and Migration in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Western Europe” (with Matthias Koenig and Philip Connor) Religion and Resilience – “Financial Hardship, Religious Resources, and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults” (with Matt Bradshaw, Cheryl Roberts and Glen Elder)

Social Media and Scholarship Scholarship: Peer-Reviewed and Disseminated Products – Traditional Tools: books, journal articles – New Tools & Audiences: Facebook, Blogs, Twitter Alt Metrics(UNC’s SILS ): measuring the impact of scholarship disseminated through social media. Alt Metrics – 1/3 of scholars are on twitter – 3% of tweets are citations of peer-reviewed pubs

Thanks to: Tom Swasey and Lori Delaney (Carolina Population Center) Jason Priem (UNC School of Information and Library Science) Lynn Blanchard (Carolina Center for Public Service)

Who is on Blogs? Phillip Cohen Andy Perrin Jeremy Freese Margarita Mooney

Who is On – UNC WWNsoc - Norton

Covering your Bases and Hitting a Home Run Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and You Tube: Four Bases for Reaching Diverse Audiences

Who is on You Tube? Dalton Conley videos about his book Barbara Entwisle video about National Children’s Study: George Ritzer on McDonaldization

Modes of Scholarship Scholarship of Discovery Breaks new ground in the discipline Answers significant questions in the discipline Is reviewed and validated by qualified peers in the discipline Is based on solid theoretical basis Applies appropriate investigative methods Is disseminated to appropriate audiences Makes significant advances in knowledge and understanding the discipline Scholarship of Discovery Breaks new ground in the discipline Answers significant questions in the discipline Is reviewed and validated by qualified peers in the discipline Is based on solid theoretical basis Applies appropriate investigative methods Is disseminated to appropriate audiences Makes significant advances in knowledge and understanding the discipline Engaged Scholarship … and has direct application to broader public issues …which have relevance to public or community issues … and by members of the community … and practical bases … and is relevant to sites/focus …and community audiences … and public social issues Adapted from Furco, 2008 Engaged Scholarship … and has direct application to broader public issues …which have relevance to public or community issues … and by members of the community … and practical bases … and is relevant to sites/focus …and community audiences … and public social issues Adapted from Furco, 2008