Center for Religion and Cities Fellowship in Public Scholarship

The Center for Religion and Cities invites graduate students and junior faculty to apply for the 2025 Fellowship in community led/engaged Public Scholarship. Applicants should be engaged in community-based research at any stage (visioning, submitted or accepted project proposals, project management/execution, or post project reflection or reporting); should be interested in how their work can contribute to public knowledge production; and be willing to explore and implement deep listening and other reciprocal practices in their research.

Public scholarship inspires and nourishes knowledge that lives, interacts, and makes an impact beyond the academy. It is seen in open access publications, social media, blogs, news sites, film and other mediums; in works that address pressing social and political issues and in the living communities from which such knowledge emerges and proliferates. The Center for Religion and Cities supports public scholarship rooted in reciprocal relationships with community organizations.

We are looking for applicants interested in sharing their experiences and lessons learned regarding community led or engaged work with one another and with CRC leadership.

Through six weekly virtual meetings, we will learn together about models for community led or engaged work, the role of deep listening in this work, and consider avenues of pursuing public scholarship, and have time to workshop and reflect on individual projects. Chosen fellows are expected to attend all meetings and complete surveys and reflections.

Application Deadline: January 10, 2025
Honorarium: $1,500