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Assuring the success of community-engaged faculty is intimately connected to advancing IU Indianapolis’s change goals for diversity, equity and inclusion. National funders and associations tout the increasing importance of faculty working through mutually beneficial partnerships to address wicked problems, strengthen civic capacities, improve access and retention to higher education among marginalized groups, and/or contribute to social and community change; however, the reality on many campuses is that those committed to the practices of publicly engaged scholarship (PES) often lack access to mentorship as well as peer networks that are knowledgeable and experienced in evaluating the products and processes of engaged scholarship in their units.

Research shows that women, faculty of color and those from other marginalized groups are disproportionately drawn to the work of publicly engaged scholarship. Hence, IU Indianapolis’s work to address barriers to success for engaged scholar-practitioners is part of our institution’s larger commitment to advance equity and diversity.