How do you understand the societal impacts of your research, scholarship, or creative practice? How do you strategically embed your desired impacts into your scholarly work? This workshop is anchored in reflective practice to support scholars in articulating how engagement and impact work connects with scholarly identity and ambition. Participants will consider different elements of an impact identity – the unique confluence of your personal preferences and values, your scholarship, societal needs, your institutional context, and your capacities and skills. Participants will reflect on their values, strengths, and capacities that guide their engaged scholarship; brainstorm goals and societal impacts of their engaged work; and, participants will walk away with an outline of their own impact identity that can be leveraged in materials articulating the arc and impact of their career, including proposals, statements, and dossiers.
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