Open access for academic research with Erica Stone

Erica Stone works at the intersection of writing, teaching, and community organizing. Through collaborative projects, she creates opportunities for scholars, students, and community members to engage in conversations and civic problem-solving with the hope of building a more equitable and participatory democracy. As a researcher, Erica is passionate about making academic scholarship free and accessible. In her 2016 TED talk, she critiques the academic publishing industry, urging academics to engage with popular media and include communities in their research. Erica is a doctoral candidate in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program at Texas Tech University. Her research centers on public engagement in composition classrooms and academics’ role in their surrounding communities.

In this episode you will learn:

The reality of who has access to academic research

Erica’s experience during her TEDx audition process

What engaging in academia means beyond teaching

What the publication process looks like from start to finish for academic research

The cost of academic subscriptions

The concerns Erica has about popular culture publications translating academic research

How different TED chapters and franchises operate

How academics are trained to make things complicated and how that impacts public understanding

The historical reasoning for tenure and complications of tenure today

How to include open access publications to count toward tenure

Resources for democratizing and translating research

How for-profit companies are hopping on the idea of open access research

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