Former PEP Director, Amy Schalet along with PEP Co-Directors, Linda Tropp and Lisa Troy, co-authored a paper entitled, “Making Research Usable beyond Academic Circles: A Relational Model of Public Engagement,” for Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy outlining a new pathway for researchers seeking to share their research with non-academic audiences, such as journalists, policymakers, practitioners and advocates. They urge scholars to engage in relationship building and mutual learning, as well as partnership during the dissemination of research in order to give it salience and practical value to non-academic audiences. Read more here.