Advocacy and Career Vision Statement

· Conduct a Web search and find a social scientist (past or present) whose work you admire. Write a brief summary (2-3 paragraphs) identifying who you chose, his/her contributions to social science, why you chose that person, and the qualities of that person that you hope to emulate.

· Based on your readings for this discussion, do you think social scientists should be advocates? Do you intend to be an advocate?

·  Think back on what you have learned as a social scientist, not only in this course, but throughout the program. Moving forward, think about how you will apply what you learn to become a “social scientist in action.” One way to capture this is through a personalized career vision statement. After reading the learning resources for this discussion, create your own career vision statement and share it 

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• Laue, J.H. (1989). Sociology as advocacy: There are no neutrals. The Development of Clinical and Applied Sociology, 7(1), 110-122
• http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=socprac
• Benderly, B.L. (2015, Jul 30). The value – and risk – of activism. Science.
• https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2015/07/value-and-risk-activism
• Hansen, R.S. (n.d.). Creating a career vision for your life: Envisioning your ideal career
• https://www.livecareer.com/resources/careers/planning/career-women-leveraging-gender-trends
• Vozza, S. (2014, Feb 25). Personal mission statements of 5 famous CEO’s (And why you should write one too).