UI Professor Attends ACP Discussion in Washington D.C.
By
Lisa Kunkel
Story Created:
Jan 10, 2012 at 1:07 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Jan 10, 2012 at 11:38 AM CDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A University of Iowa faculty member will participate in the White House launch of the American Commonwealth Partnership (ACP) on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The ACP is a yearlong initiative to promote higher education as an agent of democracy and a force for public good.
John Spencer, a UI professor of psychology and director of the Delta Center, will attend the event to discuss the possibility of the UI playing a leading role in a new initiative on “civic science” during 2012. The goal of this initiative is to re-think science as a tool of human empowerment and civic agency—making science more relevant in the daily lives of citizens and also changing the process of how science is done to invite reciprocal dialog between scientists and citizens.
The event will be streamed live on the Internet from 1-5 p.m. Tuesday CST at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live.
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