Community-engaged teacher and scholar in Rhetoric & Writing. Author of Community is the Way: Engaged Writing and Designing for Transformative Change.
Aimée Knight is dedicated to fostering community engagement through her work in writing and communication. She founded the Beautiful Social Research Collaborative in 2010, a venture that has partnered with over 120 organizations to facilitate change. She is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Saint Joseph’s University.
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Free and open-access, Community is the Way offers an equity-based approach to design research that builds bridges of understanding and support while charting a path toward transformative change. See reviews of the book in Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric and Composition Studies.
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I write Contemplative Communication because I believe that skillful and compassionate communication is the key to building healthy and nourishing relationships, businesses, and communities.
Jainab Tabassum Banu in Composition Studies, vol 50, no 3 (Fall 2022)
“Community is the Way is a crucial read for anyone who wishes to get involved in researching and teaching community-based scholarship and grow a deep and just sense of building a better and more constructive community.”
Workshops
Upcoming workshops in community-engaged writing and contemplative communication.
