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I was hired as a post-doctoral fellow and then faculty member at Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research institute that studies the federal government and has a large and impactful line of research into immigration enforcement. Although focused on academic work, TRAC’s organizational culture was shaped in part by one of its co-founders, veteran New York Times journalist David Burnham, who saw the news media as one of
TRAC’s key audiences and natural partners. Since TRAC publishes new data about immigration enforcement on a regular basis, TRAC is a source
of authoritative data for reporters, especially since federal agencies are largely unresponsive to reporters’ inquiries. Although TRAC is unique in
the world of immigration, the public scholarship opportunities that come with my affiliation at TRAC are generalizable to a wide variety of
research institutes, academic departments and colleges, non-profit organizations, and university initiatives that aim to provide unique and
publicly-relevant insights into contemporary social problems. Rather than attempting to create our public profiles from scratch like social
media influencers, we can create opportunities for ourselves by connecting to projects that already have public impact as a part of the mission....[Citing TRAC data and research].
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