<p>David Perry shares about his new book, The Public Scholar, on episode 621 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-21291 size-full aligncenter" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png" alt="Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/TIHE621-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /><br /> Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do.<br /> -David Perry</p> <p>If we are really practiced at teaching, and as we develop our skills as teachers, those are the skills that can also take us into other spaces outside of the classroom.<br /> -David Perry</p> <p>Academia is structured around all kinds of failure. Once you recognize that, and then bring yourself into another context where you&#8217;re going to experience rejection, you already have the skills to cope with it.<br /> -David Perry</p> <p>I think all writers, and certainly in academia, worry a lot about our worst faith readers. How do we not get ripped apart? You have to write for your best faith reader. You have to really shift your focus.<br /> -David Perry</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/54219/public-scholar">The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook by David M. Perry</a></li> <li><a href="https://tressiemc.com/">Tressie McMillan Cottom</a></li> <li><a href="https://thetattooedprof.com/">Kevin Gannon — The Tattooed Professor</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-maweu-facilitator/">Irene Maweu</a></li> <li><a href="https://song.link/i/1485413956">Higher Love</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/">Pluribus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@dropkickmurphys">The Drop Kick Murphys</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2026/01/streets-of-minneapolis-32-protest-songs-inspired-by-the-twin-cities-ice-resistance/">&#8216;Streets of Minneapolis&#8217;: 32 protest songs inspired by the Twin Cities&#8217; ICE resistance</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/Pf3cbL-5ZNc?si=BE8daLrFZTgdxaSS">The Neighborhood Kids, &#8220;Breaking News&#8221;</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>