IFAS Extension
Getting Engaged: “Public,” Stakeholder, and Community Engagement Practices for Researchers
Release Date: 1/13/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
This fact sheet is part of the Getting Engaged series that aims to help readers become more comfortable with engaging various stakeholder audiences. It is designed for agriscience, natural resources, or other science and engineering faculty with primarily natural or physical science backgrounds who want to get started in stakeholder engagement.
About this Publication
This document is AEC610, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2017. Revised January 2022 and November 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Stofer, K. A. (2017). Getting Engaged: “Public” Engagement Practices for Researchers. EDIS, 2017(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc272-2017
Authors
Kathryn Stofer
Specialist
University of Florida
former research associate professor, STEM education and outreach, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL