Susan Renoe

University of Missouri

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Biographical Abstracts

Susan Renoe is associate vice chancellor for Research Development and Strategic Partnerships at the University of Missouri (MU). Renoe’s university leadership role includes apportionment with both the Division of Research, Impact and Innovation and the Office of Extension and Engagement. She also holds a tenure-track faculty appointment as an assistant professor of strategic communication in the MU School of Journalism. In these roles, she works to strengthen the university’s impact on the state of Missouri, the nation, and the world.

Renoe also serves as executive director of the Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS), which is funded by the National Science Foundation (OIA Award #1810732). ARIS was established to advance the impacts of research for the betterment of society and the expansion of research. The ARIS community elevates research impact by providing high-quality resources, scholarship, and professional development opportunities and by creating connections among researchers, community partners, and engagement practitioners.

Highly regarded for her experience and expertise related to efforts to advance research excellence and increase the broader, societal impacts of research, Renoe serves on several advisory boards, including: NSF’s Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering (CEOSE), the Network for Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science, the Research Impact Assessment Advisory Board for the Centres de Recerca de Catalunya, and the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology. She also served as a juror for the 2017 Swedish Impact Award and was a member of the Center for Advancing Informal Science Education’s Research and Practice Task Force. She recently completed an appointment to a CEOSE subcommittee that led a visioning activity and authored a summary report focused on the future of the NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

In recognition of her scholarly accomplishments, Renoe has been named a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, a Thurgood Marshall Fellow, and a Ford Foundation Fellow. For her contributions related to advancing research impact, she was named a Research Development Champion by the National Organization of Research Development Professionals and elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her AAAS fellow citation was for “distinguished contributions and commitment to strengthening the societal impacts of science and engineering by building capacity, advancing scholarship, growing partnerships across multiple institutions, and promoting effective public engagement.”

Renoe earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.A. and M.A. in anthropology from the University of Missouri.

Areas of Expertise

• Broader impacts
• Strategic communication
• Research identity
• Federal funding