Patrick Grayshaw is available to support community organizations with implementing processes that promote dialogue and meaningful discussion. He can bridge the gap between higher education and the community through supporting faculty, teaching students, and advocating for community voices.
Working together to solve tough problems through community engagement, research, and education
I am an assistant professor of public health — a community-based researcher and educator who uses public deliberation as a tool to bring communities together and solve their most pressing issues. In particular, I focus on health disparities, adverse childhood experiences, and racial inequalities. Located in Milwaukee, Wi and work with communities in Southeast Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and virtual spaces.
Consulting and Workshops
I have experience consulting with non-profits, local governments, and educational institutions. This includes preparing reports, assisting with community-based participatory research, engaging workshops, and program planning.
Supporting Communities
I support communities by sharing knowledge that I and other researchers generate for public use. I provide direct consultation to improve processes, prepare reports, and lend expertise. I also provide methods for facilitating dialogue that helps communities advance their goals.
Advancing Scholarship
I’m skilled in basic and advanced quantitative methods, familiar with qualitative methodology, and have unique skillsets in social network analysis, GIS, ripple effect mapping, and big data analysis. All of these methods can be used to advance both traditional and public scholarship.
Teaching and Mentoring
I have a PhD in human sciences. With a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Personnel Services (College Student Personnel), I am an expert at working with college students both inside and outside the classroom. My content expertise in human sciences includes topics in public health, human development, psychology, and sociology.
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
As part of a 1-year fellowship focused on health inequalities, I implemented a dialogue-to-change program in North Tulsa bringing together 40 community members.
“We are all so much together,
but we are all dying of loneliness”
— Albert Schweitzer
Research that Benefits the Community
I believe it to be unethical to conduct research that does not give back to the community. Public and engaged scholarship should advance both the field and also benefit the community.