“Profiles In Open” regularly features OU scholars who advocate for open access and make their work openly accessible, benefiting authors, readers, funders, the public, and others. Check out this month’s profile of Dr. David McLeod, Associate Director & Associate Professor of Social Work and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Forensic Social Work, to read about his experiences with open access. Here he discusses the increased impact of open access publications among students, researchers, and the broader public as well as the benefits of utilizing open educational resources (OER) to further pedagogical goals.