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Why go public?
NTLF, “Training Public Scholars At a Social Distance”
Cottom, “Your Success Probably Didn’t Come from Merit Alone”
Pryal, “10 Questions Every Academic Should Ask before Writing for the Public” [listen to the podcast here]
Shipman, “Why Scientists Should Publicize their Findings — for Purely Selfish Reasons”
Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities
Vilk, “How and Why You Should Dox Yourself,” Slate (28 February 2020)
Guides to responding to online harassment:
Inside Higher Ed’s guide for asking colleagues for support
Rethinking Your Expertise
Pryal, “You Want to Write for the Public, but about What?” Chronicle of Higher Ed (10 January 2020)
Givhan, “Masks Are Here to Stay,” Washington Post (5 May 2020) (piece mentioned by Liz in podcast)
Aghapour, “Birth Story” (mentioned by Andrew in podcast)
Communicating with the Public
Bond, “Vox Populi”
Kelly J. Baker, “How to Craft a Pitch,” Chronicle Community, June 7, 2017
N. A. Mansour, “Who Do Historians Write For?”, Contingent Magazine, May 28, 2022
Lynne Gerber, “Pink and Purple Church” and “AIDS and the Blessings of Staying”
Social Media
Demby, “If And When To Share Videos Of Violence,” NPR (12 May 2020)
How to avoid “digital blackface”
How to block and report abusive tweets
Dr. Safiya Noble, Algorithms of Oppression
Becoming a Twitterstorian: Social Media, Scholarly Communication and Professional Practice
Building Community Online Through Promoting Others’ Scholarly Work: A Twitter Strategy
A Guide to Twitter Safety for Academics (And Everyone Else)
Op-eds and Explainers
Examples discussed in podcast:
Brett Krutzsch, “Brebeuf Alum: School’s Decision to Retain Gay Teacher Nothing Short of Monumental,” Indianapolis Star. June 25, 2019
Brett Krutzsch, “We Still Mourn Those Killed at Pulse. But Can We Celebrate LGBTQ Life Too?” Washington Post. June 11, 2021
Ambre Dromgoole, “Pastor Mary Cosby, Arranged Pentecostal Marriages, and the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” The Revealer, Feb. 4, 2021
Ambre Dromgoole, “What Breonna Taylor and Sister Rosetta Tharpe Taught Me About Black Women and Friendship,” The Revealer, Nov. 12, 2020
Interviews
Example of Hannah McGregor as interviewer: Secret Feminist Agenda, “Living a Feminist Life with Sara Ahmed” (3 May 2019)
Example of Megan Goodwin as interviewee: Straight White American Jesus, “White Feminine Innocence, the Body Politic, and Contraceptive Nationalism” (July 2021)
Next Steps
Dara Kass, “Building Your Raft of Bitches” (2018)
Sara Ahmed on citational politics, “Making Feminist Points”