As part of our initiative to increase public outreach, we are looking to grow our resources that help section members engage with the wider public (e.g., social media use tutorials, guides for writing opinion pieces, guides for writing press releases, how to talk to policymakers, engagement in public sociology, etc.). If you have any materials or knowledge that you would like to contribute to growing this shared resource, please send an email to Michelle Edwards, Section Webmaster, at michelle_edwards@txstate.edu.
- An excellent public outlet for academics is The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/us
- The OpEd Project is a great resource and their team can provide support as well. Their focus is on countering the over representation of male op-ed writers: https://www.theopedproject.org
- Tanya Golash-Boza’s wonderful site Get A Life, PhD has a piece on writing an op-ed: http://getalifephd.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-can-academic-publish-oped.html