Writing Op-Eds: Translating Your Research to a Broad Audience
Interested in converting your academic writing and research to make it more accessible for broad audiences? Our popular PhD Plus Writing Op-Eds series is back this summer (2025) to help you learn how to do just that! Over the course of 5 weeks (on Zoom), you’ll learn strategies and mechanics of writing op-eds and how they differ from academic writing.
The 3rd week will feature humanities scholars who frequently write public-facing work. Learn what motivates them to write for the public, and the realities (good and bad) of doing this kind of work.
This virtual zoom workshop is led by UVA History PhD alum and current Senior Editor for Time magazine's "Made by History" column, Dr. Brian Rosenwald.
2025 Schedule:
- Monday, July 28, 3:00-4:30 - Overview of Op-Eds, Dos & Don'ts of Public Writing
- Monday, Aug. 4, 3:00-4:30 - How to Build an Op-Ed
- Monday, Aug. 11 3:00-4:30 - Writing for the Public as a Career for PhDs: Panel discussion
- Monday, Aug. 18, 3:00-4:30 - Honing your Op-Ed Ideas
- Monday, Aug. 25, 3:00-4:30 - Workshopping Your Op-Ed Pitch