Extending the reach of faculty research

Faculty members are invited to sign up for workshops and one-on-one meetings with an editor from The Conversation on March 31 and April 1.

For those interested in learning more about sharing expertise and research with a wider audience, the Wake Forest news team and the provost’s office are hosting a senior editor from The Conversation to work with faculty to develop article ideas based on scholarship. 

The Conversation, a non-profit news outlet, gives faculty an opportunity to provide informed perspectives on important and interesting topics in articles that are often republished in major news outlets, including the Washington Post, CNN and Fast Company. Fifty-two Wake Forest faculty have written articles viewed by more than three million readers on a wide range of topics, including microplastics, intellectual humility, gladiators, and creating a new generation of classical music fans with video game music.

Maggie Villiger, a senior editor at The Conversation, will be at Wake Forest on Tuesday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 1. 

Attend a workshop

Sign up here for workshops or one-on-one “office hours” to learn more and discuss article ideas on scholarly work from any discipline. All sessions will be in the ZSR Library Faculty Commons (6th floor).

Sessions offered include:

• Writing about Science and Technology: Workshop + Q&A
  This session will focus on developing article topics based on faculty scholarship and opportunities at The Conversation to share research through faculty-written articles and research briefs.
• Writing about the Social Sciences/Humanities: Workshop + Q&A 
  This session will focus on developing article topics based on faculty scholarship and opportunities at The Conversation to share social science and humanities research through faculty-written articles.
• How to Write for The Conversation: Workshop + Q&A 
  A session for faculty from any department who want to explore how to share their research with the general public. (Lunch provided)

For more information on meeting the editor, attending a workshop or writing for The Conversation, email media@wfu.edu.