Writing to Influence: A Public Writing Series

Connect your ideas with audiences that need to hear them.

Writing to Influence Hero

Thursdays, 12:00PM-1:00PM, Online

In close collaboration with Princeton University Press, Princeton Writes, the Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship, and other partners, this GradFUTURES Learning Cohort will help you hone writing (and other communication) skills in order to connect your ideas with audiences that need to hear them. We’ll cover how to keep your writing clear, interesting, and relevant.

The series will feature online presentations and in-person, hands-on workshops. You’ll hear from nationally-recognized voices in a series of Zoom Lunch & Learns with Princeton University Press authors like Christopher Paul Harris, Jelani Favors, Marybeth Gasman, Joseph C. Ewoodzie, and Tara Dawson-McGuinness, and you’ll also connect with people and resources that will help you move from theory to practice. In the Spring, you’ll have the chance to earn a badge in public writing—while producing public-facing work of your own in a supportive, mentored environment.

Graduate Students, Register via My PrincetonU

 All Others, Register via this Zoom Link

Learning Objectives

  • Learn strategies and tools for writing in a range of venues, including how to frame complex scholarly work to make it accessible for a wider audience without sacrificing rigor
  • Learn how to structure, pitch and produce public writing in a genre of your choosing (and receive feedback from peers and experts)
  • Learn how to navigate the new media landscape for graduate students considering careers within and beyond academia