Time-limited opportunities:

Public Humanities Poetry & Podcasts: A Professional Mini-Development Seminar
Application Deadline: December 1, 2024

Mini-seminar details:

  • Eight biweekly meetings
  • $500 stipend
  • Experiential learning opportunities

​​​​​​Who may apply:

  • WashU PhD students in all departments
  • Interest in exploring diverse career paths and community engagement
  • Available to meet in person

Learn more and apply

Ways PPS can support your public-facing scholarship:

  • Schedule a one-on-one meeting to brainstorm ideas for translating your scholarship for non-expert audiences. 
     
  • Book proposals: Book proposals can feel like their own genre. We can give concrete suggestions and feedback for putting your best foot forward.  
     
  • Have a book coming out? We can help organize a launch event; identify excerpts for potential publication; provide preliminary support for book tours; identify interview opportunities; provide printed materials like posters, bookmarks, postcards or other ephemera; and more.
     
  • Are you close to finishing your book but struggling to click “submit”? We can provide concrete steps to get you across the finish line.
     
  • Pitch like a pro: Never pitched to a general audience publication before? No problem. We can help with drafting pitches, editor introductions or even submit a pitch on your behalf.
     
  • Write for The Conversation: Writing for The Conversation can help you reach new audiences, expand the reach of your research and lead to additional public scholarship opportunities. 
     
  • Event co-sponsorship: Bringing an outside speaker to campus who’s engaged in public scholarship? Contact us about co-sponsorship. 
     
  • Media training: Have you received a request to be interviewed for TV, radio or print? We can help you prepare. 
     
  • Fellowship and grant applications: If you’re applying grant or fellowship with a public-facing component, we can read proposal drafts and provide feedback.  
     
  • Mentored Professional Experience (MPE): Graduate students seeking to gain public scholarship skills and experience can undertake a mentored professional experience (MPE) in PPS.
     
  • Contact us directly at publicscholarship@wustl.edu.