Master Media Engagement
January 9th, 2019Are you a media whore? Or do you worry you might be labeled one by your colleagues – if not to your face, then behind your back? In the process […]
read more...In praise of academic media sluts – a New Year’s resolutionImprove your Writing
August 9th, 2012If you saw the following sentence at the start of a piece in your daily newspaper, would you keep reading? “You don’t see a lot of naked men in advertising.” […]
read more...Don’t Bury the Lede!Improve your Writing
March 12th, 2012Last week at an intellectually stimulating but relatively staid scholarly event, a minor controversy broke out. Harvey Weingarten, President and CEO of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (who […]
read more...Exerting influence on policy — through the media?Master Media Engagement
July 11th, 2011Television’s day may be waning, but it served me well in the late 1990s – both generating attention to issues I cared about, and enhancing my status among the students […]
read more...Media exposure boosts classroom credImprove your Writing
July 6th, 2011Scholars accustomed to sharing evidence-based analysis grounded in research and purporting to be fact sometimes express discomfort with the idea of expressing the kind of strong opinion favoured by op […]
read more...Commentary advice for scholars from Terry MilewskiOur Advocacy Work
June 30th, 2011Yesterday, sharing my Top 7 Reasons Smart Women Should Speak Up with a group of scholars at Carleton University in Ottawa, the conversation turned – as it often does – […]
read more...Implanted breasts and concerned scholarsOur Advocacy Work
January 17th, 2011Is it a measure of the fact that I’ve been a largely self-employed freelancer for most of my career that I’d never heard of so-called Blue Monday until today? This […]
read more...Blue Monday a bad example of scholarly contributionOur Advocacy Work
January 17th, 2011Media slut — the term probably brings to mind the ubiquitous Paris Hilton of a few years ago, which perhaps explains why it’s an insult feared by tenure-track seeking scholars […]
read more...Media slut or community-minded public intellectual?