Arlene Stein is professor of sociology at Rutgers University, where she directs the Institute for Research on Women. She is the author of four books, including Reluctant Witnesses and The Stranger Next Door, and has written for the Nation, Jacobin, and the New Inquiry, among others. Jessie Daniels is professor of sociology and critical social psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author or editor of five books, including Cyber Racism and Being a Scholar in the Digital Era, and blogs at Racism Review.
"Going Public is an informed and readable guide by two social
scientists who practice what they preach, and practice effectively.
Meet the challenge of communicating with the public outside the
professional confines of social science disciplines--without
damaging your career."--Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs: The
Next Social Revolution and Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
"Both inspiring and practical, Going Public is an engaging guide
for scholars who want to reach audiences beyond the academy. In
graceful prose, it offers insightful advice on the rewards and
perils of going public, and on how to narrate a good story,
cultivate an effective voice, make use of new digital tools, build
an audience, and produce writing that matters both within academia
and beyond."--Angelique Haugerud, author of No Billionaire Left
Behind: Satirical Activism in America
"Going Public is a lucid, stepwise breakdown of what you need to do
to get your work out there. Stein and Daniels target social
scientists, but their advice applies to any academic who wants to
approach a general audience. They show how to devise a pitch (your
spiel for editors and other gatekeepers), a peg (something that
connects your pitch to current events), and a hook (the bit that
will really catch an editor's attention). They explain how to
identify opportunities in the public sphere--to recognize when you
can leap into the news cycle."-- "Chronicle of Higher
Education"
"For the experienced social scientists trying to navigate these
changed circumstances, as well as for those beginning their
academic career in a setting framed by media with which their
advisors may have little experience, Arlene Stein and Jessie
Daniels's Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists marks an
important contribution to the literature on public scholarship and
academic life. . . . Going Public is more than a guide--although it
will be valuable in that capacity for scholars at every stage in
their career--it also acts as an inquiry into what it might mean to
be a social scientist in the wake of "the digital turn."-- "Social
Forces"
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