The 2012-2013 Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship at Yale is an opportunity for 19 women and minority men scholars to work intensively for a year to increase their influence and contribution as thought leaders whose ideas impact not only academia, but also the important issues of our time. The program consists of four interactive seminars (either one or two days long per quarter) that are designed to expand thinking, amplify expertise, and generate concrete results. Fellows are assigned individual mentors and have the opportunity to work with top journalists and access a national network of editor-mentors and high-level media experts in making sure their scholarship and expertise contribute to the public sphere. The program is conducted by the leaders of the OpEd Project. The Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship at Yale is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and is part of WFF’s ongoing public thought leadership, mentorship, and professional development efforts.
2012-2013 Fellowship Successes:
"Rape and Justice in the Civil War," Crystal Feimster, The New York Times
"Found in Translation: A Professor Searches for a Public Voice," by Daniel Colon-Ramos, The Chronicle of Higher Education
"Unanswered Questions About Watergate," by Beverly Gage, Slate
"Filibusters Should be Difficult, and Rare," by Beverly Gage, The New York Times
"Women, Consider Freezing Your Eggs," by Marcia Inhorn, CNN
"The Still Tolerated Gender Bias in Science," by Sarah Demers, Ted Blog
"When Religion and Science Collide," by Robin M. Masheb and Mary Clark Moschella, Huffington Post
"Sin in Steubenville," by Mary Clark Moschella, Washington Post
"We are Not Starfish," co-written by Daniel Colon-Ramos with Giovanna Guerrero, PBS Need to Know
"How Police Use Religion to Deceive Suspects," by Kamari Clarke, Huffington Post
"My View: The Hard Lesson That Saving the World Isn't Easy," by Amity Doolittle, CNN
"High-Energy Physics is Still a Worthwhile Investment," by Sarah Demers, The Atlantic
“Cuts in Science Funding: Where is Our Country Heading?” by Daniel Colon-Ramos, Al Jazeera
"My Patient's Keeper," by Leora Horwitz, The Health Care Blog
"Stop Compartmentalizing the World and Put an End to Rape," by Mary Clark Moschella, Aljazeera
"Interview: Kevin Everson," by Terri Frances, Shadow and Act
"Shape-Shifting at the Movies," by Beth McGuire, Huffington Post
“Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime,” by Kamari Clarke, New York Times
“New Year's Resolutions from a New Particle," by Sarah Demers, Huffington Post
"I Am With the Uprising of Arab Women," by Marcia Inhorn, Slate
"On Nature Versus Nurture: A Neuroscientist Knee Deep in Diapers Reflects," by Daniel Colon-Ramos, Ted Blog
"The Maya Collapsed--Could We?" by Mary Miller, CNN
“After Hurricane Sandy: How I Witnessed Taxpayer Dollars Go Down the Tube During Relief Efforts,” by Beth McGuire, Alternet
“Things Can Change,” by Beverly Gage, Slate
"A Shortcut to Wasted Time," by Leora Horwitz, New York Times
"Gun Control: It's on All of Us," by Terri Francis, CNN
“The Thrill of Brazil," by Amity Doolittle, Huffington Post
"Giving Gifts, Receiving Belonging," by Beth McGuire, Huffington Post
"The Violence of Rape," by Mary Clark Moschella, Aljazeera
"Choosing Lives: A Pastoral View on What is at Stake in This Election," by Mary Clark Moschella, Huffington Post
"Caring for our Lives," by Mary Clark Moschella, Huffington Post.
“How Close Was This Election? Very Close,” by Beverly Gage, Slate
"Don't Interrupt Me While I'm Talking," Marianne LaFrance, PBS Need to Know
October 10, 2012, BBC Radio 4 (RADIO)
Marcia Inhorn, “The New Arab Man”
November 14, 2012, New America Foundation (PANEL TALK)
Crystal Feimster, “The Central Park Five”
December 21, 2012, HuffPo Live (VIDEO)
Jafari Allen
December 21, 2012, NPR CT (RADIO)
Mary Miller
January 17, 2013, PBS NewsHour (TV)
Beverly Gage, Inauguration Coverage
February 1, 2013, BackStory (RADIO)
Crystal Feimster, “Rules of Engagement: Ethics of Warfare”
February 11, 2013, Against the Grand (RADIO)
Marcia Inhorn, “Islam, Infertility, and the Arab Diaspora”
2012-2013 Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellows:
Marian Chertow: Professor of Industrial Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Marianne LaFrance: Professor of Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University.
Crystal N. Feimster: Assistant Professor in the Department of African American Studies and the American Studies Program at Yale affiliated with both the History Department and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.
Sarah Demers: Assistant professor in the Physics Department at Yale University.
M. Kamari Clark: Professor of Anthropology and International and Area Studies at Yale University
Anjelica Gonzalez: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Yale University
Jafari S Allen: Assistant Professor in the departments of African American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University
Marcella Nunez Smith, M.D., M.H.S.: Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
Amity Doolittle: Lecturer and Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Director of Undergraduate Studies, major in Environmental Studies, Yale College
Zareena A Grewal: Assistant Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies and the Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
Daniel Coón-Ramos: Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Mary Clark Moschella: Roger J. Squire Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Yale Divinity School
Mary Miller: Sterling Professor of History of Art, Dean of Yale College.
Mokshay Madiman: Associate Professor of Statistics and Applied Mathematics at Yale University.
Terri Francis: Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies and the Film Studies Program at Yale University
Leora Horwitz: Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
Marcia C. Inhorn: William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Yale University
Beth McGuire: Assistant Professor in Acting