UC Public Scholars Initiative

David Biale
Davis Humanities Institute
UC Davis

The Write to Change the World program enables UC researchers to translate their work for the public and engage with the media apropos to their areas of expertise. At the same time, the program expanded the networks of its fellows across the UC system, providing them with both physical and virtual spaces for interaction. With a focus on increasing underrepresented voices within the media, the program extended a special invitation to the President’s Postdoctoral Fellows to participate, in addition to UC faculty. In partnership with the OpEd Project, the program hosted three one-day workshops at UCSC, UCI, and UCM, with 22 fellows in each workshop, drawing from nine UC campuses, for a total of 66 fellows for the following year. After the one-day workshop, fellows had access to a year-long, media mentorship.