From the vaccination rollout to the constitutionality of the former president's impeachment trial, DePaul faculty in the 2020-21 OpEd Project cohort are making themselves heard. So far, the current cohort has placed more than 30 op-ed articles with national news outlets, including “The Washington Post" and “Scientific American."
“The OpEd Project is an exciting professional development opportunity for faculty who want to share their research and expertise with the broader public," says Carolyn Bronstein, associate dean and Vincent de Paul professor in the College of Communication and founding director of DePaul's OpEd Project. “This fellowship teaches participants to apply their knowledge to the most pressing issues of our times, from climate change to immigration, racism, homelessness, voting rights and addiction."
Launched in 2012-13, the Public Voices Fellowship program aims to provide a diverse group of scholars with the resources, support and skills needed to increase their influence as thought leaders in their fields. As fellows, faculty receive dedicated editorial support from an OpEd Project mentor, collaborate with fellow cohort members to brainstorm ideas and attend multiple seminars.
“The OpEd project is an amazing opportunity for faculty to learn how to engage in public dialogues on important topics," says Craig Klugman, professor health sciences and faculty director of the OpEd Project. “As a former fellow, the project gave me tools to be a successful public writer on issues such as racism in medicine, vaccine distribution and pandemic response. Seeing our new fellows fulfill their promise makes me proud and honored to be part of the DePaul OpEd family."
Despite this year's program taking place completely virtually due to COVID-19, the 2020-21 cohort is demonstrating plenty of momentum.
“The role of faculty in higher education is increasingly shifting toward a more public model, with public intellectualism comprising an important and lasting aspect of one's professional trajectory," Bronstein says. “I'm proud that we recognized this trend early on at DePaul and have made the OpEd Project fellowship program available to five cohorts since 2012-13."
A list of the 2020-21 cohort's published works is available on the College of Communication website. Keep an eye on Newsline's DePaul in the News section for the latest published pieces. The Public Voices Fellowship is sponsored by
Academic Affairs and the College of Communication’s Center for Communication
Engagement.
Get to know the 2020-21 cohort via the interactive gallery below:
Tawei "David" Wang, Driehaus College of Business
Read more Tawei "David" Wang is an associate professor and Driehaus Fellow at DePaul. He received his Ph.D. from Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. His research interests are information security management and IT management.
His papers have appeared in several leading journals, including Information Systems Research, Accounting Horizons, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, Information and Management, and Information Systems Journal, among others. He received several research awards and currently is the second most productive researcher in accounting information systems archival research based on the Brigham Young University ranking. His articles have been downloaded more than 39,000 times through the Science Direct network.
He mainly teaches audit data analytics and data mining, and has been invited by universities and conferences to discuss data analytics. He was a speaker and panelist for the Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute of Management Accountants and the Federal Reserve Bank. He was selected to be the KPMG James Marwick Professor in Residence in 2018 and currently is the American Accounting Association Midwest Region President.