Op-Ed 2012-2013: Thought Leadership

TWU is hosting The Public Voices Thought Leadership Program of The OpEd Project, a yearlong program designed to increase the voices of women in public discussions of important issues. Beginning in June 2012, the Department of History and Government will coordinate four day-long seminars led by veteran journalists Katie Orenstein, Rose Aguilar and Cloe Angyal and supported by a group of notable journalists and writers, who act as mentor-editors for participants. Between them, the three leaders have extensive experience in new media, social media, broadcast media and also traditional/print media. The OpEd Project presented similar Public Voices programs to women academic leaders at Stanford, Yale, Princeton and Fordham  in 2011. In an experimental effort to connect expert knowledge to action, the TWU Public Voices Thought Leadership Program includes both TWU scholars and non-profit activists from the Dallas area as seminar participants. The seminars are made possible through a generous grant from The Boone Family Foundation and The Embrey Family Foundation.

2012-2013 Thought Leadership Participants

• April Allen, Executive Director, KIPP Dallas-Fort Worth
  • Let's add college diplomas to GrowSouth goals
  • What the NFL referee lockout tells us about education
• Allison Brim, Dallas County Organizing Director, Texas Organizing Project
  • You are the Real Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Anna M. Clark, President, Earth People, LLC
  • Is pink milk the new pink slime?
  • Dallas Ratings Spike in Renewables, Too
  • This is Shark Week, let's love an animal that scares us
  • Hurricane Season reveals economic perils of ignoring climate predictions
  • America's miasma of misinformation on climate change
  • The rise of Evangelical environmentalists could reshape US elections
  • 'Hope and Change': Not Just for Democrats Anymore
  • New Campaign Breaks GOP Silence on Environment 
  • Outsourcing injustice in apparel 
  • Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker: Serendipity in the Creative Process 
  • 24/6: The Sanctity of Stop Day
• Patricia H. Davis, Executive Director, Frederick Douglass Family Foundation
  • Backpage in our Backyard
• Paige Harris Flink, Executive Director, The Family Place
  • As VAWA Languishes in Congress, Domestic Violence Shelters in Texas Are Struggling to Meet Demand
  • Violence Against Women Act reauthorised - what took you so long?
• Florencia Velasco Fortner, President & CEO, The Concilio
  • Partner with parents if you want better schools
• Jaime C. Hanks, Managing Director, Children at Risk, Inc. of North Texas
  • Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...Do We Still Believe?
  • Classroom breakfasts deserve Dallas ISD board vote 
• Dena L. Jackson, Vice President of Grants and Research, Dallas Women's Foundation
• Hind Jarrah, Executive Director, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
  • Muslim abuse victims find haven with Plano Foundation
  • An open letter to President Obama 
• Ellen Magnis, Chief of External Affairs, Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
  • The Jerry Sandusky trial and child sexual abuse's walking-wounded
  • Monsters, Bad Guys and Perps
  • A Failure of Epic Proportions
  • A Prayer for the Sandusky Eight
  • Presidents, Pastors, Principals and Superintendents - Wake Up!
  • Voices too small for us to hear 
• Jeanne E. McCarty, Executive Director, Real School Gardens
  • Want to Interest More Kids in Science? Bring Science Down to Earth
• Katie Pedigo, Executive Director, New Friends New Life
  • Trafficking Victims Protection Act deserves passage
  , Executive Director, New Friends New Life
• Linda J. Rubin, Professor of Psychology, Texas Woman's University
  • The Masculinity Police Perpetuates Gender Pay Gap
  • To End rape, we need the F-Word
  • Stigma and mental illness in the aftermath of mass shootings
• Claire L. Sahlin, Professor & Chair, Department of Women's Studies, Texas Woman's University
  • Vatican orthodoxy does not represent all American Catholics
• Vanina Sloan, Communications & Marketing Director, Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas
• Joy Strickland, Founder & CEO, Mothers Against Teen Violence, Inc.
  • Ignoring the Real Issues Behind Fast and Furious
  • When will the US get real gun control?
  • International Overdose Awareness Day
  • Mr. President, fix our broken drug policy
  • Violence, Hope and healing in Ciudad Juarez
• Abigail Claire Tilton, Interim Associate Dean, Arts & Sciences Program Director, Social Work Program Associate Professor, Texas Woman's University
• Cristina Tzintzun, Executive Director, Workers Defense Project
  • Our Immigration system is broken; we can and must do better
  • Olympic Gymnast's Story Demonstrates Need for Immigration Reform
• Nancy Webb, Vice President of Organizational Advancement, Big Thought
  • Ending summer-learning loss levels the academic playing field
  • What's a Patriot to Do?
• Ellen Wood, Co-Founder, Teaching Trust
  • We Can't Afford to Deprofessionalize Education
• Cynthia Yung, Executive Director, The Boone Family Foundation , Executive Director, The Boone Family Foundation
  •  STEM pipeline: Tapping hidden reserves
• Diane Hosey, Director of Programs and Education, The Embrey Family Foundation
• Barbara Presnall, TWU Op-Ed Coordinator, Professor of Government, Texas Woman's University
• Kate Landdeck, TWU Op-Ed Coordinator, Associate Professor of History, Texas Woman's University
  • From a Professor's Perspective: Advice for College Students
  • Why Aren't More Soccer Moms Soccer Coaches?