Ep. 179: How to Be a Public Scholar and Why it Matters

Public scholarship is about more than just getting published. It’s about joining the public conversation at a time when expertise matters more than ever. In this episode of The Key, Philip Gray, Op-Ed Editor at The Los Angeles Times, and Susan D'Agostino, mathematician-turned-writer and columnist behind The Public Scholar at Inside Higher Ed join IHE’s editor in chief Sara Custer to pull back the current on what editors really want in submissions, what scholars get wrong and how to turn your expertise into compelling public writing. Read Susan's conversation with Phillip in The Public Scholar .

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Ep. 179: How to Be a Public Scholar and Why it Matters is an episode from The Key with Inside Higher Ed by insidehighered.

This episode is 39:58 long.

This episode was published on Oct 23, 2025.

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