David M. Perry, "The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook" (JHU Press, 2026)

About this episode

David M. Perry discusses his book 'The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook' and how it helps academics engage in public scholarship.

Public scholarship is one of those things that most academics are interested in, but unfortunately for them, they don't know how to actually get started. It's not their fault: nobody's ever taught them how, because it's not a part of graduate curricula. The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook (JHU Press, 2026) is intended to solve that part of the "hidden curriculum" by offering scholars a practical series of steps on how to get started writing for the public, and from there, all of the different directions that they can go in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: David M. Perry

Topics covered

• public scholarship
• academic writing
• graduate education
• hidden curriculum
• practical handbook

Keywords

• public scholarship
• academic writing
• JHU Press
• graduate curricula
• practical steps

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JHU Press

Books & works: The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook

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