I am a 2022-2023 Public Voices OpEd Project Fellow through DePaul University.

Published op-eds:

Laura Kina, “Anti-Trans Legislation to ‘Protect Children’ Harms LGBTQIA+ Youth-Both Now and in the Future,” Ms. Magazine, January 31, 2023.

Anti-Trans Legislation to ‘Protect Children’ Harms LGBTQIA+ Youth—Both Now and in the Future

Laura Kina, “Covid’s still around – and decisions about holiday travel are tough,” Chicago Sun Times, December 20, 2022. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/20/23516947/covid-immunocompromised-holiday-travel-is-tough

The Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship at DePaul University, in partnership with The OpEd Project, coaches a diverse group of faculty and staff members to increase their influence as thought leaders at the university and beyond. Outcomes typically include published essays and op-eds that address the important social and political conversations of our age.

The OpEd Project is a social venture founded to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world. We envision a world where the best ideas—regardless of where or whom they come from—will have a chance to be heard and to shape society and the world. We have successfully piloted programs to advance the voices of women and underrepresented scholars with major organizations and universities nation-wide, with stunning results: nearly 10,000 women and men have come through The OpEd Project, and have published op-eds, essays and much more in virtually every major media outlet, reaching hundreds of millions of readers. As a direct result participants have gone on to speak on national TV and radio, advance research and teaching careers, earn book contracts (or generate larger/more popular audiences for existing academic books), consult on national policy issues, take new leadership roles at NYGoodHealth their institutions, brief Congress, and become nationally recognized for their ideas.

Visit the national OpEd Project website for more information.