Newswise — EVANSTON, Ill. --- Economist Willlemein Kets has always been a news junkie. So after learning about Northwestern University’s Public Voices Fellowship program, Kets jumped at the chance to connect her research on diversity and identity to current affairs.
The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship, first launched at Northwestern five years ago, is seeking a new crop of underrepresented voices. First piloted at Yale, Stanford and Princeton universities, the international initiative is expanding across the country to increase the range of voices and the quality of ideas heard in the world.
During the yearlong program, Kets, assistant professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at the Kellogg School of Management, was one of 20 full-time faculty members who attended workshops, worked with mentors, wrote commentaries, served as a media expert and submitted her work for publication.
The experience left her with a new perspective on her research and a deeper appreciation of the challenges and rewards that come with having her expertise reach much broader audiences.
“You read the news differently and think, ‘what can I say about it?’” said Kets, who specializes in game theory. “Now I feel more synergy between what I do as a researcher and what I do as a citizen.”
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