#  English CMOW. Opinion Writing for Science and Medicine 

 



Instructor: Jason Silverstein  
Monday, 9:45-11:45am | Location: TBD  
*Enrollment: Limited to 12 students*  
  
This course is a practicum in writing publishable op-eds on health, science, and injustice. Week by week we dissect how writers use investigations and essays to break through public and institutional indifference - on Medicaid privatization, racist terror, psychiatric abuse, homelessness, and the failures of child welfare. Students will reverse-engineer these pieces to understand not just what was said, but how. Then, through an iterative process of pitch-writing, peer critique, and rewriting, each student will develop a portfolio-ready op-ed on a topic of their choosing. They will also work with a small group on developing a group op-ed in parallel. Students will leave with a revised op-ed and a polished pitch suitable for submission.   
  
**Supplemental Application Information:** This course will be taught by Jason Silverstein, PhD. To enroll in the course, students outside of the Media, Medicine, and Health program must submit a petition.  
  
This course is also offered through the Harvard Medical School as MMH 725.



 



 

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