Boosting Voices and Building Community - Slides

Boosting Voices and Building Community: Outreach Methods for Student Publications
Jordyn Ramirez, Kenna Billings, The Harbinger, Texas Tech University
Expanding the scope of voices with student authors is one of the greatest challenges faced by student-led publications. This presentation will emphasize the importance of encouraging university-wide submissions and outline the outreach methods that The Harbinger has used to reach and provide literary opportunities to students throughout the entire university. These outreach methods include Harbinger’s experience collaborating with the Honors College, the Texas Tech School of Music, and professors from a variety of disciplines. Our journal prioritizes this outreach because it’s a tangible way that we live out our commitment to showcasing the diversity of student voices, no matter what those students are a part of on campus. Our presentation will provide attendees with ideas on how to encourage accessibility and awareness of their publication; methods for cross-interdisciplinary inclusion and outreach; and digital accommodations for including distance-learners.