Vice President for Equity & Social Justice Sylvia Spears was named one of the 50 Most Influential People of Color in Higher Education by Get Konnected!, an inclusive, cross-cultural professional organization.
Trustee and alum Kevin Bright ’76 co-directed the new documentary, “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story,” which debuts this Friday on PBS’s “American Masters” program.
Performing Arts Senior Distinguished Artist-in-Residence P. Carl’s memoir, Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition, was referenced as an inspiration to actor Elliot Page, who gave his first interview to Time since announcing he is transgender.
Communication Studies’ Senior Executive-in-Residence Cathryn Edelstein joined i Heart Radio’s “New England Weekend” program to discuss “On the Same Page,” a collaborative diverse book campaign for Boston Public Schools that Edelstein and students created and oversee through the College.
Journalism associate professor Paul Niwa and additional industry professionals joined GBH’s “Beat the Press” program, hosted by Emily Rooney, to discuss recent events in the news and their coverage.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing professor Jerald Walker reviews bestselling author Alex Tresniowski’s new work, The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP, which recounts the murder of white ten-year-old Marie Smith in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in 1910 and the false accusations against a Black man.
ArtsEmerson executive director David Howse writes a piece reflecting on the past year without in-person theatre performances.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing associate professor and Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow Jabari Asim wrote a piece about reading Dr. Seuss’ books to his son at library, updating it this week as six books will now discontinue publishing as they contain racist content.
These commercials can tap into unconscious myths in American racial and cultural history.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing assistant professor Rajiv Mohabir, who won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing in 2019, will have his memoir Antiman published by Restless Books this June.
