Associate Professor of Political Science and Emerson Prison Initiative Director Mneesha Gellman wrote a piece for The Conversation regarding the recent agreements between the U.S. and El Salvador regarding asylum seekers, but notes that not only is it unclear, but like similar agreements with Guatemala and Honduras, they have not yet gone into effect.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing associate professor Benoit Denizet-Lewis reviewed poet Saeed Jones’ memoir “How We Fight for Our Lives” for the New York Times Book Review, which chronicles Jones’ difficult experiences growing up as an African American and gay youth.
In a commentary piece for WBUR’s The ARTery, Marcia Garcia describes how ArtsEmerson, celebrating its 10th anniversary, is moving the needle regarding equity in the arts.
Senior Journalist-in-Residence Doug Struck provided an in-depth feature article in The Christian Science Monitor about how local news organizations are staying afloat.
Local and national media outlets covered Emerson’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the award-winning series Friends.
As September is the 25th anniversary of the award-winning series Friends, founding director of the Center for Comedic Arts and professor Martie Cook and assistant VMA professor Manuel Basanese co-authored a piece for The Conversation detailing “four reasons we will why we’ll never see another show like ‘Friends.’”
Board of Trustees member Raj Sharma, MA ’83, the Managing Director of Wealth Management for Merrill Lynch in Boston, participated in a financial roundtable hosted by Forbes and Shook Research last month, in which they discuss market trends and outlooks.
Local media outlet WCVB attended Emerson’s annual vigil commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Wednesday, September 11.
Director of Parent and Family Programs Maureen Hurley contributed to a New York Times piece regarding the popularity of Parent Facebook groups, as the number of people joining these groups are rising.
Writing, Literature & Publishing Assistant Professor Rajiv Mohabir has been named the winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
