Flex Learning in the 2021 Fall Term
As we begin to forecast teaching and learning for the Fall Term, our current planning is that we will open the Fall Term with our One Emerson Flex Learning.
Social Justice Academy Taking on Mass Incarceration This Spring
Emerson’s Social Justice Academy this year is highlighting the conversation around mass incarceration and abolition, hosting a variety of events that will run through March 8.
#Emtern Spotlight: Engineering a New Experience
Brandon Lebel ’21, a Media Arts Production major with a focus in audio post-production and minors in Music History and Culture and Psychology, interned with Ugly Duck from August to December 2020.
Pelton on Systemic Inequalities in Schools: NBC Boston
President Lee Pelton joined a round table conversation for NBC Boston’s “An Education in Equity” from classroom to career program, joined by fellow Bostonian leaders Linda Dorcena Forry, Danielson Tavares, and Michael Holley, hosted by alum Latoyia Edwards ’98.
Reminder: Nominate Faculty for Teaching Awards
I am writing to urge you to nominate faculty for our three teaching awards that celebrate dedication, creativity, innovation, and inclusive excellence in the classroom.
Kay Bourne Papers Celebrate Decades of Boston’s Black Arts Community
The Kay Bourne Papers spotlights decades of the Black arts community.
Nominations Open for Live Virtual ERA Awards
This year’s ERA Awards may be virtual, but the meaning is just the same.
Honoring Black History Month: Ms. Elma Lewis ’43
Ms. Elma Ina Lewis ’43 was one of Boston’s most important Black female luminaries in the arts, education, and civil rights work.
Asim Reviews Books Celebrating Poetry & Promise of Black Lives: NYT
Writing Literature & Publishing associate professor and Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow Jabari Asim reviewed two new picture books for the New York Times, giving high acclaim to both.
With Black Kung Fu Chick, VMA Professor Creates a Heroine for Young Girls of Color
Set and filmed in South Los Angeles, Black Kung Fu Chick is a coming-of-age story that mirrors the lives of many teenage Black girls whose dreams are deferred by responsibilities they must shoulder.