Emerson Today
President Pelton joins Jim Braude on Greater Boston and Liam Martin of WBZ this week to discuss racism in America, following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked outrage across the nation
In 2016, when Nina Rodriguez ‘19 saw a missing piece of the comedy scene puzzle on Emerson’s campus, she decided to do something about it.
Emerson alumna Maya Phillips is part of the inaugural class of The New York Times Fellowship program.
As America seethes with unrest following the police killing of yet another unarmed black man, the Campus on the Common podcast is replaying “Trauma and Communication: Police Brutality and the Black Community,” a conversation with Deion Hawkins, assistant professor of Communication Studies.
As people across the country take to the streets to protest the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, Emerson Today asked Asim about policing in the United States, his work, and what he thinks about this moment.
Porsha Olayiwola, Poet Laureate of Boston and an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at Emerson, was one of 23 Poets Laureate across the country to be named a Fellow by the Academy of American Poets, a designation that comes with a $50,000 grant to support work in their communities.
Delaney Mandel is looking forward to getting a job in early intervention with children.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing associate professor, Elma Lewis Distinguished Fellow, and former Washington Post editor Jabari Asim joined Greater Boston to discuss the George Floyd tragedy and history of racism and police brutality in the U.S.
Today, I write to you as a Black man and as President of Emerson College. There is no other way to write to you, given recent events. I didn’t sleep … Continue Reading Message from President Pelton: America Is on Fire
Senior affiliated faculty member and BigFishPR CEO David Gerzof Richard tells NECN/NBC Boston he is “shocked” that Twitter is fact checking Donald Trump over recent tweets, including ones that Trump alleged about fraudulent mail-in ballots.