Welcome the New Marlboro Institute Faculty (Part 1)
Meet the newest faculty teaching in the recently renamed Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.
Meet the newest faculty teaching in the recently renamed Marlboro Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College.
Associate Professor of Political Science Mneesha Gellman wrote for The Globe Post, “COVID-19 and the Opportunity of Un-Schooling Harmful Myths,” detailing that while the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative effect of certain aspects of in-person learning in K-12 settings this past spring, it was a break from children experiencing racist and discriminatory tropes that pervade American school curricula.
Emerson’s Office of Research and Creative Scholarship (ORCS) has gathered together examples of faculty research, writing, artistic work, classroom projects, and media engagements around the impact of the coronavirus, police brutality, and social change. The work originates from nearly every department and institute on campus, and has continued through the summer.
Eleven years ago, Rep. John Lewis stood on the stage of the Wang Theatre and told the graduates of the Class of 2009 they needed to “get in trouble.”
Institute professor and interdisciplinary storyteller Claire Andrade-Watkins was named one of the 50 Greatest Living Rhode Islanders by Go Local Prov News, alongside historian Gordon Wood, actress Viola Davis, journalist Meredith Viera, and more.
Institute professor of anthropology, religion and transnational studies Tulasi Srinivas writes for The Conversation about the history of goddesses of contagion, and how the current coronavirus pandemic has changed the iconography of them, for example, in artist depictions.
Mneesha Gellman, an associate professor of political science, writes for Revista about her research, as she recently spent time in Mexico as a Fulbright Garcia-Robles Scholar this past spring.
On June 3, Emerson College issued the following statement in solidarity with the Black community: “We hear you. We stand with you, and we join in calling for justice for … Continue Reading Statement on Anti-Racism Resources, Education Tools
Institute assistant professor of science Jon Honea writes for The Conversation that removing dams can be beneficial for humans and nature, as they can be costly to repair, impede the populations of certain fish species, and worsen coastal erosion as they hinder sediment from migrating to oceans.
Poetry and Song, developed by Scott Wheeler and co-taught by Ross, a Writing, Literature and Publishing affiliated faculty member, doesn’t slowly ease students into the process of writing – regardless of whether or not they’ve ever written a poem or a song before.