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61传媒 Thanks Lynne Thompson 鈥72 for Her Service as Chair of the Board of Trustees
Thompson will continue her service on the Board as immediate past chair. An accomplished and award-winning poet with several collections and publications in prestigious literary journals, she is also serving a two-year term as the poet laureate of Los Angeles, a role to which she was appointed in 2021.
Read MoreIn the Media: Ashley Valdez Provides Virtual Networking Tips to The Forage
“Be intentional and strategic when approaching someone, so your message is actually read and receive[s] a response.”
Read MoreChigozie Obiegbu ’23 Examines the Early Development of COVID-19 Conspiracies in Germany
鈥淭hese issues are important to consider when thinking about how scientific and political institutions should communicate to the wider public, especially in times of crisis,” Obiegbu says.
Read MoreMirabella Miller 鈥24 Examines Relationship Between Traditional Femininity and Existential Doom
Miller’s podcast examines how women view their future personal and professional accomplishments through internalized gender stereotypes.
Read MoreIn the Media: Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Gives TED Talk on Origins of Blackface and Stereotypes
“These stereotypes were a powerful reinforcement of the ideas of white supremacy and Black inferiority,” Reece says.
Read MoreIn the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Receives Fellowship from Academy of American Poets
Thompson is the current poet laureate of Los Angeles, a role to which she was appointed in 2021.
Read MoreIn the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Reflects on What She’s Learned for Esquire
“I think of forgiveness聽as tied to鈥攂ut distinct from鈥攁cceptance,” she writes.
Read MoreIsabel Evans ’23 Investigates Environmental Education and Colonial Violence
The extent of Evans鈥 research wouldn鈥檛 have been possible, she says, without the funding she received from the 61传媒 Research in Environmental Analysis and Pre-Thesis Fellowship.
Read MoreKatie Eu 鈥23 Examines Wellness TikTok through an Economic Lens
Katie Eu ’23 is moving the 鈥渢hat girl鈥 discussion into an entirely new realm: the field of behavioral economics.
Read MorePresident Suzanne Keen鈥檚 Empathy and Reading Now Available from Routledge
鈥淎s people, it鈥檚 in our nature to relate to one another鈥檚 stories,鈥 Keen explains. 鈥淲hen we read novels with a sense of empathy, we come away with an improved sense of other people鈥檚 perspectives and experiences that are quite different from our own.”
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