Q&A with a Writing for Film & Television MFA Student

From her first day of grad school to her very last assignment, ’20 Writing for Film and Television MFA graduate and Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, Haley Bresnahan, has successfully completed Emerson’s rigorous low-residency program. She’s given us the inside … Continued

Film and Media Art Thesis: Two Emersonians Proudly Share Their Thesis Projects

Emerson’s MFA in Film and Media Art program gives students the opportunity to develop their creative skill sets. Students work with image and sound on traditional and emergent media forms. The program culminates with a thesis project. Students explore their … Continued

Q&A with a Publishing & Writing MA Student

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Whether you want to shape the prose of fresh voices as an editor, represent writers as a literary agent, or work with exciting online publications and new media formats, Emerson’s prestigious Publishing and Writing MA will help you succeed in this ever-vital, … Continued

10 Highlights from a Communication Disorders Student

When the university announced a transition to online classes, I was struck with overwhelming sadness for myself, my peers, my faculty, and for what the new normal would become. While this is not the way anyone in my program envisioned … Continued

What to know about grad school

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You’ve finally arrived! All of your hard work, dedication, sweat, and tears have paid off – congratulations on making it to graduate school. Seeking higher education is such an accomplishment, but adjusting to the immense pressures of grad life can … Continued

Poetry Student Project Spotlight: Duende and the Choreopoem

Porsha Olayiwola is the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion. Black, poet, queer-dyke, hip-hop feminist, womanist: Porsha is a native of Chicago who now resides in Boston where she organizes, writes, and teaches. Porsha … Continued

Project Spotlight: My Communication Disorders School Placement Experience

In my previous blog post, I wrote about a day in my life while working in the Robbin’s Center. But your clinical experience in the Communication Disorders program is not limited to the Robbin’s Center. After you have completed your … Continued

Project Spotlight: Festival Planning for Emerson’s AfterDark Festival

I came to Emerson College in order to gain a master’s that would allow me to combine my passion for the film and entertainment and festival planning industry through marketing. After speaking with the Strategic Marketing Communications program director, I … Continued

Project Spotlight: Book Design

How do you go from crying tears over InDesign during your first week of class to voluntarily redesigning your book over Christmas break? Last semester I took Lisa Diercks’s Intro to Book Design class, and had two goals: Get through … Continued