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Meet the latest Warburg Chair of International Relations: Thomas Dougherty. Read about his fascinating career in foreign affairs, his advice for students considering working abroad, and what international challenges he plans to address in his classes.

• Social Sciences, Policy, and Practice

Assistant Professor Ann Graf sees the world a little differently, and she's on a mission to record it. After choosing to complete her thesis on graffiti art, Graf has expanded her research to cataloging street art in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Research

Meet Professor of Sociology Becky Thompson — scholar, poet and activist. In addition to her work at Simmons, she recently won the Ex Ophidia Poetry Prize for her poetry collection "To Speak in Salt." Learn more about Professor Thompson and her passion for poetry.

• Social Justice & Advocacy
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Professor Nanette Veilleux has received a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation. The ultimate goal of the project is to clarify the meaning in prosody — inflections in tone and lengthening syllables as we speak.

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Assistant Professor Felipe Agudelo discusses his current project, “It’s Not How You Say It, It’s What You Say: Ambient Digital Racism and Racist Discourses on Twitter," which examines counter narrative tweets to Black Lives Matter hashtags.

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants named Spiceland their Outstanding Educator of the Year. This award recognizes educators who demonstrate excellence in a classroom teaching, motivating students, and inspiring educational innovation.

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Helen Popinchalk '03 holds several roles at Simmons, from teaching to curating the University art collection, Popinchalk is Simmons' resident art expert. Learn more about her most recent projects and her hobby that's been passed down through the generations.

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We caught up with School of Nursing Professor LaDonna Christian about what motivates her most: working with students of color and helping them navigate the nursing program. Also, don't miss her expert tips on reducing anxiety when it comes to tests.

• Natural, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
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Assistant Professor Sumayya Ahmed discusses her current project which looks at the archival traces of Black Southerner migration to Chicago through the lens of her maternal great-grandfather, who migrated from Alabama to Chicago in the early 1930s.

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Professor Lena Zuckerwise discusses her upcoming book, "Politics in Captivity: Plantations, Prisons, and World Building," which explores Black political rebellion in the captive spheres of slavery and incarceration in the United States.

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