Deborah Z Porter, founder and executive director of the Boston Book Festival, on throwing pots and how she became a book person. What would you title your autobiography? Out of Cleveland. When you were a child, what did you want...

We asked Sherry about her research into the gender gap in computer science education. Dix scholar, Sherry Seibel '18 is researching how the motivations of women who attend coding bootcamps differ from the motivations of women who attend undergraduate computer...

• Adult Student (Dix Scholar)
• Research

December 1 marks the 30 th commemoration of World AIDS Day. In honor of 2018's theme, "Know Your Status," Professor Gary Bailey shares his personal experiences and thoughts on the effect of AIDS in the Black community. Learn how education...

• Boston
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Social Justice & Advocacy

The Communications Liaison hosts 5th annual networking event for students and alumnae/i. Students sat with communications alumnae/i at the fifth annual networking dinner on Thursday, November 8 to talk graduation, careers and life after Simmons. The dinner, hosted by the...

• Mentorship

The flexibility of the gender and cultural studies program broadened the scope of Meredith's scholarly work. Tell us about your current work. I am the Director of Writing and Rhetoric at Bowdoin College. I work with faculty and students across...

• Careers and Internships

We caught up with Taylor about her business, Opt for Epic, and her plans to travel the world. On choosing Simmons I fell in love with Simmons the moment I stepped foot on campus. At the time I didn’t know...

• Careers and Internships

Credited for making the library cool again, Jennifer tells us what it was like to win this $25,000 award. On pursuing library science I've wanted to be a librarian ever since I was a kid. I used to draw check...

• Careers and Internships

Erica tells us how she turned her passion for witchcraft and feminism into HausWitch Home + Healing. Erica Feldmann ‘12MA is many things: an entrepreneur, a historian, a radical feminist — and a witch. Although the witch figure has been...

• Entrepreneurship
• Careers and Internships

Kelley Chunn '90MS recently moderated the "BraveSpace: A Conversation on Diversity in Media & Communications" panel. Here's a glimpse into her discussion about how to incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion into the hiring process and beyond. Key questions to consider...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We caught up with Jenn about how she became a career strategist and founded Work Wonders Careers. Tell us about your background. Like many people, I fell into hiring and recruiting by accident. It started out as a job to...

• Careers and Internships