Professor Jo Trigilio has been an influential activist within the LGBTQ community since 1985 and is honored to be the Pride Marshal for the 48th Annual Boston Pride Parade. How Pride began Gay Liberation marches began in cities across the...

• Awards and Honors
• Boston
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Social Justice & Advocacy

A new voice in children's literature, Luisana tells us about the inspiration behind her novel. Children's literature MFA graduate, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz '18MA/MFA received a New Vision Award from Lee & Low Books. Her middle grade novel The Regent Enigma...

• Awards and Honors
• Careers and Internships
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As president of the Black Student Organization, Nasyria Taylor '19 tells us what the new center means to her. On choosing Simmons In high school, I started a tech-based education reform club called the iSchool Five. We traveled around to...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Careers and Internships

Students, faculty, staff and alumnae/i gathered to commemorate this historic event. On January 31, Simmons celebrated the grand opening of the Multicultural Center, a new space that offers advocacy, programming, and resources in regards to diversity, equity, and inclusion. "This...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We spoke with Adam McNeil '18MA about his awarding-winning paper and his MA in history. Did a particular experience or person inspire you to pursue a graduate degree in history? In March 2012, I visited my brother in Boston for...

• Awards and Honors
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Professor Daren Graves researches how students are recognizing and navigating racial inequity, power and privilege. What made you make the move to teach at Simmons? I love to teach, and I knew Simmons to be an institution that valued teaching...

• Research
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion