Teach-In on Sustainability Fall 2025

STUDENTS

Danielle Marston, MFA Candidate, Fiction
Emma Ross, MFA Candidate, Fiction
Jayden Lopez ‘28, Comedic Arts
Kalan Cordell, MFA Candidate, Fiction
Kathryne McCann, MFA Candidate, Fiction
Yao Xiao ’26, Journalism and Marketing Communication

FACULTY

Alireza Raisi, Affiliated Faculty, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
Christine Casson, Assistant Professor, Writing, Literature & Publishing
Douglas Struck, Senior Journalist In Residence,  Department of Journalism
Hunter Vaughan, Assistant Professor, School of Film, Television, and Media Arts
Jamie Lichtenstein, Senior Affiliated Faculty, Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
Matt McMahan, Assistant Professor of comedic studies, Department of Performing Arts and BFA in Comedic Arts
Michael Tucker, Senior Executive-in-Residence and Associate Chair, Marketing Communication
Nejem Raheem, Professor and Chair, Department of Marketing Communication
Niko Emack, Affiliated Faculty, Communication Studies

ALUMNI

Conor Biddle ’18, Co-Founder at Onward, Creative Director at The People Platform, Emerson alum
Evan Chapman '11, Founder and Senior Director of Policy, Clean Tomorrow, Emerson alum
Gyuri Won ’25, Marketing Communication
Jordan Cipolla ’18, Co-Founder at Onward, Creative Director & Co-Founder at Orbit Lane, Emerson alum
Scott Clavenna MFA '98, Co-Founder and CEO, Latitude Media, Emerson alum
Suzie Hicks ’18, award-winning media maker, author, environmental educator, and Emerson alum

SPECIAL GUESTS

Adilson González Morales, Senior Communications Strategist, Conservation Law Foundation
Alexandra St. Pierre, Director of Communities and Toxics in CLF’s Environmental Justice Program.
Beth Osnes-Stoedefalke, Professor of Theatre and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado
Kyle Marian, comedian, producer, science communications consultant, AP journalist and former evolutionary biologist
Lindsay B. LeClair MS, MPH, CIYT, Public Health and Nutrition Policy Researcher
Matt Hobs, standup comedian and biochemist
Olga Khokhryakova, PhD Candidate in Sport Management at Louisiana State University
Suhasini Ghosh, Staff attorney, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston.

STAFF

Jacqui Moy, Emerson Sustainability
Jennifer Lamy, Emerson Sustainability
Paul Pegher, School of Communication
Steph Smyrl, Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Director of Athletics
The Iwasaki Library IDEAS Team - for creating yet another amazing Research Guide