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  1. Book Cover of "Public Relations Planning"
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons School of Management Professors Co-author New Textbook on Public Relations

    In their recently published book, Public Relations Planning, Professor Edward Vieira, Jr. and Associate Professor Yulong Li offer a comprehensive guide to strategic communication, replete with rich insights and academic research. We spoke with them about their approach to PR, advances in the field, and how Simmons offers students robust career training.

  2. The logo for the grant proposal "RCN-UBE: Transforming Learning and Equity in UBE [Undergraduate Biology Education] by Cultivating an Ecosystem of Feedback (TUnE-BIO)"
    Faculty Spotlight

    National Science Foundation Grant Aims to Retain STEM Students

    Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning in the Center for Faculty Excellence, was recently awarded a four-year $496K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the funded project is to tackle high attrition rates in biology education at the undergraduate level by improving assessment and feedback practices.

  3. Protestors holding signs at an anti-Islam protest in Washington D.C., March 3, 2011
    Faculty Spotlight

    Associate Professor Saher Selod Historicizes Islamophobia in the United States

    Simmons’ Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) hosted “Islamophobia in the United States: Understanding Past and Present Anti-Muslim Discrimination,” a virtual lecture by Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Research for the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding Saher Selod. This talk chronicled the history of anti-Muslim racism and demonstrated how 9/11 instituted a new era of the racialization of Muslims.

  4. A collage of three new faculty members in the Simmons School of Library and Information Science
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science Welcomes Three New Faculty Members

    Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) welcomes three new faculty members this Fall, with expertise in archives management, school librarianship, and public librarianship for children and teens.

  5. A collage of six new faculty: Kristen Brewer, Kelsea Gildawie, Marcella Hangen, Missy Olive, Elisabeth Simonin, and Steve Wechsler
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons University’s School of Sciences and Health Professions Welcomes Six New Faculty Members

    The new faculty members have joined the Behavior Analysis, Biology, Physical Therapy, Psychology, and Public Health programs.

  6. A mother holding her premature baby through the walls of an incubator
    Faculty Spotlight

    School of Social Work Professor Studies Impact of Inequity on Preterm Birth

    Joanna Almeida, professor and Eva Whiting White Endowed Chair at Simmons School of Social Work, was quoted in a MedicalXpress article about her new study of factors impacting preterm birth in the Commonwealth.

  7. A close up photo of a marijuana plant. Photo credit: Mohammad Faisal Pirzada, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
    Faculty Spotlight

    Simmons Faculty Research Student Perception of Medical Marijuana

    A research paper by School of Nursing faculty Clark Cassone and Patricia Rissmiller was highlighted in the HempGazette, “Survey Finds US Nurse Practitioner Students Support Medical Cannabis.”

  8. A student taking notes in a notebook while reading from a laptop
    Faculty Spotlight

    Senior Associate Director for Teaching and Learning Weighs In On Mental Health “Crisis”

    Sarah Cavanagh was interviewed for an article, “Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis Narrative” in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In the article, Cavanagh addresses the balanced approach to mental health issues offered in her book, Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health With Compassionate Challenge.

  9. A section of the Voynich Manuscript
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Adjunct Interviewed in The Atlantic as a “prominent medievalist”

    School of Library and Information Science Adjunct Lisa Fagin Davis was interviewed in The Atlantic for her work interpreting the 500-year-old Voynich Manuscript.

  10. A person seated at a table with an open laptop and cup of coffee
    Faculty Spotlight

    School of Management Adjunct Faculty Member Interviewed About Team-Building Strategies

    School of Management Adjunct Faculty and Institute Fellow Mary Shapiro was interviewed by the Harvard Business Review for an article, “17 Team Building Activities for In-Person, Remote, and Hybrid Teams.”