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The Office of Alumnae Relations and Development welcomes you to “Stay Connected to Smith,” where you can explore the vibrant tapestry of Smith’s academic, cultural, and social initiatives. Here, you’ll find a wealth of engaging content, from thought-provoking lectures to insightful articles and impactful student projects, all to keep you connected, informed, and inspired.
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- Benita Jackson, professor of psychology, is co-author of Neighborhood eviction trajectories and odds of moderate and serious psychological distress during pregnancy among African American women, published in March in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The work explores how high neighborhood eviction rates affect the mental health of Black mothers.
- Daphne Lamothe, professor of Africana studies and Smith’s next provost, is the author of Black Time and the Aesthetic Possibility of Objects (University of North Carolina Press), a work analyzing the cultural power of Black global art.
- German Alvarado, director of culinary services at Smith, has been appointed to the board of Communities Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, a regional nonprofit that works to strengthen farms and engage the community in building a local food economy.
- Loretta Ross, associate professor of the study of women and gender, appeared as a commentator in an MSNBC documentary film The Story of Cancel Culture. The film, produced by Trevor Noah, aired in April. Ross is also the recipient of a $25,000 grant award from the New York Women’s Foundation for “The Smith College Initiative for Human Rights and Democracy.”
- Aaron Kamugisha, Ruth J. Simmons Professor of Africana Studies, has been named a 2024–25 National Humanities Center Fellow. He is one of 31 scholars chosen from 491 applicants this year to receive fellowships for research projects in the humanities. Kamugisha’s project is titled “Bewildering Coloniality: Austin Clarke and the Twentieth Century Black Atlantic World.”
- Dining services chef Christine Depault represented Smith at the National Association of College and Food Services culinary competition in April in Buffalo. She received a Bronze Medal for her pan-seared branzino topped with lemon herb vinaigrette over seared shrimp and bulgur salad, cauliflower and leek puree.
- Check out Smith Executive Education to enroll in women’s leadership programs.
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- Thelma Golden ’87, director and chief curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Tigress Osborn ’96, fat rights advocate and chair of the board of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, and are among TIME Magazine's most influential people of 2024.
- Comedian and TikTok star Sabrina Brier ’17 talks to Shondaland about her life-changing internship on the show Scandal and learning from Shonda Rhimes.
- Mary Gallagher ’91 was appointed dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.
- Dale Robinson Anglin ’86 is the head of Press Forward, a new journalism organization supported by a coalition of philanthropic groups, including the MacArthur Foundation.
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak ’02 is the new mayor of Burlington, Vermont. A former member of the Vermont State House, she served as chair of the Vermont Progressive Party from 2013 to 2017, and on the board of several nonprofits.
- Eileen Thompson M.S.W. ’88 is a new board member of On the Rise, a Cambridge Massachusetts–based day shelter for women and transgender/nonbinary people recovering from homelessness. Her experience includes stints as a staff social worker at Boston College and director of the counseling center at Wheelock College.
