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Edward Schwarzschild, AM ’89, PhD ’94, co-authored Job/Security: A Composite Portrait of the Expanding American Security Industry (MIT Press, August 2024). The book is a collection of candid interviews with and photographs of workers in America’s burgeoning security state, featuring workers in homeland security, border patrol and the secret service. The book led to a […]

Jennifer Boylan, MA ’89, was reelected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2024 for a second term to represent House District 66 (Riverside, Barrington). Boylan has been a strong advocate for protecting the environment; mitigating the effects of climate change; and supporting common- sense gun laws, reproductive freedom and small businesses. 

James Bailey, MA ’89, PhD ’91, the Hochberg Professor of Leadership at the George Washington University, has received many accolades. They include the following: the Outstanding Contribution Award from the GWU Executive MBA program, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Law Association and the Best Practitioner Article Award from the American Philosophical Society. He has been named […]

Michelle Kibby, OT89, is a professor at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in the clinical psychology and brain and cognitive sciences programs. She serves as faculty ombudsperson as well. Kibby is also a child-clinical neuropsychologist, a wife and a mother.

Camille L. Vélez-Rivé, LA89, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November and sworn in as a U.S. District judge for the District of Puerto Rico. President Biden signed her commission on Dec. 9, 2022. Previously, she had served as a U.S. Magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico since 2004.

Maurice O. Wallace, LA89,an associate professor of English at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, penned King’s Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr. (Duke University Press Books, September 2022). In his book, he explores the character of Martin Luther King Jr.’s voice and how a mixture of architecture, acoustics, sound technology and […]

Sandra (Fullerton) Joireman, LA89, who studies post-conflict property restitution, interviewed people in Oman whose families had lost property in the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. One of the interviewees for her research project was a WashU grad, and the two had an enjoyable conversation about their great experiences at the university. Joireman is the Weinstein Chair […]

Dean VonDras, GR89, GR93, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, co-wrote Music, Wellness, and Aging: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life (Cambridge University Press, October 2021). The book discusses the intersection between music, wellness and aging, and explores deeper aspects of human nature and later life.

Sandra Cohen, LA89, is a founding partner in the New York City law firm Cohen & Buckmann, P.C. The firm was named a Top Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Firm by Chambers & Partners, a UK-based company considered by many to publish the most researched and coveted rankings of top law firms and lawyers in […]

Susan (Pollack) Burns, FA89, designed a four-panel, stained-glass window, “Seasons of Joy,” which was commissioned and recently dedicated by congregation Ohr Tzafon, Atascadero, Calif. Burns writes that her first experience with large-scale graphics was designing the façade mural for the 1986 Thurtene Carnival.