Master Lecturer
Bio
Marisa Milanese joined the Writing Program faculty in 2005 and has designed and taught seminars on public speaking, attention, global documentary film, literary journalism, education theory, and college culture. Her interests in pedagogical innovation and civic engagement helped to shape the Writing Program’s upper-division seminars “Public Writing” and “Public Speaking,” which she co-designed. She has been a long-time union steward and mentor to Hayden Scholars, students from underserved schools in New York City. A former journalist, she has written on undergraduate education for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Cognoscenti and on a range of topics for publications including the Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Stanford, Travel and Leisure, Elle, and the San Jose Mercury News. In 2012, she was awarded Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence.