Author Archives: Emily W. Dodd
Olivia Biluck studies big game and small cells on her path to being an animal doc
It was on a childhood fishing trip with her dad when, without hesitation, she picked up a snake with her bare hands, that Olivia Biluck first showed signs of having what it takes to be a vet. “The snake bit me, and I just said, ‘Look, Dad, a snake!’” says Biluck, a senior biology major.…
English prof Jess Row riffs on the modern troubles of an old truism and his new book on race, fiction, and the American imagination.
In 2012, writer and producer Lena Dunham faced harsh criticism for the all-white cast of HBO’s hit series, Girls. When asked about her decision in an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, Dunham said it was an accident; she wrote about people she knew, and only later realized it was a show about four white women.…
5 lessons to learn from writer and activist Darnell Moore
Author and activist Darnell Moore visited TCNJ for Community Learning Day on September 4 to discuss his memoir, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. The book was chosen as the summer reading for TCNJ’s class of 2023 and reflects the college’s intellectual theme for the academic year: “#ClimateMatters:…