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Elspeth Cypher, '80
Q. What are you currently working on?
Although I have taught in the past as an adjunct professor at Southern New England School of Law, I’m currently working on various different cases coming from all of the trial courts in Massachusetts.
Q. Could you describe an experience at Emerson that shifted the course of your career?
Participating in debate and forensics, as well as Professor Mike Brown’s American government classes and retired professor Walt Littlefield’s persuasion classes.
Q. Is there an example of how a faculty member aided you with your career?
Professor Mike Brown encouraged me to go to law school. He hired me as a clerk when he was practicing law, so he was very instrumental in my career.
Q. What’s the single most important piece of advice you’d like to give to Emerson students?
Participate in relevant extracurricular activities, especially debate and forensics. They’re so instrumental in training you to think and speak, as well as to prepare you academically for graduate school.
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Dr. Linda Gallant has accepted an international research fellowship with Mobile Studies, which focuses on the global study of mobile media and communication across cultures and countries. Mobile Studies advances an interdisciplinary approach among mobile media and communication scholars. A goal is also to facilitate research and knowledge between academic researchers and “key players in the mobile industry.” Dr. Gallant will conduct research with the institute to be published in Mobile Yearbook 2014 and presented at its 2014 annual conference.
