@mneesha-gellman.bsky.social
Political science professor at Emerson College and director of Emerson Prison Initiative. All postings my own, not institutional.
EPI/@EmersonCollege alumnus '22 Charlie Rosario doing good in the world, now a Board member at the Prison Book Program! www.wcvb.com/article/5-fo...
Mass.-based volunteers send free books to people in prisons across U.S.
The Prison Book Program started as a grassroots collective in Cambridge in 1972.
www.wcvb.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
EPI/@EmersonCollege alumnus '22 Charlie Rosario doing good in the world, now a Board member at the Prison Book Program! www.wcvb.com/article/5-fo...
Congratulations to two @emersoncollege.bsky.social /Emerson Prison Initiative students/alumni who were honorable mentions for the PEN incarcerated writers award! Very impressive, Peter and Kyle! pen.org/prison-writi...
PEN America Prison Writing Award Winners: 2025
Announcing the honorees of the 2025 Prison Writing Awards. Winners are awarded publication in an annual anthology series.
pen.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Congratulations to two @emersoncollege.bsky.social /Emerson Prison Initiative students/alumni who were honorable mentions for the PEN incarcerated writers award! Very impressive, Peter and Kyle! pen.org/prison-writi...
Congratulations to Clark University, Emerson College, and all involved in Dr. Tenenbaum's LARC, the Emerson Prison Initiative, and more, for doing this important work! binj.news/2025/11/04/b...
Beyond Boston: Fighting Poverty And Prison With College In Worcester | BINJ
Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education's proven power to cut recidivism
binj.news
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Congratulations to Clark University, Emerson College, and all involved in Dr. Tenenbaum's LARC, the Emerson Prison Initiative, and more, for doing this important work! binj.news/2025/11/04/b...
It is an honor to be recognized at PAIR's awards ceremony tonight for my work as an expert witness in asylum hearings: www.pairproject.org/pair-gala
PAIR Gala – PAIR Project
www.pairproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is an honor to be recognized at PAIR's awards ceremony tonight for my work as an expert witness in asylum hearings: www.pairproject.org/pair-gala
Mi análisis del Informe de Derechos Humanos del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. sobre El Salvador, en español: beta.elfaro.net/opinion/el-d...
El Departamento de Estado está mintiendo sobre El Salvador
Los reportes filtrados coinciden con el reciente esfuerzo de Rubio por "certificar" que El Salvador está implementando medidas para proteger el estado de derecho, una maniobra egoísta que también cont...
beta.elfaro.net
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Mi análisis del Informe de Derechos Humanos del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. sobre El Salvador, en español: beta.elfaro.net/opinion/el-d...
Interesting analysis from Northwestern University's Dr. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd: newlinesmag.com/argument/ame...
American Support for Israel Is a Political Religion
US policies reflect the entangled destinies of the two countries — as if they were merged into one
newlinesmag.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Interesting analysis from Northwestern University's Dr. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd: newlinesmag.com/argument/ame...
Thanks to the @iwbcollab.bsky.social Immigrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative for this interview, spanning my interests in rights, education, and well-being around the world!
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
¡Hablemos! With Dr. Mneesha Gellman - Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative
By Sophia Benavente Dr. Mneesha Gellman is an Associate Professor at Emerson College and is the Founder and Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative. She is an expert on comparative democratization, ...
iwbcollab.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thanks to the @iwbcollab.bsky.social Immigrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative for this interview, spanning my interests in rights, education, and well-being around the world!
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
iwbcollab.org/hablemos-wit...
Powerful testimonial about #elsalvador journalists in exile because of #Authoritarianism by @NelsonRaudaZablah: www.csmonitor.com/World/Americ...
He reported on the rise of an autocrat. Then he had to flee his country.
Our reporter fled El Salvador after uncovering corruption. He’s one of many escaping authoritarian regimes.
www.csmonitor.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Powerful testimonial about #elsalvador journalists in exile because of #Authoritarianism by @NelsonRaudaZablah: www.csmonitor.com/World/Americ...
As people are navigating deportation, these guides are resources: educationjustice.net/reentry-guid...
Reentry Guides – Education Justice Project
educationjustice.net
September 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
As people are navigating deportation, these guides are resources: educationjustice.net/reentry-guid...
Excellent analysis of Ecuador's politics by @eduardopages.bsky.social: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
Why Democracy by Referendum Seldom Works | Journal of Democracy
Ecuador’s presidents have a history of asking the public to back their initiatives rather than building political coalitions to accomplish their goals. The country’s current president is no different…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Excellent analysis of Ecuador's politics by @eduardopages.bsky.social: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
A fabulous Northwestern University reunion moment at APSA2025 in Vancouver with Dr. Will Reno, mentor extraordinaire, and Dr. Jackie McCallister!
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A fabulous Northwestern University reunion moment at APSA2025 in Vancouver with Dr. Will Reno, mentor extraordinaire, and Dr. Jackie McCallister!
photos.app.goo.gl/cYNrL5Vcqa8k... So lovely to talk about the ethics of care in scholarship with the amazing Dr. Ronay Bakkan and Dr. Maria Mendez on our Interpretive Methodologies and Methods panel at APSA 2025! They are so inspiring!
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September 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
photos.app.goo.gl/cYNrL5Vcqa8k... So lovely to talk about the ethics of care in scholarship with the amazing Dr. Ronay Bakkan and Dr. Maria Mendez on our Interpretive Methodologies and Methods panel at APSA 2025! They are so inspiring!
There are other examples of how to handle population movement, and my former undergrad advisor Omar Encarnacion shows what Spain has figured out: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
Opinion | Spain Is an Example to the World
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There are other examples of how to handle population movement, and my former undergrad advisor Omar Encarnacion shows what Spain has figured out: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
I'll be speaking at this CISPES/MA Peace Action event tonight on El Salvador and incarceration with social movement leader Lourdes Palacios, who I interviewed in 2024 about political prisoners in the country: masspeaceaction.org/event/the-us...
The US and El Salvador: Parallels on Political Persecution and Mass Incarceration
Presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are running parallel authoritarian projects that use national security to justify human rights abuses via mass incarceration. Platforms like MAGA and Bukele’s…
masspeaceaction.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'll be speaking at this CISPES/MA Peace Action event tonight on El Salvador and incarceration with social movement leader Lourdes Palacios, who I interviewed in 2024 about political prisoners in the country: masspeaceaction.org/event/the-us...
Author is one of the creators of IHRA, arguing against its codification now: knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...
A Bad Deal: By Adopting the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism, Universities are Sacrificing Academic Freedom
knightcolumbia.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Author is one of the creators of IHRA, arguing against its codification now: knightcolumbia.org/content/a-ba...
Congratulations to From Prison Cells to PhD and to Dr. Andrisse on tenure! www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
How I Went From Prison to Tenure
What if we saw incarceration not as a liability, but as a credential?
www.chronicle.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Congratulations to From Prison Cells to PhD and to Dr. Andrisse on tenure! www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Excellent podcast on #humanrights in #ElSalvador with a focus on #prison: open.spotify.com/episode/4hv2...
Mass Incarceration in El Salvador
open.spotify.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Excellent podcast on #humanrights in #ElSalvador with a focus on #prison: open.spotify.com/episode/4hv2...
My op ed in The Hill about the State Department's new distorted human rights report on El Salvador: thehill.com/opinion/inte... #humanrights
thehill.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My op ed in The Hill about the State Department's new distorted human rights report on El Salvador: thehill.com/opinion/inte... #humanrights
