Alisa Solomon

Alisa Solomon directs the Arts & Culture concentration in the M.A. program at the Columbia Journalism School. In addition to contributing occasionally to The Nation, The Forward, The New York Times, and other publications, she was on staff at the Village Voice for 21 years, where she won awards for her reporting on reproductive rights, electoral politics, women's sports, and immigration policy. Solomon's book, Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender, won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.