This year’s Homecoming edition of the The Amherst Student profiles a number of outstanding alumni in arts and communication. Learn more about these alum’s personal and professional pathways at the links below. In the process, you’ll also see some of the stellar writing being done by current Amherst students.
Jacob Ribicoff ’86
Emmy-award winning sound designer of Severance.
Long-time radio/podcast producer and head of programming at WNYC
Leader of creative teams at Pixar and Locksmith Animation.
Producer at Riot Games
Editorial Director of The New York Times Magazine
Senior Science Communications Officer at NASA
Award-winning writer on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
One of the most well-regarded contemporary novelists in the U.S.