Louisa Shepard

Louisa Shepard is a Senior News Officer in University Communications at Penn, where she covers English, history of art, music, theater, and classical studies, among other subject areas, in the School of Arts and Sciences. She also supports coverage for other areas across the University. 

Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Emily Wilson
Some 1,500 people—900 in Irvine Auditorium, 600 online—listened to the author’s discussion with Professor Emily Wilson during the annual Stephen A. Levin Family Dean’s Forum.
Balancing Ballet
Ayesha Patel, C’25, designed a plan that allowed a Philadelphia dance company to revive a program for younger supporters.
Dwelling in Possibility
Celebrating poetry and literature at Penn since 1985, Al Filreis, Kelly Family Professor of English, continues to create community at the home for writers he founded in a Locust Walk house a quarter-century ago.
A Medieval Minute (Video)
For their 60-second lecture, Emily Steiner, Professor of English, and doctoral student Aylin Malcolm, put a dramatic twist on medieval English and the 2018 midterm elections.
Tweeting the Medieval
Emily Steiner, Professor of English, uses new technology to illuminate age-old manuscripts.