Emerald Christopher, LLC PhD Student, Honored as WREI Congressional Fellow

Earlier this month, Emerald Christopher—a Language, Literacy and Culture PhD student at UMBC—was recognized at a reception honoring Women’s Research and Education Institute (WREI) 2013 Congressional Fellows on Women and Public Policy (see photo). Through this fellowship program she has served as a legislative assistant in the Office of Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut’s third district. Christopher’s portfolio has included legislation on women’s equal pay, paid sick days, domestic human trafficking and the Congressional Baby Caucus. She has drafted legislation, written talking points and letters for the Congresswoman, and planned and implemented events for the Congressional Baby Caucus, among other …