February 22, 2023
Georgetown students learned to examine the myriad ways that race, racial identity, and racism infiltrate the entertainment media industry in the fall 2022 Doyle Seminar on Pop Culture, Race, and the Media (JOUR 378), taught by former USA Today entertainment journalist Arienne Thompson, who is also an adjunct lecturer in Georgetown University’s Journalism Program.
Arienne Thompson Plourde has been an adjunct lecturer for the Journalism program at Georgetown University since 2018. She is the Sr. Program Manager for Google’s Global Social Impact, leading the team’s strategic planning and operations. Previously, Arienne was director of public relations at a boutique public relations firm, and before that, was a nationally recognized entertainment journalist at USA Today for a decade. She has helped shape some of the most iconic and innovative brands in the world as a career strategist and storyteller with nearly 20 years of tech, diversity leadership, media, public relations and higher education experience. Arienne is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied history and Japanese, and holds a master’s degree in journalism from American University.
