{"id":19,"date":"2026-01-22T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-01-28T02:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T02:24:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Established in 2025, the Macaulay Story Lab (MSL) is a dynamic initiative designed to help students become powerful storytellers. Through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and live events like Story Slams, MSL provides hands-on training in crafting and sharing compelling narratives. By amplifying student voices, the lab fosters community, enhances communication skills, and increases visibility for the impactful work of Macaulay students and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-4);border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Robert.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Small is a media producer of web-based entertainment, digital content production, and traditional television and film. Professor Small has received the George Foster Peabody Award for broadcasting as well as three Prime Time Emmy nominations and the MTV Video Music Award for his series\u00a0<em>Unplugged.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/storylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2026\/01\/Cameron.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameron Stewart is the Student Writing Specialist at Macaulay. His short stories have appeared in <em>Tin House<\/em>, <em>Epoch<\/em>, <em>Painted Bride Quarterly<\/em>, and <em>Joyland<\/em>, among others. He has received fellowships from the Sewanee Writers\u2019 Conference and Columbia University\u2019s School of the Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 2025, the Macaulay Story Lab (MSL) is a dynamic initiative designed to help students become powerful storytellers. Through workshops, one-on-one coaching, and live events like Story Slams, MSL provides hands-on training in crafting and sharing compelling narratives. 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