Ellen Hoffman, former director of communications at the Media Lab, has been a staff member at the Lab for more than 30 years. She works on communications for the Center for Constructive Communication, provides editorial assistance for City Science, and has been involved in preserving the Media Lab archive. After receiving her master’s of journalism from Boston University, she began her writing career at MIT’s News Office. She has written for the Harvard School of Public Health; Health Care International, Scotland; and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and is the author of Rock the Casbah. She is a board member emeritus for the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation and is a past member of GBH’s Community Advisory Board.