Melissa Joskow

Senior Manager, Graphic Design & Communications

Melissa Joskow is the senior manager of graphic design and communications at PEN America. Previously, Joskow has worked as an associate digital designer at Media Matters for America in Washington, D.C., where she created visual assets for the organization’s website and social media channels. She holds an MA in art history, renaissance studies, and curatorship from the Warburg Institute in London, and a BA from Wesleyan University in studio art and government.


Articles by Melissa Joskow

World Voices Festival
Friday May 16

2025 PEN World Voices Festival: Writing as Resistance

Every poem is a smuggled truth.

Wednesday May 7

2025 PEN World Voices Festival: Slices of American Life

At the World Voices Festival, Chung and Bilal explored the power of storytelling to reflect the lives and desires of their communities.