Dustin Pearson - Dustin Pearson Profile

"Say it in 6: ""To open the doors that wouldn't."" Dustin Pearson is pursuing a doctoral degree (PhD) in Creative Writing from Florida State University's College of Arts and Sciences. Dustin is obtaining a graduate degree to increase the likelihood that he will be employed in a position that enables him to mentor aspiring writers from marginalized backgrounds. His art and research aim to explore the relationship among intimacy, disclosure, and human connection with respect to a person's ability to empathize with an occurrence outside their lived experience. Dustin hopes to validate the benefits of studying and practicing art by society's general population and to share his art with a large and diverse audience. "