Massiah, producer of two segments for the award-winning "Eyes on the Prize" series, has directed many documentaries, including "Trash" (1985), "The Bombing of Osage Avenue" (1986), and "Cecil B. Moore" (1987).

He is the founder and director of the Scribe Video Center, where members of community organizations and emerging video-makers are trained to address social issues through the creative use of video.

Massiah received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree from M.I.T. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named him a MacArthur Fellow in 1996.

The Creative Approach to Public Policy lecture series invites four MacArthur Fellows to share insight on current public policy issues. Next in the lecture series will be Allan Bérubé with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Look: Undressing the Military's Anti-Gay Policy" on Wed., Oct.1, at 7:30 p.m., in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.