Category Archives: Boston College Authors
The War on Terror
Boston College Assistant Professor of Communication Renée Pastel considers media representations of the “War on Terror,” notably films, television shows, and online videos, in her new book War in Pieces: “War on Terror” Media and the Fracturing of American Identity (Rutgers … Continue reading
A dog’s life
In the first book-length study that combines the history of Britain with animal studies, Boston College Professor of History Robin Fleming explores the social, cultural, and ritual histories of Roman Britain’s people through an investigation of their entanglements with dogs. … Continue reading
‘Untamed Unicorns’
In her new book, Untamed Unicorns: Why Startup Finance Is Broken and How to Fix It (Harvard University Press, 2026), Boston College Law School Professor Renée Jones delineates the harms that have come from deregulating venture capital financing and presents … Continue reading
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A modern retelling of ‘Persuasion’
Worse Than Strangers (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, 2026), a new book by 2019 Boston College graduate Kyleigh Leddy, is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Set on Nantucket, Worse Than Strangers is the story of Lily Gardner, unemployed and … Continue reading
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Art of school leadership
A new book aimed at improving K-12 school education by David Corvi, a leadership coach at Boston College’s Lynch Leadership Academy, advocates strengthening the everyday experience of every learner—instead of employing interventions or isolated strategies—through a reimagined instructional framework for … Continue reading
Archiving working-class community publications
Worker Writers: Community Archiving in Action (National Council of Teachers of English, 2025), by Boston College Assistant Professor of English Jessica Pauszek, brings together conversations in community literacy, archival methods, and working-class studies to explore the process of collaboratively creating … Continue reading
Ecological community writing
Local Organic: Food Rhetorics and Community Writing for Impact (Utah State University Press, 2025) explores ways to collaboratively build resilient local food systems and coalitions across disciplines and communities. Based on more than a decade of research, teaching, writing, and … Continue reading
Honoring the legacy of Thomas Groome
A new publication honors the scholarly contributions and legacy of Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas H. Groome, a renowned Catholic religious educator and theologian who is retiring after 50 years at Boston College. A Shared Praxis: Renewing … Continue reading
Jane Jacobs
In his new book, Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs: The Conversation of Cities (Hamilton Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026), Richard Keeley brings urbanologist Jane Jacobs’ thoughts on cities, nations, and economies into dialogue with today’s urban challenges. Jacobs, who died in … Continue reading
‘Curiosa Americana’
Cotton Mather, the Puritan minister whose name became synonymous with the phrase “witch hunt” for his connection to the notorious Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693, is also known for his contributions to medicine and science, notably his advocacy for smallpox … Continue reading
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