Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Debut novel from Sean Smith
Boston College Chronicle editor Sean Smith has written for a living for the better part of four decades, but this summer he has published his first work of fiction, Transformation Summer. Smith’s debut novel focuses on 16-year-old Seth, who reluctantly … Continue reading
Best by or on Fénelon
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (1651-1715) was a major intellectual figure known for his writings on spiritual life, political philosophy, and education. Boston College Professor of Political Science Ryan Patrick Hanley, a specialist on the political philosophy of the … Continue reading
Building a better workplace
Rethinking Work: Essays on Building a Better Workplace (Routledge, 2023), co-edited by Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor David Blustein and Lisa Y. Flores (University of Missouri), is a collection of essays by thought-leaders, scholars, activists, … Continue reading
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Realism and uncertainty in world politics
In his book An Unwritten Future: Realism and Uncertainty in World Politics (Princeton University Press, 2022), Boston College Professor of Political Science and International Studies Jonathan Kirshner offers a fresh reassessment of classical realism and reveals how this enduring approach—and not … Continue reading
In the face of the abuse crisis
Doing Theology and Theological Ethics in the Face of the Abuse Crisis (Pickwick Publications, 2023) is a timely volume of essays by scholars from around the world who offer insights on the crisis itself and pathways for moving forward. Edited … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, theological ethics, Theology Department
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The rise and influence of teachers unions
Despite being all but nonexistent until the 1960s, teachers unions are maintaining members, assets—and political influence while other American labor organizations struggle for survival and relevance in the 21st century. In the new book, How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, … Continue reading
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Tagged American politics, Political Science department, teachers, unions
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The descendant
Fourteen-year-old Taína just learned that she is a descendant of a long line of strong Taíno women, but will knowing this help her bring peace and justice to her family and community? This question is at the heart of a … Continue reading
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Tagged history, identity, Woods College of Advancing Studies, young adult novel
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A social justice schema for educators
BC Lynch School of Education and Human Development Associate Professor Martin Scanlan has written a book that provides educators and school leaders in both the private and public sectors a highly accessible and easily adaptable framework that can help them … Continue reading
‘Kantika’ by Elizabeth Graver
Kantika, the latest novel by Boston College Professor of English Elizabeth Graver, is a multi-generational saga of one family’s displacement across four different countries. Kantika is a genre-defying mix of personal family history and fiction, drawn from interviews Graver conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged English Department, family saga, Jewish, novel
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Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions
Rhonda Frederick, a professor of English and African and African Diaspora Studies at BC, has written a literature-based interdisciplinary study of blackness in the Americas. Evidence of Things Not Seen: Fantastical Blackness in Genre Fictions (Rutgers University Press, 2022) interprets … Continue reading
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