Category Archives: Boston College Authors
Strauss and Lessing
Assistant Professor of Political Science Hannes Kerber is editor of Leo Strauss, La dottrina essoterica: Saggi su Lessing, published by Edizioni ETS. The volume (translated to The Exoteric Doctorine: Essays on Lessing) is a collection of posthumous writings that shed new … Continue reading
‘The Second Estate’
In her new book, The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy (University of Chicago Press, 2025), Boston College Law School Professor Ray Madoff explores what she sees as a central driver of economic inequality in the … Continue reading
Shakespeare and Catholic education
Exploring Catholic Faith in Shakespearean Drama: Towards a Philosophy of Education (Routledge, 2025) is a new volume that investigates the connection between William Shakespeare and Catholic education, arguing that Shakespeare’s plays explore Catholic understandings of human life in ways that remain … Continue reading
Poetry prizes for Alvarez
Amy M. Alvarez, an associate professor of the practice at Messina College, was named the winner of the inaugural CARICON Prize for Poetry by the CARICON Foundation for her collection of poems, Makeshift Altar (The University Press of Kentucky, 2024). … Continue reading
Expert Witness Ann Burgess
Boston College Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Burgess is a trailblazing forensic and psychiatric nurse who has worked with the FBI and helped pioneer the criminal profiling of serial killers. A new book, Expert Witness: The Weight of Our … Continue reading
‘The Making of an Educator’
Described as a “must-read for anyone working in or interested in education today,” the latest book from Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development Research Professor Andy Hargreaves offer insights into critical issues in education, including teacher autonomy, … Continue reading
A framework for literacy instruction
Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor C. Patrick Proctor and Lynch School alumna Renata Love Jones, Ph.D. ’20 have written a book that provides a guide for K-12 educators to design curriculum focused on literacy and metalinguistics. Metalinguistics … Continue reading
The 4-day work week
Economist Juliet Schor, a professor of sociology at Boston College and a bestselling author, makes the case for a four-day work week, showing how this model can address major challenges such as burnout, AI, and the climate crisis, in her … Continue reading
Grace
A new scholarly publication by Boston College Assistant Professor of Theology Henry Shea, S.J., proposes a deeply grounded investigation of grace and a robustly balanced impetus for advancing the gospel in the 21st century. In An Analogy of Grace (University … Continue reading
Pooling the financial risk
In her latest book, Sharing Risk: The Path to Economic Well-Being for All (University of California Press, 2025) Liberty Mutual Insurance Professor of Law Patricia McCoy probes explanations as to why financial burdens have shifted onto the backs of individual … Continue reading