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Nurturing critical consciousness in schools
In their new book, Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice (Harvard Education Press, 2020), authors Scott Seider, an associate professor in the BC Lynch School of Education and Human Development, … Continue reading
Ask Peter Kreeft
BC Professor of Philosophy Peter Kreeft is a prolific author who has given thousands of lectures across the country. In his new book, he has gathered together the most interesting questions he has been asked at these events, paired with … Continue reading
Goodness and mercy in Toni Morrison’s writings
International Studies Visiting Assistant Professor Mara Willard is one of the editors of a new book exploring the writings of Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who died earlier this year. Goodness and the Literary Imagination (University of … Continue reading
Book prize for Ismay
Trust Among Strangers: Friendly Societies in Modern Britain (Cambridge University Press) by Associate Professor of History Penelope Ismay, was named co-winner of the 2019 Stansky Book Prize presented by North American Conference on British Studies. The Stansky Book Prize is … Continue reading
Remembering and forgetting
Since arriving at BC, Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Guy Beiner has seen his book, Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster (Oxford University Press, 2018), selected for three major awards in the field … Continue reading
New Solutions to the Anxiety Epidemic
Lynch School of Education and Human Development Professor Emeritus John Dacey, a psychotherapist who has first-person experience with PTSD, has launched a podcast, New Solutions to the Anxiety Epidemic. Through his podcast, he shares his personal experience and professional expertise … Continue reading
Political scientist wins book award
Assistant Professor of Political Science Lindsey O’Rourke, whose expertise includes international security, U.S. foreign policy, and military strategy, has won the International Security Studies Section Best Book Award for her book, Covert Regime Change: America’s Secret Cold War (Cornell University … Continue reading
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