Category Archives: Boston College Authors
A collection of essays by Chris Bruell
Boston College alumni Eric Buzzetti and Devin Stauffer, who both earned doctorates in political science from BC in 1998, have edited a landmark collection of writings by Christopher Bruell, a highly regarded Boston College professor of political science who died … Continue reading
‘Nabokov on the Heights’
Nabokov on the Heights: New Studies from Boston College (Academic Studies Press, 2025), edited by Boston College Professor Maxim D. Shrayer, features essays by BC undergraduate and graduate students who took Shrayer’s seminar on the Russian American writer Vladimir Nabokov. The … Continue reading
Drama and romance in a small town
In a new literary romance novel by Liz O’Neill, expectations set for 19-year-old Sabina McTigue’s future are challenged when the young socialite meets the charming Colin Hatch, a charter pilot with a cloudy history. Set in 1950s coastal New England, … Continue reading
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The role of migrant shelters in Mexico
Aside from being one of the most important migration corridors in the world, Mexico is becoming an immigrant destination itself, with more and more migrants deciding or needing to stay in the country after failing to enter the United States. … Continue reading
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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
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‘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
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