Women of the Passion
Following a successful career in academia and numerous scholarly publications, Joan Driscoll Lynch, a 1957 graduate of the Lynch School of Education and professor emerita at Villanova University, has directed her pen toward a new form. Her first novel, Women of the Passion, offers readers an experience of the time after the death of Christ from the point of view of his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and the other women who walked with him, bringing to life what may have been their thoughts, fears, and activities at that turbulent time. Inspired by Scripture and incorporating historical research, the book has been called a ‘religious thriller’ filled with ‘suspense, intrigue, and fascinating details of conditions in Jerusalem in the first century.’ Lynch and her husband, Thomas, a 1958 alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, reside in Pennsylvania.
Lessons from the F.B.I.
William A. Gavin, a member of the Boston College Class of 1963, has co-authored a new book that taps into expertise gained from his 28 years of investigative and executive management positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through a host of real-life FBI stories, from the front lines to the back offices, Pick Up Your Own Brass: Leadership the FBI Way reveals the leadership qualities that have enabled the Bureau to successfully navigate through a century of war, espionage, organized crime, terrorism, fraud, and corruption. Gavin and his co-author Kathleen McChesney offer 50 essential leadership lessons based on challenges that they have faced over the course of their careers. Gavin, now retired from the FBI, headed the field offices in Denver, Colorado, Miami, Florida and New York City, where he had overall responsibility for the resolution of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. In addition, he served as the assistant director at FBI Headquarters where he was responsible for all internal affairs matters, the compliance audits of all FBI domestic and foreign offices and for all long range planning for the FBI.
Visualizing Law
Visual digital technologies are having a profound impact on the practice and theory of law, according to BC Law alumnus Richard Sherwin, a professor at New York Law School and author of the new book, Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque. According to Sherwin: Lawyers, judges, and lay jurors face a vast array of visual evidence and visual argument. From videos documenting crimes and accidents to computer displays of their digital simulation, increasingly, the search for fact-based justice inside the courtroom is becoming an offshoot of visual meaning making. What is real, and what is simulation? Left unchecked, this condition of ontological and ethical uneasiness threatens the legitimacy of law’s claim to power.
Numbers 1,2,3,4
A prose poem by Boston College English Professor Elizabeth Graver – written about a photograph of an Arctic weather station – was selected to appear along with the photo in the current issue of Hayden’s Ferry Review.
Banish fear of public speaking
Boston College Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations John Feudo shares advice based upon a lifetime of speaking in public in his new book, I’d Rather Eat Live Spiders: A Definitive Guide to Becoming a Successful Speaker. In the book, Feudo discusses the importance of fine-tuning one’s communication skills in any field; how to overcome fear; and tips on using voice, eye contact, and hand gestures to develop a strong presentation. The key, Feudo tells the Boston Globe (last item), is treating all public speaking situations in the same manner: as a one-sided conversation in which you’re answering an unasked question.
Calling collect
New Boston College School of Theology and Ministry alumna Heather Angell had her poem “Calling Collect” published in America magazine.
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