06/16/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/16/2026 09:12
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Margaret Boyle was featured on Maine Public Radio's Night Lights talking about Hanukkah traditions and Sabor JudÃo: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook, which she coauthored.
Professor of Theater Abigail Killeen starred as Goneril in King Lear at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, a production praised by The New York Times as "A Stunning 'King Lear' That Reveals, Finally, a King in Full." Killeen also played Mrs. Gibbs in the Portland Stage Company production of Our Town, which also featured her former student Kathleen Lewis '10 in the role of Emily.
Works from Professor of Art Michael Kolster'sMongrels of Our Making: The Plastiglomerates of Hawai'i were part of a photography and faculty exhibition at Boston's Photographic Resource Center. Kolster's Mongrels of Our Making and L.A. River were included in New York City's International Center of Photography's 2026 BookFest.
Associate Professor of Music Tracy McMullen was a 2024-2025 Fellow at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, where she researched her forthcoming book, The Courage to Hear: Jazz Traditions and the Price of the Ticket.
Professor of Sociology Ingrid Nelsoncontributed to a study published in The Sociological Quarterly comparing how athletes and non-athletes experienced campus life at Bowdoin before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nelson also published an article in The Conversation examining how a series of events showed the challenges that colleges have to navigate to encourage open, reasoned debate.
Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Erika Nyhusand Adele Metres '24 coauthored a review article examining the effects of mindfulness meditation on memory.