• A photo portrait of Peggy McIntosh in Cheever House

    Unpacker of Privilege

    Spring 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    In January, Peggy McIntosh, a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and its former associate director, received an exciting call from Jean Kilbourne ’64. “Welcome to the National Women’s Hall of Fame,” Kilbourne told McIntosh, notifying her that she would be inducted in September.

  • A photo of Tekla Carlén ’24 on a balcony in Aix-en-Provence, France

    Total Commitment in Aix

    Spring 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Tekla Carlén ’24, a medieval and renaissance studies and French major, spent her junior year in France through the College’s Wellesley-in-Aix program. “I chose this program because I wanted a language immersion program and to be able to take classes at a French university alongside French students,” she says.

  • A photo portrait of Crystal Daugherty

    Welcoming a New Vice President for Development

    Spring 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    After a national search, Wellesley selected Crystal Daugherty to join the College as vice president for development. “As a senior officer of the College, Crystal will be a strategic partner and contributor to developing and achieving institutional priorities,” said President Paula Johnson.

  • A photo portrait of Nina McKee '16

    Nina McKee ’16 Says “Hell Yes” to the Albright Institute

    Spring 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Perhaps Nina McKee ’16 was fated to be involved with the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs. “Madeleine Albright was always this figure in my life because I was a young redhead who liked negotiating and wanted to be a diplomat,” says McKee, who became the Albright Institute’s program director in December 2022.

  • A photo shows Tenzin Yangchen ’25 sitting with her laptop.

    An Intro to Industry

    Spring 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Sophomore economics major Tenzin Yangchen ’25 is exploring career options. “Investment banking caught my eye,” she says, but there was a lot the first-gen student didn’t know.

  • Paula Johnson

    Lessons in Community

    Spring 2023

    From the President

    “Sometimes, fundamental concepts such as connection, boundaries, respect, the gracious resolution of conflicts, and a sense of community have to be learned.”

  • Freshink

    Spring 2023

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • The cover of Alzheimer’s Fantasy in the Key of G by Kirsten Critz Levy ’74 shows a hazy photo of the backs of  four children who are looking into the distance.

    Voyage into an Alzheimer’s Brain

    Spring 2023

    New Works

    Alzheimer’s Fantasy in the Key of G by Kirsten Critz Levy ’74 is no traditional medical memoir. Levy embraces past, present, and future, mixing reality and imagination, to explore the confusing nature of her mother’s illness.

  • An all-text cover of this book by Jennifer Caplan '01 reads Funny, You Don't Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

    Jewish Courage and Comedy Across the Decades

    Spring 2023

    New Works

    The relationship between Judaism and humor has been analyzed extensively over the years, including by none other than Sigmund Freud. In the years since then, of course, Jewish humor has evolved dramatically. Just imagine what Freud would have made of Seinfeld or Broad City .