Academics

A photo of Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, associate professor of biological sciences
Summer 2021

A Close Look at Microbiomes

By Catherine Caruso ’10

Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, associate professor of biological sciences, teaches an environmental microbiology course that explores the fundamentals of the field, while giving students the chance to manipulate microbes in the lab.More
A photo ofJennifer Chudy, Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and assistant professor of political science
Summer 2021

At the Intersection of Race and Politics

By Catherine O’Neill Grace

Jennifer Chudy, Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and assistant professor of political science, studies American politics with an emphasis on race and ethnicity—phenomena currently at the very heart of political debate in the United States.More
A photo of the handmade artist's book, Mending the Stars & Stripes
Summer 2021

A Work In Progress

By Lisa Scanlon Mogolov ’99

Jan Owen’s artist’s book Mending the Stars & Stripes came into existence last year through a confluence of historic events.More
The cover of The Woman Who Raised a the Buddha is an illustration of a woman's face concealed among leaves and vines.
Spring 2021

Centering a Buddhist Foremother

By Jana Riess ’91

What was the Buddha’s mother like, and why have the details of her life been largely lost to history? Her legacy is vital for a new generation of Buddhist women, both ordained and laity, who seek her strength and wisdom.More
A photo portrait of Vanita Datta, French professor
Spring 2021

French Connection

By Sarah Ligon ’03

French Professor Venita Datta can’t visit Paris right now, but if she could, she would take you, and her students, on a tour of her Paris, starting in the 16th arrondissement, where she rented rooms as a graduate student.More
[a] photo of a statue of Elaine, the Lady of Shalott.
Spring 2021

College Road

Reports from around campusMore
Photo portraits of Jane Zen '21 and Diana Daniela Padron ’24
Spring 2021

Zoom School, Chemistry Labs, and Art Studios

By Grace Ramsdell ’22

In a year like no other, Wellesley students had to adjust to studying remotely, or on a campus closed to the outside world. We talk to two of them.More
A color photo portrait shows a smiling Sally Engle Merry ’66.
Winter 2021

Sally Engle Merry ’66

By Andrew Shennan, provost and Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Dean of the College

Sally Engle Merry ’66, formerly the Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas and professor of anthropology, passed away on Sept. 8, 2020.More
A black-and-white photo portrait shows a smiling Alice Birmingham Robinson ’46,.
Winter 2021

Alice Birmingham Robinson ’46

By Eugene L. Cox, Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of History, emeritus

Alice Birmingham Robinson ’46, a much-beloved member of the Department of History for some 46 years, died peacefully at the age of 95 on July 8, 2020, in Leeds, Mass.More
LaShawnda Lindsay, research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women
Winter 2021

Studying and Supporting Black Girls

By Sarah Ligon ’03

In her course Black Girlhood Studies, last fall cross-listed in the Africana studies and education departments, LaShawnda Lindsay, research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women. drew upon her decades of scholarship, as well as a lifetime of lived experience, to help students examine growing up Black and female in America.More