Politics+Society
Winter 2015
TJ Jarrett ’95 has never followed the typical path for a poet. When she entered Wellesley in 1991, she planned to become a lawyer rather than pursue an academic career. After college, she got a job as a bookkeeper with a medical transportation company.More
Winter 2015
When Ana Revenga ’85 decided to branch out from physics and math at Wellesley, she found economics … and Professor Karl “Chip” Case. Like many others who studied with him, Ana credits Case with luring her into the field.More
Winter 2015
In the late 1990s, a cluster of weather-beaten wooden buildings stood quietly in the middle of a mesa in Los Alamos, N.M., framed by tall ponderosa pines. The buildings were abandoned in the mid-1950s, visited only by occasional herds of deer.More
Fall 2014
In her new book, Domestic Disturbances: Re-Imagining Narratives of Gender, Labor, and Immigration , Irene Mata, associate professor of women’s and gender studies, examines Chicana/Latina immigrant stories.More
Fall 2014
There is no shortage of autobiographical works by leaders hoping to set the record straight, but they are seldom as thorough and credible as Hard Choices .More
Summer 2014
In April, President H. Kim Bottomly announced the establishment of a revolving green fund to help support energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable building projects on campus.More
Summer 2014
The name “Silicon Valley” conjures images of sprawling company campuses where employees are treated to round-the-clock food, foosball, and parties with endlessly flowing craft beer on tap. This seat of the technology industry, just south…More
Summer 2014
I was having trouble hearing her. With rolling blackouts in Lahore, Pakistan, and a faulty Skype line, we wouldn’t get far that day. Through rough crackles, I heard Humaira say, “Dearest, I can’t hear you!…More
Summer 2014
When Lisa Shaw Brucken ’89 was 32, she and her partner decided to marry, even though same-sex marriage wasn’t legal at the time. “We wanted to be a family and have the same last name,”…More
Spring 2014
This year, as in every year at Wellesley, we engaged in discussion and debate on campus about many issues.More