Politics+Society
Summer 2021
Farhana Khera ’91, co-founder and former president and executive director of Muslim Advocates, a national legal advocacy and educational organization, believes passionately in an inclusive, pluralistic America in which all are truly entitled to equal rights under the law.More
Summer 2021
From classroom teacher to principal to vice chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Adelaide Hines Sanford, M.A. ’50 is one of the nation’s foremost advocates for the education of students of African ancestry.More
Summer 2021
Robin Chase ’80, best known for unlocking the potential of the collaborative economy by co-founding Zipcar, has a clear vision of what needs to happen in the transportation industry in order to combat climate change.More
Summer 2021
Elsa Sebastian ’13 can’t remember a time when the Tongass National Forest wasn’t part of her life. Now she’s working to save it.More
Summer 2021
“My family taught me that education is the key to success,” says Tamara Nash ’79. It’s not surprising, then, that Tamara has built a career around higher education administration.More
Summer 2021
Susan Elia MacNeal ’91, no stranger to spycraft, has published her 10th Maggie Hope mystery.More
Summer 2021
At first glance, Once Upon a Quinceañera , the debut novel by Monica Gomez-Hira ’95, looks like a youthful summer romance. Don’t believe it.More
Summer 2021
The WCAA welcomes a pilot shared identity group, Wellesley Muslim Alums (WMA), which held its first event on Zoom in April.More
Summer 2021
More than a year into the crisis, anthropology students share their personal journals about how the experience has shaped them and lessons they have learned from outbreaks in the past.More
Summer 2021
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