Wayne Maines is the father of Nicole Maines, a transgender woman whose individual and family story is recounted in the 2021 Honors Read text, "Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family" (2016, author Amy Ellis Nutt). The Maines family were Orono residents for many years and fought some of their fiercest legal battles here. Required […]
Dr. Vaishali Mamgain (she/her) is the Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Bertha C. Ball Center for Compassion at the University of Southern Maine. Mamgain received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her past economics research has focused on the contributions of (im)migrants and refugees in […]
On Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. at University Bookstore, father, author, and UMaine professor Robert Klose will engage audiences in the story of how he adopted his Ukranian son Anton. Klose, who tells the story in much more depth in his recent book, "Adopting Anton" will share the ups and downs of being a single […]
Professor Stephen Gardiner is the 2023 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics. A renowned climate ethicist from the University of Washington, Gardiner will deliver a talk entitled "Climate Change as an Ethical and Institutional Crisis." The talk will be held on April 13, 3:30–5 p.m. in Buchanan Alumni House. A dessert reception will follow. […]
“This book has it all: Hair-raising suspense, love after loss, hot-button issues of the day and, my favorite, legal thrills! Having been an adjunct professor, I can say this is must reading for everyone in academia including students and parents. Put it on Joe College’s Reading List!” - Bruce Pratt, author of “The Serpentsof Blissfull” […]
