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Hello, Class of 1992!

Hope everyone had a great summer! Here’s the news!

First up, some fantastic literary achievements from our classmates. Amy (Andrews) Alznauer has a new book published this past March: The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: How to Discover a Shape. Beth Shakman Hurd’s latest book, Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States, was published by University of Chicago Press. In May, Jonathan Liebson published Hello (and Goodbye) to All That with Post Hill Press, a memoir of a changing New York since the new millennium.

Kevin Prufer has been named the 2026 Texas poet laureate! Kevin continues as professor of English and director of the creative writing program at the University of Houston. Also in academia, Abby (Smith) Saguy received the 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Teaching from the Heterodox Academy, recognizing her work promoting viewpoint diversity in her sociology courses on sex and gender.

On the career front, Christine Bolzan has a new job as vice chancellor of experiential education for Northeastern University. She had a chance this spring to catch up with Robert and Elena (’93) Allbritton in Washington, D.C., learning about the launch of the Allbritton Journalism Institute.

Dr. John “Juan” Luque was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to spend a sabbatical in Quito, Ecuador, working on a cancer prevention project.

My old housemate, Simon Fulford, is opening a brand-new, 40-bed, youth residential treatment campus this summer in Portland. Simon notes that Oregon ranks as one of the worst states for kids to access behavioral health services, and they’re working to fill that gap. His youngest son is entering ninth grade, his middle son will be a senior, and his eldest (22) is back in the Pacific Northwest after almost three years in Argentina.

Joy Rhoden watched her son, Nolan Lewis ’25, graduate from Wesleyan this past May. Nolan double majored in neuroscience and CEAS and is now living in Brooklyn pursuing both his music career and neuroscience. Joy continues to serve as co-chair of the Wesleyan Black Alumni Council through June 2026.

Rob and Dorothea Harper-Mangels also welcomed their son, Ramey ’25, into the ranks of Wesleyan alumni this May. In June, they caught up with former housemates Maria Truglio and Rich Dansky in Stamford, Connecticut. Maria was visiting the Beinecke Rare Books Library at Yale for research (where Rob works as an associate dean).

Darcy Dennett has been working for JPMorganChase, making a few short pieces on the art installations that are part of the new headquarters in NYC.

After 30 years in the Boston area, Lori Oakes-Coyne and her husband, Greg, moved back home to central Maine and are loving the quiet. Their daughter, Kate, just graduated from University of Vermont this year with a dance/physiology double major, interested in movement therapy.

Also in New England, Joan Matelli spent her summer studying for the Massachusetts bar exam. She’s also made time for a few Red Sox games with Matthew Wein, as they try to do every summer.

Byron King continues to enjoy life in Baltimore, writing code and leading software teams. Last month, he met up with Julien Farland in D.C. where their families had a great time catching up. Byron’s daughter, Merriwether King ’27, is enjoying her summer off before starting her junior year.

Out in Colorado, Chris Arndt and his wife, Patty, are coming up on their 10th anniversary of living there. This fall both their sons, Alden (15) and Graham (14), will be attending St. Andrews boarding school in Delaware. Chris continues working on clean energy initiatives and is getting back into music recording under “The Doc Project.”

Sarah Leavitt is now director of curatorial affairs at the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., working with executive director Beatrice Gurwitz ’01. Their current exhibition, LGBTJews in the Federal City, runs through January 4, 2026.

Michelle Elisburg’s daughters have graduated and moved on—Elana from college to Kansas City for work and Abby from high school to study abroad before college. As she prepares for empty nesting, Michelle became board certified in breastfeeding and lactation medicine. She is a founding participant in this new specialty, helping non-English-speaking refugee and immigrant patients.

Louie Maggiotto has launched a new career as an independent educational consultant, turning his side hustle into his main hustle after getting two kids into college. He coached 14 seniors last year and is growing a new crop this cycle. His website is OurCollegeCounselor.com.

That’s all for now! As always, I love hearing from everyone. Remember, the magazine is only published twice a year now, so if I didn’t hear from you this time, I’d love to hear from you for the next notes!

Adam

ADAM BERINSKY | berinsky@mit.edu