Mar­garet Boyle is Direc­tor of Latin Amer­i­can, Caribbean and Lat­inx Stud­ies at Bow­doin Col­lege, and Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of Romance Lan­guages and Lit­er­a­tures. A Jew­ish-Mex­i­can-Amer­i­can, her teach­ing and schol­ar­ship on ear­ly mod­ern His­pan­ic cul­ture and mul­ti­lin­gual­ism today is award-win­ning nation­al­ly and internationally.