Alumni News
May Alumni Perspectives: Shay Totten '91Hello from campus, where spring is a-blooming, and we’re about to celebrate and send off into the world our next class of exceptional Bennington graduates!
Persona Fog in a Digital WorldPatricia Martin MFA ’22 appeared on the Harvesting Happiness podcast through the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) in May.
Biologist-Turned-Writer Davin Malasarn Makes His Authorial DebutDavin Malasarn, Ph.D., MFA '20 has published his debut novel The Outer Country (One World, 2026).
Recent Graduate Karina Gonzalez Perez ’25 Empowers Youth Through Emotional LearningKarina Gonzalez Perez ’25, front center, holding book
Bennington College caught up with Karina Gonzalez Perez ’25, now a Research Coordinator at The New School’s Center for Global Mental Health in New York City. In this conversation, Karina reflects on her impactful work helping youth build emotional awareness through the EASE program and how her studies in psychology, education, and community building at Bennington contributed to her success so far.
On The Uses of Disenchantmentbeing MFA '23, the artist formerly known as Kriss Mincey, is making things—movement, writing, audio, archives and theory—and interpreting natal charts, in service of a world where people feel equipped to relate. She gave this interview around the launch of her imprint, TermsOfCare.com. She is co-writing a new play Charmpass in collaboration with Baltimore artists and Inheritance Theatre Project. It's on stage May 2 and 3.