Margaret E. Boyle is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; and Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at Bowdoin College. Her writing and research focus includes Hispanic women's literary and cultural history, early modern theater history and performance, and health humanities, including medical, spiritual and food cultures. Boyle is also the founder and director of Multilingual Mainers, an elementary world languages and cultures program promoting engagement with languages other than English. She has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Whiting Foundation for work in cultural and international exchange.