Authors in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences in 2014 researched, wrote and edited 32 books on an array of topics including primates of Vietnam, trends in drug use and distribution, Hispanic children’s literature, middle class white anti-racism, stalled peacemaking in Israel and Palestine, the meltdown of the middle class, the U.S. Court of Appeals, HIV/AIDS, ethics, and reality TV and discourse analysis.
The college recognized the authors and funding recipients at a celebration on December 18 at the university Alumni Center.
Among the books were seven edited volumes, four textbooks, one encyclopedia, one novel, one book of short stories, two critical editions of classics and five books published in foreign languages, including French, Spanish, and Russian.
Faculty in the English Department wrote eight of the books, and John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, published two books.
The books are:
- Materialities of Ritual in the Black Atlantic, edited by Akinwumi Ogundiran of Africana Studies, and Paula Saunders. Indiana University Press.
- Primates of Vietnam, edited by Diana Brockman of Anthropology, and Tilo Nadler. Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Vietnam.
- Native Plants of the Southeast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 460 Species for the Garden, by Larry Mellichamp of Botanical Gardens, and photographed by Will Stuart. Timber Press.
- Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics (Volumes 1 & 2), edited by Bruce A. Arrigo of Criminal Justice & Criminology. Sage Reference.
- Emerging Trends in Drug Use and Distribution, by John Stogner of Criminal Justice & Criminology, and David N. Khav and Bryan Lee Miller. Springer.
- Moving Critical Literacies Forward: A New Look at Praxis Across Contexts, edited by JuliAnna Avila of English, and Jessica Zacher Pandya. Routledge.
- Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action, edited by Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich of English, and Nuria Lorenzo-Dus. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Wynne’s War, by Aaron Gwyn of English. Houghton Muffin Harcourt.
- Discursive Ideologies: Reading Western Rhetoric, by C. H. Knoblauch of English. Utah State University.
- Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas, by Jeffrey B. Leak of English. University of Georgia Press.
- First-Year Composition: From Theory to Practice, edited by Ronald F. Lunsford of English, and Deborah Coxwell-Teague. Parlor Press.
- The Language of Adult Immigrants: Agency in the Making, by Elizabeth R. Miller of English. Multilingual Matters.
- By Avon River, edited by Lara Vetter of English, and authored by H.D. University Press of Florida.
- Producing Spoilers: Peacemaking and the Production of Enmity in a Secular Age, by Joyce Dalsheim of Global, International & Area Studies. Oxford University Press.
- To Plead Our Own Cause: African Americans in Massachusetts and the Making of the Antislavery Movement, by Christopher Cameron of History. Kent State University.
- Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina, by Shepherd W. McKinley of History. University Press of Florida.
- Recycling the Disabled: Army, Medicine, and Modernity in WWI Germany, by Heather R. Perry of History. Manchester University Press.
- Soldiering for Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops, by John David Smith of History, and Bob Luke. John Hopkins University Press.
- We Ask Only for Even-Handed Justice: Black Voices from Reconstruction, 1865-1877, by John David Smith of History. University of Massachusetts Press.
- Éxito Comercial: Prácticas Administrativas y Contextos Culturales, Sixth Edition, by Michael Scott Doyle of Languages & Cultural Studies, and T. Bruce Fryer. Cengage Learning.
- Más allá de las Palabras: Intermediate Spanish, Third Edition, by Concepción B. Godev of Languages & Cultureal Studies, and Mary Jane Kelley and Olga Gallego Smith.Wiley.
- Colorín Colorado: Introducción a la Literatura Juvenil Hispana, by Ann Gonzalez of Languages & Cultural Studies. Panda Publications.
- Five Days in One Week: Novels, Short Stories, by Katerina Skorodinskaya of Language & Cultural Studies. Word (Tomsk, Russia).
- Voyage de Campagne, by Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat; critical edition by Allison Stedman of Language & Cultural Studies. Presses Universaitaires de Rennes.
- Identity, Political Freedom, and Collective Responsibility: The Pillars and Foundations of Global Ethics, by Eddy M. Souffrant of Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism, by Shannon Sullivan of Philosophy. State University of New York Press.
- The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, by John Szmer of Political Science & Public Administration, and Jennifer Barnes Bowie & Donald R. Songer. University of Virginia Press.
- Understanding Latin American Politics, by Gregory Weeks of Political Science & Public Administration. Pearson.
- South African Women Living with HIV: Global Lessons from Local Voices, by Judy Aulette of Sociology, and Anna Aulette & Floretta Boonzaier. Indiana University Press.
- Middle Class Meltdown in America: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies, Second Edition, by Scott T. Fitzgerald of Sociology, and Kevin T. Leicht. Routledge.
- Comprehensive Care for HIV/AIDS: Community-Based Strategies, by Teresa L. Scheid of Sociology. Routledge.
- Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences, Second Edition, edited by Murray Webster, Jr. of Sociology, and Jane Sell. Academic Press.
