A publication for alumni, parents, and friends
Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization
by Andrew Price-Smith, political science professor
This timely book analyzes the relationship between public health and governance, particularly looking at how disease affects national security. Extending the analysis presented in his earlier book, “The Health of Nations,” Price-Smith argues that epidemic disease represents a [...]
Worlds Apart?: Disability and Foreign Language Learning
by Tammy Berberi '91, Elizabeth C. Hamilton, and Ian M. Sutherland
Today's foreign language teachers are increasingly expected to be skilled in addressing multiple intelligences and learning styles, yet without a reliable resource that consolidates the best of what is known about the broad spectrum of disabilities that exist in [...]
The Early Care and Education Teaching Workforce at the Fulcrum: An Agenda for Reform
by Kristie Kauerz ’91, Sharon Lynn Kagan, and Kate Tarrant
The authors focus on the more than two million individuals who care for and educate nearly two thirds of the American children under age five participating in non-parental care, and address frequently asked [...]
The Family of Sukey Lewis in the Plantation South
by Heather Palmer ’81
Working from a cache of newly discovered diaries and letters from 1793 to 1866, Palmer presents the story of five generations of an American family. As each generation featured moves further west, the men write of the challenge of bringing crops to fruition and [...]
The Best Nonreligious Quotes Ever
by Christine Pierce ’83 and Kevin Reedy ’83
What happens when two middle-aged friends get their master’s degrees in theology, only later to conclude that there may not be a God? They write an inspirational quote book aimed at nonreligious and religious people alike. The book provides encouraging, thoughtful, and often-humorous quotations [...]
Brides of the Multitude
by Jeremy Agnew ’64
“Brides of the Multitude” is a historically accurate account of why prostitution ran rampant in the Old West during the prudish Victorian period of the United States. Weaving facts with anecdotes, the book presents a look at the women who conducted business in the infamous red light districts located [...]
Valles Caldera: Map and Geologic History and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: Trail Map and Geology
by Kirt Kempter ’81
These publications are non-technical field guides to the Valles Caldera, a 12-mile-wide collapsed volcanic crater, and the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, a landscape riddled with bizarre volcanic hoodoo formations, both located in northern New Mexico's Jemez [...]
Winter Ridge
by Bruce Kellner ’55
Kellner's new novel is a departure for the noted scholar and author of a dozen books on 20th-century arts and letters, as well as a landmark study of the Harlem Renaissance during the Jazz Age. In this book, Silas Harmon, who is approaching old age, closes his San Francisco bookshop to [...]
Chemosabee: A Triathlete's Journey Through the First Year of Breast Cancer
by Nancy Reinisch ’75
Triathlete and psychotherapist Reinisch became a statistic at 53 when a lump in her breast was diagnosed as invasive breast cancer. In “Chemosabee,” which was honored as a finalist in May 2009 in the National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Reinisch uses her [...]
Open Hearts Open Doors: Reflections on China’s Past and Present
by Elizabeth Gill Lui ’73
A movement for historic preservation is taking hold in China as more people realize the extent to which the country’s historical character has been sacrificed to economic development. This stunning collection of photos, taken between 1995 and 2006 while Lui was a [...]
