Arnold Bernhard Library News

ABL Day

On September 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the library will hold an open house and fun-filled day of learning activities. ABL Day is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to meet their librarians, learn about library resources and services and to see and tour the library space. There will be planned activities throughout the day. However, the day will follow an open house format and members of the community are encouraged to stop by at their convenience. Activities are slated to run on the hour to accommodate Wednesday's 50 minute class schedule. Trivia will run at the half-hour mark each hour (10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.). The scavenger hunt will take a self-directed approach and will be accessible electronically for students to complete at their convenience. Their will be arts and crafts, a banned books exhibit and an archival exhibit documenting the class of 1973, and voting registration. Librarians from the Netter Health Sciences library will have an information table where health science, nursing and pre-med students can learn about its holding and services. All activities are designed for you to learn how the library is a vital resource for teaching, learning and research for the Quinnipiac community.

But that's not all, there will be donuts in the morning, cake in the afternoon, and snacks and treats throughout the day. When students complete several activities they are eligible to enter a raffle that will take place at the end of the day. Raffle prizes include Quinnipiac merchandise and an Amazon gift card. Otherwise there will be plenty of giveaways including study-kits. Everyone wins! Come by, learn and enjoy!

Thanks to a partnership between the Lynne L. Pantalena Law and Arnold Bernhard libraries, Quinnipiac University now has access to one of our most requested resources,  the NYTimes.com. Students, staff and faculty can register for an account at https://nytimesineducation.com/access-nyt/. Access requires registration with a valid Quinnipiac email address. The new subscription provides access to the familiar NYTimes.com online interface as well as the mobile app where the community can enjoy the full range of the publication's content including podcasts, videos, news and opinions and article comments.

The library also subscribes to several ProQuest databases that provide access to both the current and historical issues of the New York Times.  Databases are designed to serve your research needs. Content is given additional descriptive data and can be searched more effectively and efficiently than the NYTimes.com. The New York Times Historical database includes coverage from 1851-2017. Older articles are available as scanned PDFs. The New York Times database (1980-current) provides access to archived content including The Daily (Podcast), the Late Edition, videos, New York Times Book Review, New York Times Español and New York Times Magazine. The content mirrors that on the NYTimes.com but it has a different appearance and is organized differently.

Both the Nytimes.com and the library’s New York Times subscription databases serve different needs and the library is thrilled to provide access for the community’s daily reading experience as well as its different research needs.

Trial Databases

AM Explorer

Through AM Explorer, you can now search millions of pages of primary sources spanning the 15th – 21st centuries, in collections such as American Indian Histories and Cultures, American Indian Newspapers, China Culture and Society, Colonial Caribbean, Medical Services and Warfare, Popular Medicine in America, Race Relations in America, Slavery and Social Justice and more. 

Sage Business Cases

Sage Business Cases is a full-text collection of over 5500 business cases grouped in 16 subjects including Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership, Research Methods for Business and Strategic Management.  

Book Collection

Over the summer library staff were busy adding new books, especially in some focus areas such as disparities in healthcare, income inequality and climate change. Check out some of our new and notable books. Books featured there include: 

The above book, "Under the Skin," by Linda Villarosa, is a Pulitzer Prize finalist that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation.

Leisure Reading Collection 

Our Leisure Collection has been growing thanks to the various student suggestions we have received throughout the year. Most notably, the library now has "It Ends With Us," and "It Starts With Us," by Colleen Hoover! Have a suggestion? Feel free to write it down on the whiteboard located next to the Leisure Collection and let the library know.

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New Thesis Submission Portal

The Arnold Bernhard Library is pleased to announce that our new Thesis and Dissertation Submission Portal is now live. Students are now able to directly upload their thesis or dissertation for publication into the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. We hope this makes the process of publication much easier and more user friendly!

For more information and instructions for submission, visit our Thesis Submission Library Guide.

RefWorks Workshops

RefWorks is a citation management program.  It will easily save references and then compile them electronically into a bibliography or works cited page. Most library databases export their references directly to RefWorks.  It is a great way to store references for any or all of your classes throughout your years at Quinnipiac. The session usually takes around an hour. We will send you a zoom link the day before the session.

Dates and Times:

• September 22^nd – 2pm
• October 10^th – 5pm
• October 26^th  - 3pm

 Please follow the link in order to sign-up in advance: https://forms.office.com/r/enxSSqj7A1

New Space Additions

In collaboration with the Student Government Association leadership the library has added two new soundproof study pods. One pod is designed for two people and the other is designed for a one. Each pod is wired with electricity and includes an intake fan for air circulation. Check them out!

Book Requests by Faculty

Library staff are glad to take requests for books you would like added to the library. We would like to help students with the expense of acquiring texts for class, and faculty are encouraged to let us know about books we can add to our Course Reserves (we will fill requests while funding remains available.) Any requests for books or streaming video for the collection or course reserve books can be made using this form. 

You are invited to explore the library’s Bee and Tree Campus display. It is located near the Albert Schweitzer Collection on the library’s lower level, near the black and white printer. Quinnipiac was designated a Bee Campus USA Affiliate by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and a Tree Campus, Higher Education by the Arbor Day Foundation. Materials related to local pollinators and trees, and the Pollinator Garden at the Albert Schweitzer Institute are on display. You can borrow books from the library’s collection, some of which were donated by the Xerces Society.

Books for Check-out

Baldwin, H. I. (1993). Forest leaves: How to identify trees and shrubs of northern New England (2nd ed.). P.R. Randall. 

Black, S. H. (2016). Gardening for butterflies: How you can attract and protect beautiful, beneficial insects (First ed.). Timber Press.

DeGraaf, R. M., & Sendak, P. E. (2006). Native and naturalized trees of New England and adjacent Canada: A field guide. University Press of New England.

Kavanagh, J., & Leung, R. (2015). Connecticut nature set: Field guides to wildlife, birds, trees & wildflowers of Connecticut. Waterford Press.

Lee-Mäder, E., Fowler, J., Vento, J., Hopwood, J., & Xerces Society. (2016). 100 plants to feed the bees: Provide a healthy habitat to help pollinators thrive. Storey Publishing.

Lee-Mäder, E., Frischie, S., Pelton, E., Jepsen, S., McKnight, S., Black, S. H., & Xerces Society. (2021). 100 plants to feed the monarch: Create a healthy habitat to sustain North America’s most beloved butterfly. Storey Books.

Lee-Mäder, E., & Xerces Society. (2011). Attracting native pollinators: Protecting North America’s bees and butterflies : The Xerces Society guide. Storey Publishing.

Simard, S. (2021). Finding the mother tree: Discovering the wisdom of the forest (First ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Media

Bee Campus USA

Quinnipiac named Bee Campus USA Affiliate, Quinnipiac Today. April 11, 2023.

Miller, Krystal. Quinnipiac named Bee Campus for efforts to protect local species. Quinnipiac Chronicle. April 18, 2023.

Professor and students save the bees one population at a time. Quinnipiac Today. July 16, 2021.

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Tree Campus, Higher Education

Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus, Higher Education

Sasso Janis, Nancy. Quinnipiac University Celebrates Arbor Day by Planting Trees in Hamden. Hamden Patch. Apr 28, 2023, 4:03 pm ET.

Khan, Melina. How razing Quinnipiac’s Pine Grove will change the local environment. HQNN Hamden Quinnipiac News Network. December 7, 2022. Longer article presenting various viewpoints on removal of the Pine Grove, including a discussion of plans to plant one new tree on campus for every tree removed.

The Arnold Bernhard Library would like to celebrate and recognize our students as final exams and the end of the academic year rapidly approach. The library is a community-wide resource and space with a mission dedicated to collaboration, teaching and learning, open inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge. It’s the spirit of the Quinnipiac student body that makes the realization of that mission possible. On Thursday, April 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the library would like to acknowledge your intellectual curiosity, hard work and resilience by providing a celebration full of informal activities. Come and join us at your convenience for:

• Snack food and cake
• Giveaways including seed packets and plants
•  Library “shelfies” contest 
• A raffle
• Games
• Arts and Crafts
• Therapy dogs
• Student art exhibition 

Content

• Articles from Scopus
• Bibliography 
• Selected Books by Faculty

Articles from Scopus

Quinnipiac faculty and staff have published thousands of scholarly articles. The data below is a snapshot from a single citation database called Scopus. It does not represent the full body of knowledge produced by the community and it only includes scholarship published in journals made available by that particular database. The bibliography below is only a selection of the most recent published articles across schools. It is not exhaustive, and unfortunately, not every individual's scholarly work is represented.  Nevertheless it gives a sense of what Quinnipiac's talented faculty and staff have produced over the last year. 

Bibliography 

Adobor, H. (2023). Contested concept, competing narratives, and coercive policy intervention: A study of government intervention in the illegal artisanal mining sector in ghana. Journal of International Development, doi:10.1002/jid.3750

Adobor, H. (2022). Vulnerability, moral responsibility, and moral obligations: The case of industrial action in the medical and allied professions. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 25(3), 333-349. doi:10.1007/s11019-022-10078-z

Alessio, D., & Renfro, W. (2022). Building empires litorally in the south china sea: Artificial islands and contesting definitions of imperialism. International Politics, 59(4), 687-706. doi:10.1057/s41311-021-00328-x

Angelo, R. (2022). An authentic pedagogical approach to developing information systems project-based solutions. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 62(6), 1271-1282. doi:10.1080/08874417.2021.2007817

Areias, A. C., Costa, F., Janela, D., Molinos, M., Moulder, R. G., Lains, J., . . . Correia, F. D. (2023). Impact on productivity impairment of a digital care program for chronic low back pain: A prospective longitudinal cohort study. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 63 doi:10.1016/j.msksp.2022.102709

Areias, A. C., Costa, F., Janela, D., Molinos, M., Moulder, R. G., Lains, J., . . . Correia, F. D. (2022). Long-term clinical outcomes of a remote digital musculoskeletal program: An ad hoc analysis from a longitudinal study with a non-participant comparison group. Healthcare (Switzerland), 10(12) doi:10.3390/healthcare10122349

Awudu, I., Wilson, W., Baah, G., Gonela, V., & Yakubu, M. (2023). Revenue maximization and pricing: An ethanol supply chain and logistical strategy perspectives. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, doi:10.1057/s41272-023-00422-0

Baloescu, C., Parhar, A., Liu, R., & Wanjiku, G. W. (2022). Effect of point-of-care ultrasound on clinical outcomes in low-resource settings: A systematic review. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 48(9), 1711-1719. doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.04.221

Bassett, L. G., Zughaiyir, F. E., Richardson, D. J., Hammond, C. I., McAllister, C. T., & Forstner, M. R. J. (2022). Association of leeches with the endangered houston toad. Southeastern Naturalist, 21(1), 51-62. doi:10.1656/058.021.0109

Battaglia, J. P., Kearney, C. M., Guerette, K., Corbishley, J., Sanchez, E., Kent, B., . . . Kaplan, L. A. E. (2022). Use of multiple endpoints to assess the impact of captivity on gut flora diversity in long island sound fundulus heteroclitus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 105(7), 867-883. doi:10.1007/s10641-022-01293-x

Beck Dallaghan, G. L., Lomis, K., Crow, S., & Coplit, L. (2022). Bridging educational innovation and financial offices: Using the business model canvas modified for medical educators to communicate need. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 15(2), 131-136. doi:10.1080/17538068.2021.1993691

Behnke, T., Street, P., Davies, S., Ouyang, J. Q., & Sedinger, J. S. (2022). Non-native grazers affect physiological and demographic responses of greater sage-grouse. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9) doi:10.1002/ece3.9325

Bermúdez-Millán, A., Feinn, R., Hahn, C., Jui, S. A., Berthold, S. M., Buckley, T., . . . Wagner, J. (2022). SNAP participation moderates the association between household food insecurity and HbA1c among cambodian americans with depression. Ethnicity and Health, 27(7), 1718-1731. doi:10.1080/13557858.2021.1939272 

Bermúdez-Millán, A., Pérez-Escamilla, R., Lampert, R., Feinn, R., Damio, G., Segura-Pérez, S., . . . Wagner, J. A. (2022). Night eating among latinos with diabetes: Exploring associations with heart rate variability, eating patterns, and sleep. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 54(5), 449-454. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2022.02.006

Berry, S. L., Williams, A. -., Lamb, E. G., & Klugman, C. M. (2023). Evolution in health and medical humanities education: A proposal for accreditation. Medical Humanities, 49(1), 134-138. doi:10.1136/medhum-2021-012377

Berthold, S. M., Feinn, R., Bermudez-Millan, A., Buckley, T., Buxton, O. M., Kong, S., . . . Wagner, J. (2022). Self-reported pain among cambodian americans with depression: Patient-provider communication as an overlooked social determinant. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 6(1) doi:10.1186/s41687-022-00504-4

Bruce, L., & Herbst, J. L. (2022). Extending trauma-informed principles to hospital system policy development. American Journal of Bioethics, 22(5), 65-68. doi:10.1080/15265161.2022.2055210

Burke, L., Rebeschi, L., Weismuller, P., Bulmer, S., & Kehoe, P. (2022). Grit levels of graduate nursing students: Why grit is needed in nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 61(4), 197-200. doi:10.3928/01484834-20220209-05

Cao, Z., Chelikani, S., Kilic, O., & Wang, X. (2022). Implied volatility spread and stock mispricing. Journal of Behavioral Finance, doi:10.1080/15427560.2022.2085278

Castro, A. A., Karakostis, F. A., Copes, L. E., McClendon, H. E., Trivedi, A. P., Schwartz, N. E., & Garland, T. (2022). Effects of selective breeding for voluntary exercise, chronic exercise, and their interaction on muscle attachment site morphology in house mice. Journal of Anatomy, 240(2), 279-295. doi:10.1111/joa.13547

Chang, V., Liddle, J., Xu, Q. A., & Liu, B. S. (2022). A new product development of the iOS-based ordering systems for smart cities. Library Hi Tech, 40(5), 1127-1146. doi:10.1108/LHT-08-2020-0205

Chelikani, S., Kilic, O., & Wang, X. (2022). Past stock returns and the MAX effect. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 23(3), 338-352. doi:10.1080/15427560.2021.1913159

Chelikani, S., Nam, K., & Wang, X. W. (2022). Revisiting the ICAPM under the distortion of risk–return tradeoff in short-horizon stock returns. Review of Financial Economics, doi:10.1002/rfe.1169

Ciszek, E., Place, K. R., & Logan, N. (2022). Critical humanism for public relations: Harnessing the synergy of gender, race and sexuality research. Public Relations Review, 48(1) doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2022.102151

Cleary, M., Cunneen, J., Demaio, S., Rebeschi, L. M., & Fisher, D. (2022). Reshaping the future: An innovative academic-practice collaboration for COVID-19 vaccinations and testing. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 46(2), 167-176. doi:10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000524

Corbett, E. S., & Wall, J. M. (2022). Higher education and justice-impacted students: Toward a radical reimagining. American Behavioral Scientist, 66(10), 1438-1454. doi:10.1177/00027642211054818

Crowe-White, K. M., Baumler, M., Gradwell, E., Juturu, V., White, D. A., & Handu, D. (2022). Application of umami tastants for sodium reduction in food: An evidence analysis center scoping review. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, doi:10.1016/j.jand.2022.08.002

Dinakar, S., Muttart, J. W., Edewaard, D. E., Giannone, M., & Dickson, C. (2022). Driver response time in cut-off scenarios from the second strategic highway research program naturalistic database doi:10.1177/03611981211045368 

Dufford, A. J., Hahn, C. A., Peterson, H., Gini, S., Mehta, S., Alfano, A., & Scheinost, D. (2022). (Un)common space in infant neuroimaging studies: A systematic review of infant templates. Human Brain Mapping, 43(9), 3007-3016. doi:10.1002/hbm.25816

Dwyer, J., Schachter, R. E., & Ward, A. E. (2023). An exploratory study of how measuring knowledge-in-use adds value beyond static knowledge measures. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, doi:10.1080/10901027.2023.2192432

Eggers, C. H. (2022). Phage-mediated genetic manipulation of the lyme disease spirochete borrelia burgdorferi. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2022(187) doi:10.3791/64408

Fernández, A., Scauso, M. S., & Stavrevska, E. B. (2022). Avatars of colonial and liberal violences: The revelatory character of COVID-19 governance in Colombia. Third World Quarterly, 43(6), 1425-1440. doi:10.1080/01436597.2022.2057943

Fogarasi, M. C., Van Cott, C., Feinn, R. S., Hirshorn, S. A., Lewis, E. H., Fernandez, S. V., . . . Gruppen, L. D. (2022). Feasibility of a vertically integrated teaching strategy during a surgical clerkship Event—Learning methods matter. Education Sciences, 12(8) doi:10.3390/educsci12080557

Gao, X., Hsu, Y. -., Wang, X. W., & Yuan, W. (2022). The choice of flotation methods: Evidence from chinese seasoned equity offerings. Journal of International Money and Finance, 129 doi:10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102725

Gaspar, J. P., Methasani, R., & Schweitzer, M. E. (2022). Emotional intelligence and deception: A theoretical model and propositions. Journal of Business Ethics, 177(3), 567-584. doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04738-y

Giumetti, G. W., Kowalski, R. M., & Feinn, R. S. (2022). Predictors and outcomes of cyberbullying among college students: A two wave study. Aggressive Behavior, 48(1), 40-54. doi:10.1002/ab.21992

Gomes, K. E., Ruiz, J. A., Raskin, S. A., Turner, A. P., DelMastro, H. M., Neto, L. O., & Gromisch, E. S. (2022). The role of cognitive impairment on physical therapy attendance and outcomes in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 46(1), 34-40. doi:10.1097/NPT.0000000000000375

Goralski, M. A., & Tan, T. K. (2022). Artificial intelligence and poverty alleviation: Emerging innovations and their implications for management education and sustainable development. International Journal of Management Education, 20(3) doi:10.1016/j.ijme.2022.100662

Green, J. S., Moran, J., Marcel, A., Joo, P. Y., McLaughlin, W. M., Manzi, J. E., . . . Katz, L. D. (2022). Posteromedial tibial plateau bone bruises are associated with medial meniscal ramp lesions in patients with concomitant anterior cruciate ligament ruptures: A systematic review & meta-analysis. Physician and Sportsmedicine, doi:10.1080/00913847.2022.2108350

Greenwald, A., Kelly, A., & Thomas, L. (2023). Trauma-informed care in the emergency department: Concepts and recommendations for integrating practices into emergency medicine. Medical Education Online, 28(1) doi:10.1080/10872981.2023.2178366

Gregoricka, L. A., & Ullinger, J. M. (2022). Isotopic assessment of diet and infant feeding practices among ottoman-period bedouin from tell el-hesi. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32(2), 467-478. doi:10.1002/oa.3081

Gromisch, E. S., DeLuca, J., Benedict, R. H. B., & Foley, F. W. (2022). Managing cognitive dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: A snapshot of changes in screening, assessment, and treatment practices. International Journal of MS Care, 24(3), 104-109. doi:10.7224/1537-2073.2020-139

Gromisch, E. S., Turner, A. P., Gangi, A., Neto, L. O., & Foley, F. W. (2022). What factors are associated with resilience in persons with multiple sclerosis? the role of personality traits. Rehabilitation Psychology, 67(4), 575-581. doi:10.1037/rep0000468

Gromisch, E. S., Turner, A. P., Neto, L. O., Haselkorn, J. K., & Raskin, S. A. (2023). Identifying prospective memory deficits in multiple sclerosis: Preliminary evaluation of the criterion and ecological validity of a single item version of the memory for intentions test (MIST). Clinical Neuropsychologist, 37(2), 371-386. doi:10.1080/13854046.2022.2062451

Hahn, J., Resha, C. -., Beauvais, A., Beckman, B., Forte, P., Rebeschi, L. M., & Snyder, M. (2023). An innovative Academic/Practice partnership to support nursing workforce needs and student clinical education. Journal of Nursing Administration, 53(2), 88-95. doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000001249

Helminger, D., & Hartmann, K. (2022). Mealtime challenges in the school setting: Therapeutic processes and practitioner experiences. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, and Early Intervention, doi:10.1080/19411243.2022.2156424

Hinkson, G. M., Huggins, C. L., & Doyle, M. (2022). Transnational caregiving and grief: An autobiographical case study of loss and love during the COVID-19 pandemic. Omega (United States), doi:10.1177/00302228221095689

Hofer, I. S., Kupina, M., Laddaran, L., & Halperin, E. (2022). Integration of feature vectors from raw laboratory, medication and procedure names improves the precision and recall of models to predict postoperative mortality and acute kidney injury. Scientific Reports, 12(1) doi:10.1038/s41598-022-13879-7

Hoff, E., Rutledge, R., Gibson, B. A., Price, C. R., Gallagher, C., Maurer, K., & Meyer, J. P. (2022). Preexposure prophylaxis for women across the criminal justice system: Implications for policy and practice. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 28(1), 22-31. doi:10.1089/jchc.19.11.0082

Holt, L. J., Langdon, S. W., & Feinn, R. S. (2023). Who persists and who desists? A prospective study of prescription stimulant misuse in college graduates. Journal of Drug Issues, doi:10.1177/00220426231155664

Hung, D. Y., Kim, P., Li, M., Huang, Q., Cantril, C., Colocci, N., & Dillon, E. C. (2022). Lean practices for resource use, timeliness, and coordination of care in breast cancer navigation. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 26(5), 503-509. doi:10.1188/22.CJON.503-509

Janela, D., Costa, F., Areias, A. C., Molinos, M., Moulder, R. G., Lains, J., . . . Correia, F. D. (2022). Digital care programs for chronic hip pain: A prospective longitudinal cohort study. Healthcare (Switzerland), 10(8) doi:10.3390/healthcare10081595

Juškauskienė, E., Karosas, L., Harvey, C., & Riklikienė, O. (2023). Spiritual lives of children with cancer: A qualitative descriptive study in lithuania. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 68, e79-e86. doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2022.11.013

Kamaraju, A., Feinn, R., Myrick, K., & Halawi, M. J. (2022). Total versus unicondylar knee arthroplasty: Does race play a role in the treatment selection? Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(5), 1845-1849. doi:10.1007/s40615-021-01120-6

Kier, E. L., & Conlogue, G. J. (2022). Comparative anatomy of the middle cerebral artery, rhinal and endorhinal sulci, piriform lobe, entorhinal cortex, olfactory tubercule, anterior perforate substance, and hippocampus: A dissection study. Anatomical Record, doi:10.1002/ar.25124

Kilic, O., Marks, J. M., & Nam, K. (2022). Predictable asset price dynamics, risk-return tradeoff, and investor behavior. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 59(2), 749-791. doi:10.1007/s11156-022-01057-9

Kinealy, C. (2022). A modest proposal: New directions in researching and understanding ireland's great famine. History Compass, 20(5) doi:10.1111/hic3.12726

Kohnert, C., Yu, N., Rosenberg, P., Torgerson, M., Sobky, A. E., Elkharboutly, R., & Seesi, S. A. (2022). Comparing machine learning models for intron classification. Paper presented at the Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2022, 3047-3054. doi:10.1109/BIBM55620.2022.9995549 

Kolan, A. S., & Hall, J. M. (2023). Association of preterm birth and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(3) doi:10.3390/ijms24031952

Kowalski, R. M., Giumetti, G. W., & Feinn, R. S. (2022). Is cyberbullying an extension of traditional bullying or a unique phenomenon? A longitudinal investigation among college students. International Journal of Bullying Prevention, doi:10.1007/s42380-022-00154-6

Kurkul, K. E., Dwyer, J., & Corriveau, K. H. (2022). ‘What do YOU think?’: Children's questions, teacher's responses and children's follow-up across diverse preschool settings. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 58, 231-241. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.09.010

Lambert, V., Carbuhn, A., Culp, A., Ketterly, J., Twombley, B., & White, D. (2022). Interassociation consensus statement on sports nutrition models for the provision of nutrition services from registered dietitian nutritionists in collegiate athletics. Journal of Athletic Training, 57(8), 717-732. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-0157.22

Laskin, A. V., & Mikhailovna Nesova, N. (2022). The language of optimism in corporate sustainability reports: A computerized content analysis. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 85(1), 80-98. doi:10.1177/23294906211065507

Lewis, L. S., Rebeschi, L. M., & Hunt, E. (2022). Nursing education practice update 2022: Competency-based education in nursing. SAGE Open Nursing, 8 doi:10.1177/23779608221140774

Liebler, C. M., Ahmad, W., & Ni, Q. (2022). #MeToo in the newsroom: Image repair and allegations of sexual misconduct. Journalism Practice, doi:10.1080/17512786.2022.2090998

Lockwood, T. C. (2023). Artemisia of halicarnassus: Herodotus’ excellent counsel. Classical World, 116(2), 147-172. doi:10.1353/clw.2023.0001

Lockwood, T. C. (2022). Athens and oran: Heroisms in two plagues. Making sense of diseases and disasters: Reflections of political theory from antiquity to the age of COVID (pp. 164-173) doi:10.4324/9781003197379-16 

Madani, H., Adhikari, A., & Hodgdon, C. (2023). Understanding faculty acceptance of online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: A saudi arabian case study. Journal of International Education in Business, doi:10.1108/JIEB-12-2021-0109

Majeski, K. E., Ryan, C. D., & Nadeau, B. (2023). Finding the right fit: What contributes to the successful use of speech generating devices? Assistive Technology, doi:10.1080/10400435.2022.2161668

Mangione, K. K., Darreff, H., Welsh, M., Ni, W., Wolff, E., Booth, J. T., . . . Fortinsky, R. H. (2023). Feasibility of a modified otago exercise program for older adults with cognitive vulnerability. Journal of Applied Gerontology, doi:10.1177/07334648231163050

Matinho, D., Pietrandrea, M., Echeverria, C., Helderman, R., Masters, M., Regan, D., . . . McHugh, D. (2022). A systematic review of integrated learning definitions, frameworks, and practices in recent health professions education literature. Education Sciences, 12(3) doi:10.3390/educsci12030165

McAlley, E. (2022). Bond spreads and CDS-bond basis: Impact of dodd-frank title VII. Journal of Alternative Investments, 25(2), 99-111. doi:10.3905/jai.2022.1.170

McAmis, N. E., Mirabella, A. C., McCarthy, E. M., Cama, C. A., Fogarasi, M. C., Thomas, L. A., . . . Rivera-Godreau, I. (2022). Assessing healthcare provider knowledge of human trafficking. PLoS ONE, 17(3 March) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0264338

McMain, E. M., & Torres, J. T. (2022). Saviors, nurturers, or magically insane: A braided reading of white women characters in three ecological narratives. Feminist Media Studies, doi:10.1080/14680777.2022.2041692

Miller, S. M. (2022). Dual 8-K filings and auditor downward switches. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 19(2), 204-217. doi:10.1057/s41310-021-00136-y

Moser, W. E., Richardson, D. J., Hammond, C. I., Rojas, L., Lazo-Wasem, E., & Phillips, A. J. (2022). Resurrection and redescription of clepsine pallida verrill, 1872 (hirudinida, glossiphoniidae) with a phylogeny of the genus alboglossiphonia. ZooKeys, 2022(1127), 135-154. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1127.86004

Osur, S. (2022). #WokeTV beyond the hashtag: One day at a time and the baby-sitters club as woke classic television. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 50(2), 69-79. doi:10.1080/01956051.2022.2051419

Osur, S. P. (2022). Whose century? narrative power in streaming alternate-history television. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 50(4), 156-167. doi:10.1080/01956051.2022.2145454

Parks, R. F., Wigand, R. T., & Benjamin Lowry, P. (2022). Balancing information privacy and operational utility in healthcare: Proposing a privacy impact assessment (PIA) framework. European Journal of Information Systems, doi:10.1080/0960085X.2022.2103044

Piponov, H., Acquarulo, B., Ferreira, A., Myrick, K., & Halawi, M. J. (2022). Outpatient total joint arthroplasty: Are we closing the racial disparities gap? Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, doi:10.1007/s40615-022-01411-6

Pizzi, L. T., Jutkowitz, E., Prioli, K. M., Lu, E., Babcock, Z., Mcabee-Sevick, H., . . . Fortinsky, R. H. (2022). Cost-benefit analysis of the COPE program for persons living with dementia: Toward a payment model. Innovation in Aging, 6(1) doi:10.1093/geroni/igab042

Place, K. R. (2022). Toward a framework for listening with consideration for intersectionality: Insights from public relations professionals in borderland spaces. Journal of Public Relations Research, 34(1-2), 4-19. doi:10.1080/1062726X.2022.2057502

Quinn, G. (2022). Evolution and electoral implications of congressional gun control issue framing: "from crime control to mass shootings". Journal of Policy History, 34(3), 440-472. doi:10.1017/S0898030622000124

Roy, A. (2022). A dynamic model of price competition and promotion in prescription drug markets. Marketing Letters, 33(4), 577-591. doi:10.1007/s11002-022-09632-9

Rua, T., Aytug, Z., & Lawter, L. (2022). NegotioPoly: A holistic gaming approach to negotiation teaching. Organization Management Journal, 19(4), 143-154. doi:10.1108/OMJ-02-2021-1160

Saerys-Foy, J. E., LoCasto, P. C., Burn, D., & Ferranti, D. (2022). Superman takes a taxi: Testing theories of validation with inconsistencies in fantastic narratives. Discourse Processes, 59(3), 137-158. doi:10.1080/0163853X.2021.1994298

Sardi, L. M., & Livingston, K. (2022). Losing an ex-spouse: Navigating disenfranchised grief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Autoethnography, 3(3), 313-328. doi:10.1525/joae.2022.3.3.313

Scanlon, V. M., Thompson, E. N., Lawton, B. R., Kochugaeva, M., Ta, K., Mayday, M. Y., . . . Krause, D. S. (2022). Multiparameter analysis of timelapse imaging reveals kinetics of megakaryocytic erythroid progenitor clonal expansion and differentiation. Scientific Reports, 12(1) doi:10.1038/s41598-022-19013-x

Schramm, M. E., Place, K. R., & Laskin, A. V. (2022). Framing the strategic R&D paradigm shift in big pharma: A content analysis of pharmaceutical annual reports. Journal of Communication Management, doi:10.1108/JCOM-05-2021-0052

Sinnatwah, J. D., Kenneh, H., Coker, A. A., Harmon-Gray, W. -., Zankah, J., Day, L., . . . Skrip, L. A. (2022). Participatory design and process testing to optimize utility, usability, and acceptability of a mobile game for promoting evidence-driven public health decision-making in resource-constrained settings. Frontiers in Digital Health, 3 doi:10.3389/fdgth.2021.788557

Smith, A., Fogarasi, M., Lustberg, M. B., & Nekhlyudov, L. (2022). Perspectives of adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: Review of community-based discussion boards. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 16(5), 1079-1089. doi:10.1007/s11764-021-01098-4

Swanson, M. J., & Hansen, J. L. (2022). Design thinking in undergraduate medical education: Student-driven change applied to value in medicine. Academic Medicine, 97(8), 1107-1108. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004453

Thomas, L., Rosenberg, I., R Weinstein, A., Maffeo, C., & Feinn, R. (2022). Implementation and inter-rater reliability of a comprehensive scoring rubric for preclerkship medical documentation. Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 97(11), S145-S146. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000004961

Tokgoz, E. (2022). An analysis of conceptual integral knowledge of STEM majors. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 

Tokgöz, E., Mahjoub, S., El Taeib, T., & Bachkar, K. (2022). Supply network design with uncertain demand: Computational cooperative game theory approach using distributed parallel programming. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 167 doi:10.1016/j.cie.2022.108011

Tokgoz, E., Musafer, H., Faezipour, M., & Mahmood, A. (2023). Incorporating derivative-free convexity with trigonometric simplex designs for learning-rate estimation of stochastic gradient-descent method. Electronics (Switzerland), 12(2) doi:10.3390/electronics12020419

Tokgöz, E., Tekalp, E. N., Tekalp, B. S., Tekalp, H. A., Scarpinella, S., & Giannone, M. (2022). Analysis of STEM students accumulating calculus knowledge to graph a function. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 

Tokgöz, E., Tekalp, E. N., Tekalp, B. S., Tekalp, H. A., Scarpinella, S., & Giannone, M. (2022). STEM students' technology choice differences for solving a graphing question - two different institution students' preferences for solving a graphing question. Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 

Tudino, R. F., & Jellison, W. A. (2022). The effect of mindfulness on increasing self-reported LGBTQ competency level and reducing explicit LGBTQ bias in health care providers. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, doi:10.1037/sgd0000608

Ullinger, J., Gregoricka, L., Bernardos, R., Reich, D., Langston, A., Ferreri, P., & Ingram, B. (2022). A bioarchaeological investigation of fraternal stillborn twins from tell el-hesi. Near Eastern Archaeology, 85(3), 228-237. doi:10.1086/720748

Umbehr, G., & Lukaszewicz, M. (2022). Acute liver injury following short-term use of the herbal supplement kratom. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 35(2), 39-41. doi:10.1097/01.JAA.0000805820.94245.3d

Van Schaik, K. D., Tsai, A., Liston, M. A., & Conlogue, G. (2023). Pediatric paleoradiology: Applications and best practice protocols for image acquisition and reporting. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33(1), 136-149. doi:10.1002/oa.3140

Vandermeulen, S., Snyder, J. A., Kohlhepp, W., Mustone Alexander, L., Straker, H., Bowser, J., & Bondy, M. J. (2022). Pipeline to the physician assistant profession: A look to the future. Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 33(1), E1-E10. doi:10.1097/JPA.0000000000000414

Vardaman, J. M., Markin, E. T., Penney, C. R., Marler, L. E., & Mckee, D. N. (2022). Willing and able? the screening and adoption of habitual family venture opportunities. Family Business Review, 35(2), 126-139. doi:10.1177/08944865211059467

Wagner, J. A., Bermudez-Millan, A., Berthold, S. M., Buckley, T., Buxton, O. M., Feinn, R., . . . Scully, M. (2022). Risk factors for drug therapy problems among cambodian americans with complex needs: A cross-sectional, observational study. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 145-159. doi:10.1080/21642850.2021.2021917

Ward, D. L., Schroeder, L., Roy, J. E., Hertz, M., Uhl, A., Pomeroy, E., . . . Silcox, M. T. (2022). The influence of subsistence strategy and climate on bony labyrinth morphology in recent homo sapiens. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177(3), 454-470. doi:10.1002/ajpa.24465

Warren, J. (2022). Work-in-progress - enhancing art appreciation through immersive recreation games. Paper presented at the Proceedings of 2022 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2022, doi:10.23919/iLRN55037.2022.9815910 

Yawson, R. M. (2022). Editorial: The future of work and becoming an employer of choice. Organization Management Journal, 19(3), 86-87. doi:10.1108/OMJ-05-2022-970

Yawson, R. M., & Lewis, V. J. (2023). Editorial: Navigating the intersection of organizational justice, trust, emotional intelligence, work location decisions, and work outcomes. Organization Management Journal, 20(1), 2-3. doi:10.1108/OMJ-01-2023-971

Yoder, S. R., Lonstein, A. B., Sharma, A., Garcia-Munoz, J., Moreno, R., Chen, A. Y., . . . Hall, J. M. (2022). PEARLS (perspectives on equity advancement: Research and learning symposium), a case report in promoting DEI in a medical school setting. Education Sciences, 12(9) doi:10.3390/educsci12090586

Selected Books

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup by Molly Yanity (Editor); Danielle Sarver Coombs (Editor)

ISBN: 3030754006

Publication Date: 2021-08-13

This book examines the most prolific international women's football tournament--the FIFA Women's World Cup--through media, fandom and how mediated women's soccer can improve on a global scale. Women's soccer has exploded in terms of media exposure, television audiences and live spectatorship. This book explores those macro-level issues, while also digging into micro-level topics such as Megan Rapinoe's celebrations and political activism, VAR reviews, LGBTQ imagery, and cultural obstacles for women's football in Central-Eastern Europe and Nigeria. Using an interdisciplinary approach, scholars look at issues through the lenses of feminist theory, cultural studies, rhetorical criticism, political economy, performative sport fandom, autoethnography, and more. Thus, the book is important reading for students, researchers and media practitioners with interests in women's soccer, gender in sports media, coverage of women's sport, and sport fandom.

 

Applying Anthropology to General Education by Jennifer R. Wies; Hillary J. Haldane

ISBN: 9780367642143

Publication Date: 2022-02-01

The current higher education policy and practice landscape is simultane-ously marked by uncertainty and hope, and nowhere are these tensions more present than in discussions and actions around general education. This volume uses an anthropological approach to contemplate ways of re-imagining general education for the 21st century and how faculty, teach-ers, administrators, and others can transform the educational endeavor to be holistic, comprehensive, and aligned with the needs of people and the planet in the decades to come. Included are analyses of general education concepts such as "diversity," case studies of general education and con-necting curricula, opportunities for faculty development, unique general education student populations, assessment strategies, and philosophical/ pedagogical challenges. Contributors make the case that far from receding from a central role in higher education, there is a need to strengthen general education curricula as key to the educational needs of students, for the skills and competencies they require in the workplace and for civic engagement.

 

Applying Predictive Analytics by Richard V. McCarthy; Mary M. McCarthy; Wendy Ceccucci; Leila Halawi

ISBN: 3030140377

Publication Date: 2019-03-21

This textbook presents a practical approach to predictive analytics for classroom learning. It focuses on using analytics to solve business problems and compares several different modeling techniques, all explained from examples using the SAS Enterprise Miner software. The authors demystify complex algorithms to show how they can be utilized and explained within the context of enhancing business opportunities. Each chapter includes an opening vignette that provides real-life example of how business analytics have been used in various aspects of organizations to solve issue or improve their results. A running case provides an example of a how to build and analyze a complex analytics model and utilize it to predict future outcomes.

 

The Athlete's Covenant by Suzanne Stefanowski Hudd

ISBN: 1498583989

Publication Date: 2019-12-09

Using everyday sporting experiences as a foundation, Suzanne Stefanowski Hudd lays out a set of informal rules that athletic team members learn to uphold. Prescribed within the "athlete's covenant," these guidelines support the transformation of the player's individual commitment to hard work into a set of collective, role-related obligations that are applicable across time and sport. Hudd's analysis highlights sportsmanship as it is practiced daily, flowing naturally from the mimicry and synchrony that players routinely use to perfect their talents. Working to turn star players into team players, the covenant encourages athletes to set their sights on goals that surpass what their individual talents alone can provide. Hudd theorizes our waning commitment to these important collectivistic properties of sport has contributed to the belief that sportsmanship is a thing of the past.

 

Black Indians and Freedmen by Christina Dickerson-Cousin

ISBN: 9780252044212

Publication Date: 2021-12-01

Often seen as ethnically monolithic, the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in fact successfully pursued evangelism among diverse communities of indigenous peoples and Black Indians. Christina Dickerson-Cousin tells the little-known story of the AME Church's work in Indian Territory, where African Methodists engaged with people from the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles) and Black Indians with various ethnic backgrounds. These converts proved receptive to the historically black church due to its traditions of self-government and resistance to white hegemony, and its strong support of their interests. The ministers, guided by the vision of a racially and ethnically inclusive Methodist institution, believed their denomination the best option for the marginalized people. Dickerson-Cousin also argues that the religious opportunities opened up by the AME Church throughout the West provided another impetus for black migration. Insightful and richly detailed, Black Indians and Freedmen illuminates how faith and empathy encouraged the unique interactions between two peoples.

 

Education in a Cultural War Era by Mordechai Gordon

ISBN: 9781032103662

Publication Date: 2022-05-01

In the past couple of years, much has been said and written in the media about the notion of "cancel culture" and the way in which various celebrities, journalists, politicians, ideas, and monuments have been cancelled. Yet, the conversations taking place on this issue have been largely uninformed, lacking intellectual rigor, and devoid of the historical and cultural context that could help make the contested debates more enlightening. Mordechai Gordon investigates the phenomenon of cancelling historically as well as how it became an issue recently. The book presents some compelling philosophical arguments against the practice of cancelling and highlights various educational dangers and risks that emerge from this practice and deserve our attention.

 

The Future of Business Journalism by Chris Roush; David Callaway (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781647122560

Publication Date: 2022-07-01

In the twenty-first century, business news has shifted its focus from local coverage to national news. In The Future of Business Journalism, Chris Roush shows the causes of this recent divide, its impact on local businesses, and how the field can once again provide the content a broad society needs to make informed financial decisions.

 

 

 

Identity Politics in the United States by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean

ISBN: 9780745654119

Publication Date: 2019-11-18

In 2017, a white supremacist rally at the University of Virginia forced many to consider how much progress had been made in a country that, nine years prior, had elected its first Black president. Beyond these racial flashpoints, the increasingly polarized nature of US politics has reignited debates around the meaning of identity, citizenship, and acceptance in America today.  In this pioneering book, Khalilah L. Brown-Dean moves beyond the headlines to examine how contemporary controversies emanate from longstanding struggles over power, access, and belonging. Using intersectionality as an organizing framework, she draws on current tensions such as voter suppression, the Me Too movement, the Standing Rock protests, marriage equality, military service, the rise of the Religious Right, protests by professional athletes, and battles over immigration to show how conflicts over group identity are an inescapable feature of American political development. Brown-Dean explores issues of citizenship, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and religion to argue that democracy in the United States is built upon the battle of ideas related to how we see ourselves, how we see others, and the mechanisms available to reinforce those distinctions.   Identity Politics in the United States will be an essential resource for students and engaged citizens who want to understand the link between historical context, contemporary political challenges, and paths to move toward a stronger democracy.

 

Intersectional Decoloniality by Marcos S. Scauso

ISBN: 9780367369552

Publication Date: 2020-08-06

This book assesses diverse ways to think about "others" while also emphasizing the advantages of decolonial intersectionality. The author analyzes the struggles that emerge among Andean indigenous intellectuals, governmental projects, and IR scholars from the Global North. From different perspectives, actors propose and promote diverse ways to deal with "others". By focusing on the epistemic assumptions and the marginalizing effects that emerge from these constructions, the author separates four ways to think about difference, and analyzes their implications. The genealogical journey linking the chapters in this book not only examines the specificities of Bolivian discussions, but also connects this geo-historical focal point with the rest of the world, other positions concerning the problem of difference, and the broader implications of thinking about respect, action, and coexistence. To achieve this goal, the author emphasizes the potential implications of intersectional decoloniality, highlighting its relationship with discussions that engage post-colonial, decolonial, feminist, and interpretivist scholars. He demonstrates the ways in which intersectional decoloniality moves beyond some of the limitations found in other discourses, proposing a reflexive, bottom up, intersectional, and decolonial possibility of action and ally-ship. This book is aimed primarily at students, scholars, and educated practitioners of IR, but its engagement with diverse literature, discussions of epistemic politics, and normative implications crosses boundaries of Political Science, Sociology, Gender Studies, Latin American Studies, and Anthropology.

 

Media Relations and the Modern First Lady by Linda B. Hobgood (Contribution by); Nancy Kegan Smith (Contribution by); Russell Mack (Contribution by); Anne F. Mattina (Contribution by); Elizabeth J. Natalle (Contribution by); Alison Novak (Contribution by); Jenni M. Simon (Contribution by); Erika Cornelius Smith (Contribution by); Tammy R. Vigil (Contribution by); Molly Wertheimer (Contribution by); Lisa M. Burns (Editor, Contribution by); Maurine H. Beasley (Contribution by); Joshua M. Bentley (Contribution by); Shaniece B. Bickham (Contribution by); Pamela G. Bourland-Davis (Contribution by); Abby M. Brooks (Contribution by); Diana Bartelli Carlin (Contribution by); Myra G. Gutin (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781793611246

Publication Date: 2020-02-06

Media Relations and the Modern First Lady: From Jacqueline Kennedy to Melania Trump examines the communication strategies first ladies and their teams have used to manage press and public interest in their private lives, to promote causes close to their hearts, and to shape their public image. Starting with Jacqueline Kennedy, who was the first to have a staffer with the title "press secretary," each chapter explores the relationship between a first lady and the media, the role played by her press secretary and communication staff in cultivating this relationship, and the first lady's media coverage. Contributors exploring the following questions: How effective were the media relations and communication strategies of this first lady and her team? What worked and what did not? Was the first lady a communication asset to her husband's administration? And what can we learn from their media relations strategies? Along with contributing to the scholarship on presidential spouses, the contributions to this volume also highlight the important role media relations plays in strategic political communication. Scholars of communication, media studies, gender and women's studies, political science, and public relations will find this book particularly useful.

 

Religion Is Raced by Grace Yukich (Editor); Penny Edgell (Editor)

ISBN: 9781479808670

Publication Date: 2020-07-28

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century When White people of faith act in a particular way, their motivations are almost always attributed to their religious orientation. Yet when religious people of color act in a particular way, their motivations are usually attributed to their racial positioning. Religion Is Raced makes the case that religion in America has generally been understood in ways that center White Christian experiences of religion, and argues that all religion must be acknowledged as a raced phenomenon. When we overlook the role race plays in religious belief and action, and how religion in turn spurs public and political action, we lose sight of a key way in which race influences religiously-based claims-making in the public sphere. With contributions exploring a variety of religious traditions, from Buddhism and Islam to Judaism and Protestantism, as well as pieces on atheists and humanists, Religion Is Raced brings discussions about the racialized nature of religion from the margins of scholarly and religious debate to the center. The volume offers a new model for thinking about religion that emphasizes how racial dynamics interact with religious identity, and how we can in turn better understand the roles religion--and Whiteness--play in politics and public life, especially in the United States. It includes clear recommendations for researchers, including pollsters, on how to better recognize moving forward that religion is a raced phenomenon. With contributions by Joseph O. Baker, Kelsy Burke, James Clark Davidson, Janine Giordano Drake, Ashley Garner, Edward Orozco Flores, Sikivu Hutchinson, Sarah Imhoff, Russell Jeung, John Jimenez, Jaime Kucinskas, Eric Mar, Gerardo Martí, Omar M. McRoberts, Besheer Mohamed, Dawne Moon, Jerry Z. Park, Z. Fareen Parvez, Theresa W. Tobin, and Rhys H. Williams.

 

Ricky the Time Traveling Trash Panda by Kent Golden

ISBN: 1714368351

Publication Date: 2020-02-01

What would you do if you had to save the life of a murderer? How do your daily choices impact animals and the planet? This is a book that just might make you question your life. . . but in a good way! Great for teens to adults, this is an adventure in moral questions surrounding humans and animals sharing the same planet. An enjoyable read with lots of quirky humor and fun adventure.***An injured raccoon from the future. . .A shy girl. . .A mission to save the planet. . .But something wasn't right.Ricky thought he was prepared for anything. But he soon learned that a broken leg, an overly protective cat, and vindictive squirrels were the least of his worries.His mission was simple - save three targets in order to change the fate of the world and all of humanity. Those three targets were so important to the future of animals that he couldn't wait to meet them.Only they were the stuff of nightmares. . .A butcher, a hunter, and a scientist, all treating animals in the most horrible ways.Was this really the mission, or was there some kind of mistake? What should he do?The adventure begins!

Written by: Emma Norden

The Arnold Bernhard Library is working to gather the history of the University with the development of the Larson College Collection. Larson College was a two-year women’s junior college located on Whitney Avenue before Quinnipiac College merged with it in 1952. Established by George Larson and his wife Olga, Larson College taught secretarial sciences, medical technology and fashion merchandising among its many courses. In addition, students could join one of many clubs and sports, such as drama, language clubs, fencing, archery, badminton, basketball and journalism. The images below show Larson students in the 1940s. The journalism club is printing their newspaper, "The Larson Echo," the swim team is practicing synchronized routines, fashion merchanting majors are working on models, and finally students are enjoying “airy, sunlight bedrooms.” 

Written by: Cecilia Dalzell

Finding and Evaluating Open Access Articles

The Open Access (OA) movement aims to make scholarly research available to researchers, students and other interested people regardless of their ability to pay. Open Access articles are becoming more common and more findable by students, whether they search in library databases or Internet search engines. As of February 2023, the open database Unpaywall contained over 46 million OA articles. Simard, et al. (2022) calculated that about 43% of articles published between 2015-2019 were OA at the time of data collection (sometime in 2021).

Library tools such as Library OneSearch and Q Check for Full Text, along with databases like Scopus, use Unpaywall to link to legal OA. EBSCO databases such as Academic Search Complete, CINAHL and PsycInfo work with Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to link to legal OA. Search engines such as Google or Bing may lead to either legal OA or include results from questionable sources such as ResearchGate (does not monitor legality of researchers posting articles) and SciHub (encourages posting articles in violation of publishers’ license agreements).

Open Access journals are scholarly and peer-reviewed. DOAJ and databases vet OA journals for article quality, accepted and transparent peer-review processes and ethical business practices. Unfortunately, OA journals with predatory practices exist, as do questionable subscription-based journals. Researchers and readers alike need to evaluate any journal for relevance, quality and ethical practices.  For myths and facts about Open Access, these guides from other universities are helpful:

• Open Access Myths & Facts (University of Nebraska Omaha)
• Myths and Facts About Open Access (Ontario Tech University)

It is important to note that Open Access articles may be posted at three stages in the publication process:

1. Preprint: a scholarly article written for publication that is shared online before formal peer-review. **Students - Check with your professor to know whether these meet the requirements of your assignment.**
2. Postprint: a scholarly article that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in a journal, but not typeset or formatted on the page as it would be in the journal. Also called Accepted Author's manuscript (AAM) pre-proof, or author's original version.
3. Final: the edited, typeset, formatted, peer-reviewed version of the article, including any enhancements from the publisher such as keyword tagging and tracking corrections. Also called the Version of Record.

To see an example of an article at all three stages, and find out which sources contain preprints, postprints, and final articles, please see our Open Access Research Guide.

The trend toward more Open Access in scholarly communication gives students and researchers access to worldwide perspectives and topics. These articles are accessible to all students after graduation, so that they can continue to follow scholarship in their areas of interest as they enter the world as lifelong learners.

Works Cited

Simard, M., Ghiasi, G., Mongeon, P., & Larivière, V. (2022). National differences in dissemination and use of open access literature. PloS One, 17(8), e0272730-e0272730. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272730

Unpaywall. (16 Feb. 2023) https://unpaywall.org/

• Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Novels and Histories 

• Autism Acceptance 

• National Arab American Heritage Month

• Earth Day

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Novels and Histories

Asian American Poetry by Brenda Shaughnessy (Contribution by); Mong-Lan (Contribution by); Victoria Chang (Editor); Marilyn Chin (Foreword by); Timothy Liu (Contribution by); Adrienne Su (Contribution by); Sue Kwock Kim (Contribution by); Rick Barot (Contribution by)

ISBN: 0252071743

Publication Date: 2004-05-24

This book is the first in English to consider women's movements and feminist discourses in twentieth-century Taiwan. Doris T. Chang examines the way in which Taiwanese women in the twentieth century selectively appropriated Western feminist theories to meet their needs in a modernizing Confucian culture. She illustrates the rise and fall of women's movements against the historical backdrop of the island's contested national identities, first vis-à-vis imperial Japan (1895-1945) and later with postwar China (1945-2000).   In particular, during periods of soft authoritarianism in the Japanese colonial era and late twentieth century, autonomous women's movements emerged and operated within the political perimeters set by the authoritarian regimes. Women strove to replace the "Good Wife, Wise Mother" ideal with an individualist feminism that meshed social, political, and economic gender equity with the prevailing Confucian family ideology. However, during periods of hard authoritarianism from the 1930s to the 1960s, the autonomous movements collapsed.   The particular brand of Taiwanese feminism developed from numerous outside influences, including interactions among an East Asian sociopolitical milieu, various strands of Western feminism, and Marxist-Leninist women's liberation programs in Soviet Russia. Chinese communism appears not to have played a significant role, due to the Chinese Nationalists' restriction of communication with the mainland during their rule on post-World War II Taiwan.   Notably, this study compares the perspectives of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, whose husband led as the president of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1949 to 1975, and Hsiu-lien Annette Lu, Taiwan's vice president from 2000 to 2008. Delving into period sources such as the highly influential feminist monthly magazine Awakening as well as interviews with feminist leaders, Chang provides a comprehensive historical and cross-cultural analysis of the struggle for gender equality in Taiwan.

 

Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia

ISBN: 0374527369

Publication Date: 2001-05-15

The fascinating story of the rise of Asian Americans as a politically and socially influential racial group This groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the Los Angeles riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotypes of Asian Americans. Helen Zia, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born in the 1950s when there were only 150,000 Chinese Americans in the entire country, and she writes as a personal witness to the dramatic changes involving Asian Americans. Written for both Asian Americans--the fastest-growing population in the United States--and non-Asians, Asian American Dreams argues that America can no longer afford to ignore these emergent, vital, and singular American people.

 

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

ISBN: 9780593298350

Publication Date: 2022-03-22

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR AND BOOK RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW AND THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY GOODREADS, NYLON, BUZZFEED AND MORE A Taiwanese American woman's coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a college campus in this outrageously hilarious and startlingly tender debut novel. Twenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about "Chinese-y" things again. But after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her efforts are junk food addiction and stomach pain. When she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives one afternoon, she convinces herself it's her ticket out of academic hell.   But Ingrid's in much deeper than she thinks. Her clumsy exploits to unravel the note's message lead to an explosive discovery, upending not only her sheltered life within academia but her entire world beyond it. With her trusty friend Eunice Kim by her side and her rival Vivian Vo hot on her tail, together they set off a roller coaster of mishaps and misadventures, from book burnings and OTC drug hallucinations, to hot-button protests and Yellow Peril 2.0 propaganda.   In the aftermath, nothing looks the same to Ingrid--including her gentle and doting fiancé, Stephen Greene. When he embarks on a book tour with the super kawaii Japanese author he's translated, doubts and insecurities creep in for the first time... As the events Ingrid instigated keep spiraling, she'll have to confront her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions--and, most of all, herself.   For readers of Paul Beatty's The Sellout and Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown, this uproarious and bighearted satire is a blistering send-up of privilege and power in America, and a profound reckoning of individual complicity and unspoken rage. In this electrifying debut novel from a provocative new voice, Elaine Hsieh Chou asks who gets to tell our stories--and how the story changes when we finally tell it ourselves.

 

Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan Santat (Illustrator, Cover Design by)

ISBN: 9781484767603

Publication Date: 2018-06-05

The recipient of six starred reviews and the APALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature!   Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Smithsonian, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, BookRiot, the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library--and many more!   When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens--with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words. With spare, direct text by Minh Lê and luminous illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, this stirring picture book about reaching across barriers will be cherished for years to come.   A Junior Library Guild selection!

 

Flippin' by Luis H. Francia (Editor); Eric Gamalinda (Editor); Luis Francia

ISBN: 1889876011

Publication Date: 1998-07-08

The Philippines, America's "showcase of democracy" and its only former colony in Asia, remains enigmatic to most Americans. What we know of this archipelago is very often condensed, filtered, or distorted y Western preconceptions and interpretations. Here, for the first time, are Filipino and Filipino American writers telling their lives in their own words. Here are stories of passion and betrayal, home and exile, the politics of the self and a nation in search of itself. Here are poems of such power and beauty that can rank among the best in the world. In these pages the reader will find familiar figures -- the greedy Marcoses, teenage gangs, game shows, rock star clones -- as well as characters and themes of every stripe and hue, from gay youngsters checking out surfer jocks in Hawai'i to Westernized girls coming out of convent school, from a searing recollection of gang rape to meditations on the spirit. Altogether, these works provide a deeper image of the Philippines and of Filipinos in America, as seen by some of the best writers from both sides of the world. Ultimately, it gives a unique and vivid perspective of America as well.

 

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

ISBN: 9781419718786

Publication Date: 2018-04-17

"A book to break your heart and heal it." - Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer ? 4 starred reviews ? Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness An ABA Indies Introduce Winter/ Spring 2017 Selection A Summer 2017 Indie Next Selection Now in paperback, Thi Bui's critically acclaimed and beautifully illustrated story of her family's journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to their new lives in America. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and family, Bui documents the difficulties immigrants face as they build new lives for themselves. At the heart of Bui's story is a universal struggle: adjusting to life as a first-time mother. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, The Best We Could Do examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home, providing inspiration to all who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past. 

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781603094504

Publication Date: 2019-07-16

New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do? To answer these questions, George Takei joins co-writers Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime.

 

The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa; Lauren Na (Translator)

ISBN: 9781596434585

Publication Date: 2009-03-31

First love is never easy. Ehwa grows up helping her widowed mother run the local tavern, watching as their customers - both neighbours and strangers - look down on her mother for her single lifestyle. Their social status isolates Ehwa and her mother from the rest of the people in their quiet country village. But as she gets older and sees her mother fall in love again, Ehwa slowly begins to open up to the possibility of love in her life.In the tradition of My Antonia and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, from the pen of the renowned Korean manwha creator Kim Dong Hwa, comes a trilogy about a girl coming of age, set in the vibrant, beautiful landscape of pastoral Korea.

 

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

ISBN: 9781524740955

Publication Date: 2019-08-13

A Reese's Book Club YA Pick and New York Times Bestseller   From the critically acclaimed author of Luck of the Titanic, Under a Painted Sky, and Outrun the Moon comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, "Dear Miss Sweetie." When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society's ills, but she's not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender. While her opponents clamor to uncover the secret identity of Miss Sweetie, a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta's most notorious criminal, Jo must decide whether she, a girl used to living in the shadows, is ready to step into the light. With prose that is witty, insightful, and at times heartbreaking, Stacey Lee masterfully crafts an extraordinary social drama set in the New South.   "This vividly rendered historic novel will keep readers riveted as witty, observant Jo deals with the dangers of questioning power." --The Washington Post "Holds a mirror to our present issues while giving us a detailed and vibrant picture of life in the past." --The New York Times "A joyful read . . . The Downstairs Girl, for all its serious and timely content, is a jolly good time." --NPR

 

No-No Boy by John Okada; Lawson Fusao Inada (Introduction by); Frank Chin (Afterword by)

ISBN: 0295955252

Publication Date: 1981-01-01

"No-No Boy has the honor of being among the first of what has become an entire literary canon of Asian American literature,? writes novelist Ruth Ozeki in her new foreword. First published in 1957, No-No Boy was virtually ignored by a public eager to put World War II and the Japanese internment behind them. It was not until the mid-1970s that a new generation of Japanese American writers and scholars recognized the novel's importance and popularized it as one of literature's most powerful testaments to the Asian American experience. No-No Boy tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life ?no-no boys.' Yamada answered ?no? twice in a compulsory government questionnaire as to whether he would serve in the armed forces and swear loyalty to the United States. Unwilling to pledge himself to the country that interned him and his family, Ichiro earns two years in prison and the hostility of his family and community when he returns home to Seattle. As Ozeki writes, Ichiro's ?obsessive, tormented? voice subverts Japanese postwar ?model-minority? stereotypes, showing a fractured community and one man's ?threnody of guilt, rage, and blame as he tries to negotiate his reentry into a shattered world.' The first edition of No-No Boy since 1979 presents this important work to new generations of readers.

Autism Acceptance 

Autism in the Family by Robert A. Naseef

ISBN: 9781598572414

Publication Date: 2012-11-29

How can parents provide the best support for their child with autism--and ensure that the whole family's needs are met? It's a question faced by every parent of a child on the autism spectrum, and this book answers it with keen insight, reassuring honesty, and practical guidance. A psychologist and father of an adult son with autism, Dr. Robert Naseef has both personal and professional expertise to share with overwhelmed families. Weaving wisdom from years of clinical practice with candid first-hand insights on parenting a child from birth through adulthood, Naseef helps parents navigate the complex emotional journey to acceptance guide their child's behavior and development at every age maintain a strong and mutually supportive marriage understand the needs of siblings and provide sensitive support collaborate effectively with professionals address specific issues like meltdowns, food sensitivities, sleeping, and toileting manage stress build a strong circle of support with family and friends Using Naseef's popular Special Children, Challenged Parents as a starting point, this completely reworked and revised new book reflects 10 years of change, both in the author's life and in the autism field. Parents will benefit from new chapters on navigating their child's adolescence and adulthood, expanded and updated information on autism, and rare in-depth coverage of the needs, emotions, and parenting experiences of fathers. A warm, down-to-earth, and practical guide for parents--and an enlightening read for the professionals who work with them--this book will be a valuable companion as families love and support their child with autism.

 

Centered by Anthony Ianni; Rob Keast; Tom Izzo

ISBN: 1684351537

Publication Date: 2021-09-07

"They don't know me. They don't know what I'm capable of." Diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, a form of autism, as a toddler, Anthony Ianni wasn't expected to succeed in school or participate in sports, but he had other ideas. As a child, Ianni told anybody who would listen, including head coach Tom Izzo, that he would one day play for the Michigan State Spartans. Centered: Autism, Basketball, and One Athlete's Dreams is the firsthand account of a young man's social, academic, and athletic struggles and his determination to reach his goals. In this remarkable memoir, Ianni reflects on his experiences with both basketball and the autism spectrum. Centered, an inspirational sports story in the vein of Rudy, reveals Ianni to be unflinching in his honesty, generous in his gratitude, and gracious in his compassion. Sports fans will root for the underdog. Parents, teachers, and coaches will gain insight into the experience of an autistic child. And everyone will triumph in the achievements of Centered.

 

Going to College with Autism by Emily Rutherford; Jennifer Butcher; Lori Hepburn

ISBN: 9781475826142

Publication Date: 2016-05-13

This book provides students and professionals in higher education with information to better support individuals with Autism. The intended readership for this book includes educators and students in secondary and higher education, high school counselors, and high school transition specialists. At the end of each chapter, stories of success are shared with the reader. All of the voices shared are real-life stories from college students with Autism, providing readers with a rare and unique perspective of what it is like to be a college student with Autism.

 

 

Imagining Autism by Sonya Freeman Loftis

ISBN: 9780253018007

Publication Date: 2015-12-01

A disorder that is only just beginning to find a place in disability studies and activism, autism remains in large part a mystery, giving rise to both fear and fascination. Sonya Freeman Loftis's groundbreaking study examines literary representations of autism or autistic behavior to discover what impact they have had on cultural stereotypes, autistic culture, and the identity politics of autism. Imagining Autism looks at fictional characters (and an author or two) widely understood as autistic, ranging from Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Harper Lee's Boo Radley to Mark Haddon's boy detective Christopher Boone and Steig Larsson's Lisbeth Salander. The silent figure trapped inside himself, the savant made famous by his other-worldly intellect, the brilliant detective linked to the criminal mastermind by their common neurology--these characters become protean symbols, stand-ins for the chaotic forces of inspiration, contagion, and disorder. They are also part of the imagined lives of the autistic, argues Loftis, sometimes for good, sometimes threatening to undermine self-identity and the activism of the autistic community.

 

Naming Adult Autism by James McGrath

ISBN: 9781783480425

Publication Date: 2017-08-15

Naming Adult Autism is one of the first critiques of cultural and medical narratives of Autism to be authored by an adult diagnosed with this condition. Autism is a 'social disorder', defined by interactions and lifestyle. Yet, the expectations of normalcy against which Autism is defined have too rarely been questioned. This book demonstrates the value of the Humanities towards developing fuller understandings of Autistic adulthood, adapting theory from Adorno, Foucault and Butler. The chapters expose serious scientific limitations of medical assumptions that Autistic people are gifted at maths but indifferent to fiction. After interrogating such clichés in literature, cinema and television, James McGrath also explores more radical depictions of Autism via novels by Douglas Coupland, Margaret Atwood, Clare Morrall and Meg Wolitzer, plus poems by Les Murray and Joanne Limburg. 

 

Neurodiverse Relationships by Joanna Pike; Tony Attwood (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781787750289

Publication Date: 2019-07-18

Comprised of the accounts of twelve heterosexual couples in which the man is on the Autism Spectrum, this book invites both partners to discuss their own perspectives of different key issues, including anxiety, empathy, employment and socializing. Autism expert Tony Attwood contributes a commentary and a question and answer section for each of the twelve accounts. The first book of its kind to provide perspectives from both sides of a relationship on a variety of different topics, Neurodiverse Relationships is the perfect companion for couples in neurodiverse relationships who are trying to understand one another better.

 

The Politics of Autism by John J. Pitney

ISBN: 9781442249608

Publication Date: 2015-08-06

In the first book devoted exclusively to the contentious politics of autism, noted political scientist and public policy expert John J. Pitney, Jr., explains how autism has evolved into a heated political issue disputed by scientists, educators, social workers, and families. Nearly everything about autism is subject to debate and struggle, including its measurement and definition. Organizational attempts to deal with autism have resulted in not a single "autism policy," but a vast array of policies at the federal, state, and local levels, which often leave people with autism and their families frustrated and confused. Americans with autism are citizens, friends, coworkers, sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers. No longer simply the objects of public policy, they are active participants in current policy debates. Pitney's fascinating look at how public policy is made and implemented offers networks of concerned parents, educators, and researchers a compass to navigate the current systems and hope for a path towards more regularized and effective policies for America's autism community.

 

Siblings and Autism by Helen McCabe (Contribution by); Debra Cumberland (Editor); Erika Giles (Contribution by); Lindsey Fisch (Contribution by); Bruce Mills (Editor); Thomas Caramagno (Contribution by); Erika Nanes (Contribution by); Anne Barnhill (Contribution by); Catherine Anderson (Contribution by); Ann Damiano (Contribution by); Katie Stricklin (Contribution by); Cara Murphy Watkins (Contribution by); Alison Wilde (Contribution by); Maureen McDonnell (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9781849058315

Publication Date: 2010-12-15

What is it like to grow up with a sibling on the autism spectrum? What kind of relationship do such siblings have? How does that relationship change as the siblings get older? In this moving collection of beautifully-written personal accounts, siblings from a variety of backgrounds, and in different circumstances, share their experiences of growing up with a brother or sister with autism. Despite their many differences, their stories show that certain things are common to the "sibling experience": the emotional terrain of looking on or being overlooked; the confusion of accommodating resentment, love, and helplessness; and above all the yearning to connect across neurological difference. Siblings and Autism is a thought-provoking book that will appeal to anyone with a personal or professional interest in autism, including parents of siblings of children on the spectrum, teachers, counsellors, and psychologists.

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism by Peter J. Hotez; Arthur L. Caplan (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781421426600

Publication Date: 2018-10-30

Internationally renowned medical scientist, frequent media contributor, and autism dad Dr. Peter J. Hotez explains why vaccines do not cause autism. In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poorest people, became troubled by the decades-long rise of the influential anti-vaccine community and its inescapable narrative around childhood vaccines and autism. In Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism, Hotez draws on his experiences as a pediatrician, vaccine scientist, and father of an autistic child. Outlining the arguments on both sides of the debate, he examines the science that refutes the concerns of the anti-vaccine movement, debunks current conspiracy theories alleging a cover-up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and critiques the scientific community's failure to effectively communicate the facts about vaccines and autism to the general public, all while sharing his very personal story of raising a now-adult daughter with autism. A uniquely authoritative account, this important book persuasively provides evidence for the genetic basis of autism and illustrates how the neurodevelopmental pathways of autism are under way before birth. Dr. Hotez reminds readers of the many victories of vaccines over disease while warning about the growing dangers of the anti-vaccine movement, especially in the United States and Europe. Now, with the anti-vaccine movement reenergized in our COVID-19 era, this book is especially timely. Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism is a must-read for parent groups, child advocates, teachers, health-care providers, government policymakers, health and science policy experts, and anyone caring for a family member or friend with autism. 

 

We Walk by Amy S. F. Lutz

ISBN: 1501751395

Publication Date: 2020-10-15

In this collection of beautiful and raw essays, Amy S. F. Lutz writes openly about her experience--the positive and the negative--as a mother of a now twenty-one-year-old son with severe autism. Lutz's human emotion drives through each page and challenges commonly held ideas that define autism either as a disease or as neurodiversity. We Walk is inspired by her own questions: What is the place of intellectually and developmentally disabled people in society? What responsibilities do we, as citizens and human beings, have to one another? Who should decide for those who cannot decide for themselves? What is the meaning of religion to someone with no abstract language? Exploring these questions, We Walk directly--and humanly--examines social issues such as inclusion, religion, therapeutics, and friendship through the lens of severe autism. In a world where public perception of autism is largely shaped by the "quirky geniuses" featured on television shows like The Big Bang Theory and The Good Doctor, We Walk demands that we center our debates about this disorder on those who are most affected by its impacts.

 

Worlds of Autism by Joyce Davidson (Editor); Michael Orsini (Editor)

ISBN: 9780816688883

Publication Date: 2013-11-14

Since first being identified as a distinct psychiatric disorder in 1943, autism has been steeped in contestation and controversy. Present-day skirmishes over the potential causes of autism, how or even if it should be treated, and the place of Asperger's syndrome on the autism spectrum are the subjects of intense debate in the research community, in the media, and among those with autism and their families. Bringing together innovative work on autism by international scholars in the social sciences and humanities, Worlds of Autism boldly challenges the deficit narrative prevalent in both popular and scientific accounts of autism spectrum disorders, instead situating autism within an abilities framework that respects the complex personhood of individuals with autism. A major contribution to the emerging, interdisciplinary field of critical autism studies, this book is methodologically and conceptually broad. Its authors explore the philosophical questions raised by autism, such as how it complicates neurotypical understandings of personhood; grapple with the politics that inform autism research, treatment, and care; investigate the diagnosis of autism and the recognition of difference; and assess representations of autism and stories told by and about those with autism. From empathy, social circles, and Internet communities to biopolitics, genetics, and diagnoses, Worlds of Autism features a range of perspectives on autistic subjectivities and the politics of cognitive difference, confronting society's assumptions about those with autism and the characterization of autism as a disability. Contributors: Dana Lee Baker, Washington State U; Beatrice Bonniau, Paris Descartes U; Charlotte Brownlow, U of Southern Queensland, Australia; Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College; Brigitte Chamak, Paris Descartes U; Kristina Chew, Saint Peter's U, New Jersey; Patrick McDonagh, Concordia U, Montreal; Stuart Murray, U of Leeds; Majia Holmer Nadesan, Arizona State U; Christina Nicolaidis, Portland State U; Lindsay O'Dell, Open U, London; Francisco Ortega, State U of Rio de Janeiro; Mark Osteen, Loyola U, Maryland; Dawn Eddings Prince; Dora Raymaker; Sara Ryan, U of Oxford; Lila Walsh.

 

National Arab American Heritage Month

Arabs by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

ISBN: 9780300180282

Publication Date: 2019-04-30

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.   Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developments--from pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammad's use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabic--have helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in today's politically fractured post-Arab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.

 

Arab and Arab American Feminisms by Evelyn Alsultany (Editor); Nadine Naber (Editor); Rabab Abdulhadi (Editor)

ISBN: 9780815632238

Publication Date: 2011-04-30

In this collection, Arab and Arab American feminists enlist their intimate experiences to challenge simplistic and long-held assumptions about gender, sexuality, and commitments to feminism and justice-centered struggles among Arab communities. Contributors hail from multiple geo­graphical sites, spiritualities, occupations, sexualities, class backgrounds, and generations. Poets, creative writers, artists, scholars, and activists employ a mix of genres to express feminist issues and highlight how Arab and Arab American feminist perspectives simultaneously inhabit multiple, overlapping, and intersecting spaces: within families and communities; in anticolonial and antiracist struggles; in debates over spirituality and the divine; within radical, feminist, and queer spaces; in academia and on the street; and among each other. Contributors explore themes as diverse as the intersections between gender, sexuality, Orientalism, racism, Islamophobia, and Zionism, and the restoration of Arab Jews to Arab American histories. This book asks how members of diasporic communities navigate their sense of belong­ing when the country in which they live wages wars in the lands of their ancestors. Arab and Arab American Feminisms opens up new possibili­ties for placing grounded Arab and Arab American feminist perspectives at the center of gender studies, Middle East studies, American studies, and ethnic studies.

 

Arab Americans in Film by Waleed F. Mahdi

ISBN: 9780815636816

Publication Date: 2020-10-30

It comes as little surprise that Hollywood films have traditionally stereotyped Arab Americans, but how are Arab Americans portrayed in Arab films, and just as importantly, how are they portrayed in the works of Arab American filmmakers themselves? In this innovative volume, Mahdi offers a comparative analysis of three cinemas, yielding rich insights on the layers of representation and the ways in which those representations are challenged and disrupted. Hollywood films have fostered reductive imagery of Arab Americans since the 1970s as either a national security threat or a foreign policy concern, while Egyptian filmmakers have used polarizing images of Arab Americans since the 1990s to convey their nationalist critiques of the United States. Both portrayals are rooted in anxieties around globalization, migration, and US-Arab geopolitics. In contrast, Arab American cinema provides a more complex, realistic, and fluid representation of Arab American citizenship and the nuances of a transnational identity. Exploring a wide variety of films from each cinematic site, Mahdi traces the competing narratives of Arab American belonging - how and why they vary, and what's at stake in their circulation.

 

Arab Dress by Yedida Kalfon Stillman; Norman A. Stillman (Editor)

ISBN: 9004135936

Publication Date: 2003-08-06

This richly illustrated volume is a historical and ethnographic study of one important aspect of Arab and Islamic material culture - clothing. While in part descriptive, its principal focus is on the evolution and transformations of modes of dress over the past 1400 years throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and for the Middle Ages, Islamic Spain. Arab clothing is treated as part of an Islamic vestimentary system and is discussed within the context of the social, religious, esthetic, and political trends of each age.In addition to the five historical chapters, three chapters are devoted to major themes of Arab costume history - the dress code for non-Muslims, the important socio-economic and political institution of luxury fabrics and garments of honor, and the most well-known and frequently misunderstood institution of veiling.

 

Contemporary Arab-American Literature by Carol Fadda-Conrey

ISBN: 9781479826926

Publication Date: 2014-05-30

The last couple of decades have witnessed a flourishing of Arab-American literature across multiple genres. Yet, increased interest in this literature is ironically paralleled by a prevalent bias against Arabs and Muslims that portrays their long presence in the US as a recent and unwelcome phenomenon. Spanning the 1990s to the present, Carol Fadda-Conrey takes in the sweep of literary and cultural texts by Arab-American writers in order to understand the ways in which their depictions of Arab homelands, whether actual or imagined, play a crucial role in shaping cultural articulations of US citizenship and belonging. By asserting themselves within a US framework while maintaining connections to their homelands, Arab-Americans contest the blanket representations of themselves as dictated by the US nation-state. Deploying a multidisciplinary framework at the intersection of Middle-Eastern studies, US ethnic studies, and diaspora studies, Fadda-Conrey argues for a transnational discourse that overturns the often rigid affiliations embedded in ethnic labels. Tracing the shifts in transnational perspectives, from the founders of Arab-American literature, like Gibran Kahlil Gibran and Ameen Rihani, to modern writers such as Naomi Shihab Nye, Joseph Geha, Randa Jarrar, and Suheir Hammad, Fadda-Conrey finds that contemporary Arab-American writers depict strong yet complex attachments to the US landscape. She explores how the idea of home is negotiated between immigrant parents and subsequent generations, alongside analyses of texts that work toward fostering more nuanced understandings of Arab and Muslim identities in the wake of post-9/11 anti-Arab sentiments. 

Contemporary Arab Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi

ISBN: 0745321690

Publication Date: 2004-01-20

Contemporary Arab Thought is a multifaceted book, encompassing a constellation of social, political, religious and ideological ideas that have evolved over the past two hundred years - ideas that represent the leading positions of the social classes in modern and contemporary Arab societies. Distinguished Islamic scholar Ibrahim Abu-Rabi' addresses such questions as the Shari'ah, human rights, civil society, secularism and globalisation. This is complimented by a focused discussion on the writings of key Arab thinkers who represent established trends of thought in the Arab world, including Muhammad Abid al-Jabiri, Adallah Laroui, Muhammad al-Ghazali, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, Qutatnine Zurayk, Mahdi Amil and many others. Before 1967, some Arab countries launched hopeful programmes of modernisation. After the 1967 defeat with Israel, many of these hopes were dashed. This book retraces the Arab world's aborted modernity of recent decades. Abu-Rabi explores the development of contemporary Arab thought against the historical background of the rise of modern Islamism, and the impact of the West on the modern Arab world.

 

Etching Our Own Image by Anan Ameri; Holly Arida; Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Mich.) Staff (Contribution by)

ISBN: 1847181953

Publication Date: 2007-06-01

Etching Our Own Image: Voices From Within the Arab American Art Movement is a celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, the need for Arab Americans to define themselves, rather than be defined by others has galvanized an artistic movement. This collection of writers includes poets, musicians, playwrights, creative writers, painters, conceptual artists, comedians and scholars of the arts who have gathered to assert for themselves what it means to be Arab American and an artist. Arab American artists use their art both to resist and to embrace their past, present and future. Through their art they retain their origins, while creating something new. They collaborate and come together. The artists included here are above all artists and the artistic renderings in this collection demonstrate their commitment to craft, innovation, and expression. They take on the task of etching their own image willingly or unwillingly, consciously or unconsciously. By telling their own stories through their own artistic mediums, these voices from within the Arab American art movement reclaim their own image and tell the world who they are.

 

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

ISBN: 9780062747808

Publication Date: 2019-05-28

New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book! A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven't quite prepared her for starting school in the US--and her new label of "Middle Eastern," an identity she's never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises--there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.

 

Modern Arab American Fiction by Steven Salaita

ISBN: 9780815632771

Publication Date: 2011-04-30

Within the spectrum of American literary traditions, Arab American literature is relatively new. Writing produced by Americans of Arab origin is mainly a product of the twentieth century and only started to flourish in the past thirty years. While this young but thriving literature varies widely in content and style, it emerges from a common community and within a specific historical, political, and cultural context. In Modern Arab American Fiction, Salaita maps out the landscape of this genre as he details rather than defines the last century of Arab American fiction. Exploring the works of such best-selling authors as Rabih Alameddine, Mohja Kahf, Laila Halaby, Diana Abu-Jaber, Alicia Erian, and Randa Jarrar, Salaita highlights the development of each author's writing and how each has influenced Arab American fiction. He examines common themes including the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-90, the representation and practice of Islam in the United States, social issues such as gender and national identity in Arab cultures, and the various identities that come with being Arab American. Combining the accessibility of a primer with in-depth critical analysis, Modern Arab American Fiction is suitable for a broad audience, those unfamiliar with the subject area, as well as scholars of the literature.

 

The Rise of the Arab American Left by Pamela E. Pennock

ISBN: 9781469630977

Publication Date: 2017-02-20

In this first history of Arab American activism in the 1960s, Pamela Pennock brings to the forefront one of the most overlooked minority groups in the history of American social movements. Focusing on the ideas and strategies of key Arab American organizations and examining the emerging alliances between Arab American and other anti-imperialist and antiracist movements, Pennock sheds new light on the role of Arab Americans in the social change of the era. She details how their attempts to mobilize communities in support of Middle Eastern political or humanitarian causes were often met with suspicion by many Americans, including heavy surveillance by the Nixon administration. Cognizant that they would be unable to influence policy by traditional electoral means, Arab Americans, through slow coalition building over the course of decades of activism, brought their central policy concerns and causes into the mainstream of activist consciousness. With the support of new archival and interview evidence, Pennock situates the civil rights struggle of Arab Americans within the story of other political and social change of the 1960s and 1970s. By doing so, she takes a crucial step forward in the study of American social movements of that era.

 

Earth Day

Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden, Revised and Updated Second Edition by Jessica Walliser

ISBN: 9780760371718

Publication Date: 2022-02-01

This revised and updated edition of Jessica Walliser's award-winning Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden offers a valuable and science-backed plan for bringing balance back to the garden. With this indispensable gardening reference--now updated with new research, insights, and voices--learn how to create a healthy, balanced, and diverse garden capable of supporting a hard-working crew of beneficial pest-eating insects and eliminate the need for synthetic chemical pesticides. After a fascinating introduction to the predator and prey cycle and its importance to both wild ecosystems and home gardens, you'll meet dozens of pest-munching beneficial insects (the predators) that feast on garden pests (their prey). From ladybugs and lacewings to parasitic wasps and syrphid flies, these good guys of the bug world keep the natural system of checks and balances in prime working order. They help limit pest damage and also serve a valuable role in the garden's food web. But, they won't call your garden home if you don't have the resources they need to survive. With a hearty population of beneficial insects present in your garden, you'll say goodbye to common garden pests like aphids, cabbage worms, bean beetles, leafhoppers, and hornworms, without reaching for a spray can. To encourage these good guys to stick around and do their important work, you'll learn how to create a welcoming habitat and fill your garden with the best plants to support them.  Inside you'll find: Bug profiles introducing dozens of beneficial insects and the down-and-dirty details on how they catch and eat their prey Plant profiles featuring the best plants for supporting beneficials Interviews with entomologists who focus their life's work on understanding the value of insects, including Doug Tallamy, Paula Shrewsbury, Leslie Allee, Dan Herms, and others An inspiring look at how plants and insects intersect in the most incredible ways Why gardening for bugs is just as important to the greater world as it is to your garden Tips for creating insectary plantings and borders to support a broad range of beneficials The acclaimed first edition of Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden ushered in a new way to garden; one that appreciates and understands of the power of returning a natural balance to the garden. This revised and updated edition continues to herald and expands on that same important message.

 

Butterflies of the East Coast by Rick Cech; Guy Tudor

ISBN: 0691090556

Publication Date: 2005-05-29

Here is an accessible, informative, and highly illustrated book that offers a fresh view of butterflies in the East Coast states, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Appalachians. In addition to providing a wealth of facts and photos, the book is the first to furnish detailed and up-to-date photo-illustrated information on the host plants favored by particular species. With 234 full-page species accounts and accompanying range maps, plus more than 950 large-size color photos, it is an essential reference work for field observers, gardeners, educators, and conservation managers--or anyone interested in appreciating the lepidopteran world close at hand. The introductory chapters detail the subtle ecology of the East Coast region, establishing a consistent ecological framework that enriches the individual species accounts. There is also an overview of current scientific literature and observational findings to help readers better interpret complex butterfly behaviors in the field, including seasonal movements, host plant and diapause strategies, defensive chemistry, and more. The book is written by Rick Cech, a seasoned field observer who has spent years studying and photographing East Coast butterflies. His substantial first-hand experience with both the common and rare species in the region adds much depth and new insight to the commentary. 234 full-page species accounts and accompanying range maps 950 large-size color photos 215 photos of individual host plants and habitats 735 high-quality photos of butterflies and caterpillars Introductory chapters detailing the subtle ecology of the East Coast region An overview of current scientific literature and observational findings Descriptions of diapause and host plant strategies and defensive chemistry User-friendly with clear, concise text

Gray to Green Communities by Dana Bourland

ISBN: 9781642831283

Publication Date: 2021-01-19

US cities are faced with the joint challenge of our climate crisis and the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing stock contributes significantly to the changing climate, with residential buildings accounting for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. US housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, it is putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk. Our housing system means that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county.  In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. She demonstrates that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing housing affordable to all. Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, a national community development intermediary. Her work resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing which was designed to deliver measurable health, economic, and environmental benefits. The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together the stories of those who benefit from living in green affordable housing and examples of Green Communities' developments from across the country. Bourland posits that over the next decade we can deliver on the human right to housing while reaching a level of carbon emissions reductions agreed upon by scientists and demanded by youth. Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.  

 

How to Do Ecology by Richard Karban; Pamela Mikaela Huntzinger

ISBN: 0691125767

Publication Date: 2006-08-13

Most ecology books and courses focus on the facts and the concepts. While these are essential, many young ecologists need to figure out how to actually do research themselves. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on how to develop a successful thesis and research program. This book presents different approaches to posing testable ecological questions. In particular, it covers the uses, strengths, and limitations of manipulative experiments in ecology. It will help young ecologists consider meaningful treatments, controls, replication, independence, and randomization in experiments, as well as where to do experiments and how to organize a season of work. This book also presents strategies for analyzing natural patterns, the value of alternative hypotheses, and what to do with negative results. Science is only part of being a successful ecologist. This engagingly written book offers students advice on working with other people and navigating their way through the land mines of research. Findings that don't get communicated are of little value. How to Do Ecology suggests effective ways to communicate information in the form of journal articles, oral presentations, and posters. Finally, it outlines strategies for developing successful grant and research proposals. Numerous checklists, figures, and boxes throughout the book summarize and reinforce the main points. In short, this book makes explicit many of the unspoken assumptions behind doing good research in ecology, and provides an invaluable resource for meaningful conversations among ecologists. 

 

The Mind of a Bee by Lars Chittka

ISBN: 9780691180472

Publication Date: 2022-07-26

A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees Most of us are aware of the hive mind--the power of bees as an amazing collective. But do we know how uniquely intelligent bees are as individuals? In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities. He shows that they are profoundly smart, have distinct personalities, can recognize flowers and human faces, exhibit basic emotions, count, use simple tools, solve problems, and learn by observing others. They may even possess consciousness. Taking readers deep into the sensory world of bees, Chittka illustrates how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom in terms of how much sophisticated material is packed into their tiny nervous systems. He looks at their innate behaviors and the ways their evolution as foragers may have contributed to their keen spatial memory. Chittka also examines the psychological differences between bees and the ethical dilemmas that arise in conservation and laboratory settings because bees feel and think. Throughout, he touches on the fascinating history behind the study of bee behavior. Exploring an insect whose sensory experiences rival those of humans, The Mind of a Bee reveals the singular abilities of some of the world's most incredible creatures.

 

Nature Walks in Connecticut by Rene Laubach; Charles W. G. Smith

ISBN: 1878239694

Publication Date: 1999-03-01

Discover the wildlife and local history of more than 40 of Connecticut's most scenic trails and walks. From the mountains and lush woodlands of the west, through the fertile Connecticut River Valley, to the beautiful eastern shoreline, this is the perfect guide for hikers, walkers, and nature lovers. Informative nature essays help make every trip memorable. (6 X 9, 326 pages, maps, references, black-and-white photos)

 

The Resistance Dilemma by George Hoberg

ISBN: 9780262543088

Publication Date: 2021-08-17

How organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure became a political force, and how this might affect the transition to renewable energy. Organized resistance to new fossil fuel infrastructure, particularly conflicts over pipelines, has become a formidable political force in North America. In this book, George Hoberg examines whether such place-based environmental movements are effective ways of promoting climate action, if they might inadvertently feed resistance to the development of renewable energy infrastructure, and what other, more innovative processes of decision-making would encourage the acceptance of clean energy systems. Focusing on a series of conflicts over new oil sands pipelines, Hoberg investigates activists' strategy of blocking fossil fuel infrastructure, often in alliance with Indigenous groups, and examines the political and environmental outcomes of these actions. After discussing the oil sands policy regime and the relevant political institutions in Canada and the United States, Hoberg analyzes in detail four anti-pipeline campaigns, examining the controversies over the Keystone XL, the most well-known of these movements and the first one to use infrastructure resistance as a core strategy; the Northern Gateway pipeline; the Trans Mountain pipeline; and the Energy East pipeline. He then considers the "resistance dilemma"- the potential of place-based activism to threaten the much-needed transition to renewable energy. He examines several episodes of resistance to clean energy infrastructure in eastern Canada and the United States. Finally, Hoberg describes some innovative processes of energy decision-making, including strategic environment assessment, and cumulative impact assessment, looking at cases in British Columbia and Lower Alberta.

 

The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley (Illustrator); National Audubon Society Staff (Editor)

ISBN: 0679451226

Publication Date: 2000-10-03

David Allen Sibley, America's most gifted contemporary painter of birds, is the author and illustrator of this comprehensive guide. His beautifully detailed illustrations-more than 6,600 in all-and descriptions of 810 species and 350 regional populations will enrich every birder's experience. The Sibley Guide's innovative design makes it entirely user friendly. The illustrations are arranged to facilitate comparison, yet still capture the unique character of each species. The Sibley Guide to Birds provides a wealth of new information: -Captioned illustrations show many previously unpublished field marks and revisions of known marks -Nearly every species is shown in flight -Measurements include length, wingspan, and weight for every species -Subspecies and geographic varients are covered thoroughly -Complete voice descriptions are included for every species -Maps show the complete distribution of every species: summer and winter ranges, migration routes, and rare occurrences Both novice and experienced birders will appreciate these and other innovative features: -An introductory page for each family or group of related families makes comparisons simple -Clear and concise labels with pointers identify field marks directly -Birds are illustrated in similar poses to make comparisons between species quick and easy -Illustrations emphasize the way birds look in the field With The Sibley Guide to Birds, the National Audubon Society makes the art and expertise of David Sibley available to the world in a comprehensive, handsome, easy-to-use volume that will be the indispensable identification guide every birder must own.

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practise by Cameron La Follette (Editor); Chris Maser (Editor)

ISBN: 9781138584518

Publication Date: 2019-10-24

Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice is the much-needed complementary volume to Sustainability and the Rights of Nature: An Introduction (CRC Press, May 2017). The first book laid out the international precursors for the Rights of Nature doctrine and described the changes required to create a Rights of Nature framework that supports Nature in a sustainable relationship rather than as an exploited resource. This follow-up work provides practitioners from diverse cultures around the world an opportunity to describe their own projects, successes, and challenges in moving toward a legal personhood for Nature. It includes contributions from Nepal, New Zealand, Canadian Native American cultures, Kiribati, the United States and Scotland, amongst others, by practitioners working on projects that can be integrated into a Rights of Nature framework. The authors also tackle required changes to shift the paradigm, such as thinking of Nature in a sacred manner, reorienting Nature's rights and human rights, the conceptualization of restoration, and the removal of large-scale energy infrastructure. Curated by experts in the field, this expansive collection of papers will prove invaluable to a wide array of policymakers and administrators, environmental advocates and conservation groups, tribal land managers, and communities seeking to create or maintain a sustainable relationship with Nature.

 

The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith

ISBN: 9781476794488

Publication Date: 2021-05-04

A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener presents "a truly uplifting book on the power of gardening--and how it can change people's lives" (Stylist, UK). The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the "real" life that lies outside. When we get our hands in the earth we connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction and decay are followed by regrowth and renewal. Gardening is one of the quintessential nurturing activities and yet we understand so little about it. The Well-Gardened Mind provides a new perspective on the power of gardening to change people's lives. Here, Sue Stuart-Smith investigates the many ways in which mind and garden can interact and explores how the process of tending a plot can be a way of sustaining an innermost self. Stuart-Smith's own love of gardening developed as she studied to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. From her grandfather's return from World War I to Freud's obsession with flowers to case histories with her own patients to progressive gardening programs in such places as Rikers Island prison in New York City, Stuart-Smith weaves thoughtful yet powerful examples to argue that gardening is much more important to our cognition than we think. Recent research is showing how green nature has direct antidepressant effects on humans. "The most original gardening book ever [that] combines observation, horticulture, literature and history" (Sunday Times, UK), The Well-Gardened Mind is a book for gardeners and non-gardeners alike, and the perfect solace for people seeking healthier mental lives.