Recent Faculty Books
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West Cliff Poems
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Math Connections
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Housing Washington
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Biomedical Ethics
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Seeking the Truth
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Bronze Age Aegean
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Imperial Characters
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Alabama in Africa
West Cliff Poems
Jonathan Chaves has published a new book, West Cliff Poems: The Poetry of Weng Chüan with Ahadada Books, Tokyo. Weng Chüan) was one of the late-Sung Dynasty poets known as the "Four Lings" because their noms-de-plume all included the character ling. This is the first book on Weng in any Western language, and even in China there has been no single modern volume on him.
Math Connections
Professor and Chair of Mathematics John Conway authored Mathematical Connections -- A Capstone Course, published by the American Mathematical Society. This book illustrates connections between various courses taken by undergraduate mathematics majors. The chapters are essentially independent, and the instructor can choose the topics that will form the course and tailor the syllabus. This book is intended for use in a capstone course, so that the graduating seniors view mathematics as an integrated body of knowledge.
Housing Washington
Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Residential Development and Planning in the National Capital Area examines the legacy of housing development in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Edited by Professor of American Studies and director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation Richard Longstreth, the book offers a fresh perspective on metropolitan dwelling places, urban studies, and architectural and planning history.
Biomedical Ethics
Professors of Philosophy David Degrazia and Jeffrey Brand-Ballard (with Thomas A. Mappes), authored the 7th edition of Biomedical Ethics. This anthology of case studies and readings analyzes the treatment of ethical issues in such topics as abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and physician-assisted suicide.
Seeking the Truth
Elton Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Richard Schlagel authored Seeking the Truth: How Science has Prevailed over the Supernatural World View. This sweeping intellectual history compares the world views of science and religion and traces them back to the ancient Greek philosophers and the early threads of the Judaic and Christian religions.
Imperial Characters
Columbian College Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of English Tara Goshal Wallace, a Jane Austen scholar, published Imperial Characters: Home and Periphery in Eighteenth-Century Literature.
Alabama in Africa
Associate Professor of History Andrew Zimmerman published Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South.