From the history of race and caste in Latin America to the role of music in religion around the world, Columbian College faculty publish numerous thought-provoking and timely titles every year. Their work has topped bestseller lists, inspired debate and dialogue and received positive reviews from high-profile outlets like the Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times.
Communicating Across Careers: Writing Transfer and the Experiences that Shape a Professional Life
Jessica McCaughey (university writing) offers new insights about professional writing experiences and workplace writing transfer during moments of career change.
Public School Education Foundations: Advancing Opportunity, Excellence, and Innovation
Michael J. Worth and Sanjay K. Pandey (TSPPPA) examined foundations created for the purpose of raising funds to supplement public funding of school systems.
The Science of Surprising Catastrophes
Neil F. Johnson (physics) explores a broad vista of surprising catastrophes, from earthquakes and global pandemics, to cyberattacks and solar storms.
Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery
Jennifer C. James (English) traces the complex harm that racial capitalism does to Black ecological freedom through multiple case studies and media.
Danika Myers (university writing), inspired by her daughter's fascination with death, explores cemeteries, what names mean, and the “backwards magic” of memory.
Kristi Janzen (university writing) explores how panic, media coverage, and political messaging shapes reality for the wider public during times of instability.
Nixon's Elusive Totality: It Depends on Who Writes the History
Lee Huebner (SMPA) seeks in this book to look at Nixon “in his totality,” arguing that both Nixon’s critics and his defenders have missed out on this full story.
Turn (W)here A Geography of Home
Chet'la Sebree (English) seamlessly weaves memoir with history and cultural criticism in a collection of inventive essays bound by themes of movement, home, inheritance, and belonging.
Jung Yun (English) beautifully explores how we balance our needs and our wants, as well as the regrets we live with and the chances to set them right.
Jack Goldstein: All Day Night Sky
Alexander Dumbadze (art history) examines the career, artistic formation, and enduring legacy of conceptual artist Jack Goldstein.
