Each year, Columbian College alumni publish significant and relevant novels, biographies, histories and more. Read some of the latest titles from our alumni.
Crankin! Power and Resilience in Washington, DC’s Go-Go Culture
Alona Wartofsky, BA '89 (communications), brings a different perspective to this definitive history of go-go music and culture with a rich narrative highlighting go-go’s key figures, bands, and...
Andrew M. Gardner, BA '91 (philosophy) provides an overview of the gulf migration system and the urban characteristics of the Arabian Peninsula.
Open and Async: The Collaborative Software Development Playbook for Remote and Distributed Teams
Ben Balter, BA '09 (political science), draws on a decade of experience at GitHub to provide proven-in-production practices for building distributed teams.
Emily Dufton, PhD '14 (American studies), explains how medication-assisted treatment emerged during the war on drugs in 1971 as a radical experiment in public health.
Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Practices in Schools
Dr. Isaiah Pickens, BA '05 (psychology), explains practical ways to infuse schools with practices that unlock students’ academic and social–emotional potential.
Isabelle Giuttari, MA ’24 (English), debuted her romantic comedy novel, which has been named one of Women.com’s Most Anticipated Books for Winter 2025–26.
Robert Blaemire, BA ’71, MA ’75 (political science), tells the story of a young Amish man who is discovered as potentially the greatest baseball athlete ever.
Unforced Errors: 15 Bad Decisions That Changed American History
Robert Blaemire, BA ’71, MA ’75 (political science) lists 15 political calculations made by political figures that changed U.S. history.
Launching Liberty: The Epic Race to Build the Ships That Took America to War
Doug Most, BA ’90 (political communication), offers a look into the giant ship-building industry in 1940 that launched American ships to war and to victory.
Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States
Michelle McDonald, MA ’94 (museum studies), examines how coffee tied the economic future of the early United States to the wider Atlantic world.
Emma Tanner, MA ’23 (museum studies), curates a visually stunning journey into the past, revealing the historic sites and stories that have built the nation’s capital.
Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic
Lindsay M. Chervinsky, BA ’10 (history), narrates how John Adams' political career came to be — and its longstanding impact.
The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights
Josh Douglas, BA ’02, JD ’07 (political science), takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in U.S. voting rights.
Public Scholarship in Communication Studies
Thomas Billard, BA ’14 (political communication), and SMPA Professor Silvio Waisbord explore a wide range of specialties within the study of communication.
Lectures in Knot Theory: An Exploration of Contemporary Topics
Rhea Palak Bakshi, PhD '21 (mathematics), Dionne Ibarra, Gabriel Montoya-Vega, Deborah Weeks, and Professor Jozef H. Przytycki co-authored a textbook.
Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion
Patrick Wohl, BA ’16 (political science), writes about the 1990 Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative.
