Faculty Books

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.
 


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Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design

Stephanie Travis, director of the Interior Architecture and Design Program, authored and illustrated this practical guide for students in the increasingly computer-based fields of interior design...

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The Biopolitics of Disability

David Mitchell, professor of English, co-authored this book which explores how disability subjectivities create new forms of embodied knowledge and collective consciousness. The Biopolitics of...

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Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman

Jeffrey Cohen, professor of English and human services argues that stone’s endurance is also an invitation to apprehend the world in other than human terms. Stone maps the force, vivacity...

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The Public Sector R&D Enterprise

Peter Linquiti, associate professor of Environmental Resource Policy, provides students and practitioners alike with a primer on how government R&D programs actually work and a sophisticated...

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It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television

Gayle Wald, professor of English, examines the first African American black variety television program, "Soul!," which was influential in expressing the diversity of black popular...

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A Poverty of Words

Frederick Pollack, adjunct professor of creative writing, authored this collection of poems that were hand-selected from his manuscripts. Representing years of dedicated writing, this book...

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A Poverty of Words

Frederick Pollack, adjunct professor of creative writing, published a collection of 92 poems that combines themes of politics and metaphysics and is written in a style that is...

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The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture

Elise A. Friedland, associate professor of classics and art history, contributes to this handbook which analyzes sculptures from regions throughout the Roman Empire and emphasizes...

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Handbook of the Economics of International Migration

Barry Chiswick, professor of international affairs and economics, edited this handbook which is the first of a new sub-series in the Handbooks in Economics. It analyzes academia...

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La Divine Chanson

Abdourahman Waberi, assistant professor of French, authored this novel that delves into the life of an African American poet, singer, and songwriter born in Chicago in 1949.

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