Annual event celebrates A&S authors

The Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office hosted its annual book party on March 15 to celebrate faculty who recently published books. Faculty and their books featured at the event included:

Mitchell Silver, lecturer in philosophy, and Bárbara M. Brizuela, assistant professor of education, at the dean’s annual book party. © ALONSO NICHOLS

David Art, assistant professor of political science, The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press, 2006)

Jeffrey M. Berry, professor of political science, and Clyde Wilcox, The Interest Group Society, fourth edition (Pearson Longman, 2007)

Bárbara M. Brizuela, assistant professor of education, Mathematical Development in Young Children: Exploring Notations (Teachers College Press, 2004)

Bárbara M. Brizuela, assistant professor of education, and Mónica Alvarado, Hacienda números: Las notaciones númericas vistas desde la psicología, la didáctica la historia (Editorial Paidós Mexicana, 2006)

Rocco J. Carzo, athletics director emeritus, Jumbo Footprints: A History of Tufts Athletics, 1852-1999 (Tufts University Press, 2005)

Eric Chaisson, director of the Wright Center for Science Education, Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos (Columbia University Press, 2006)

John E. Conklin, professor of sociology, Criminology, 9th edition (Pearson, 2007)

Robert G. Cook, professor of psychology, Animal Spatial Cognition: Comparative, Neural and Computational Approaches (Comparative Cognition Society, 2006)

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, Sweet Dreams: Illusioni filosofiche sulla coscienza (Rafaello Cortina Editore, 2006)

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, De betovering van het geloof: Religie Als Een Natuurlijk Fenomeen (Uitgeverij Contact, 2006)

History professor Reed Ueda, left, discusses his new book, The New Americans, with sociologist Paul Joseph. © ALONSO NICHOLS

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, Tipuri mentale (Humanitas, 2006)

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, Dulces sueños: Obstáculos filosóficos para una ciencia de la conciencia (Katz Editore, 2006)

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, Lumous Murtuu: Uskonto Luonnonilmiönä (Terra Cognita, 2006)

Daniel C. Dennett, University Professor and professor of philosophy, Darwins Gevaarlijke Idee (Olympus, 2006)

David Elkind, professor of child development, The Power of Play (Da Capo Press, 2007)

Amira El-Zein, assistant professor of German, Russian and Asian languages and literature, The Jinn and Other Poems (Arrowsmith, 2006)

Gérard Gasarian, associate professor of Romance languages, André Breton: Une histoire d’eau (Presses Universitaires de Septentrion, 2006)

Mark A. Hernández, assistant professor of Romance languages, Figural Conquistadors: Rewriting the New World’s Discovery and Conquest in Mexican and River Plate Novels of the 1980s and 1990s (Associated University Presses, 2007)

Eva R. Hoffman, ed., associate professor of art and art history, Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World (Blackwell Publishing, 2007)

Ray Jackendoff, professor of philosophy, Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution, Japanese edition (Iwanami Shoten, 2006)

Paul Joseph, professor of sociology, Are Americans Becoming More Peaceful? (Paradigm, 2006)

Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, lecturer in English, Admit the Peacock (Roundy Wells Press, 2006)

Rebecca Kaiser Gibson, lecturer in English, Inside the Exhibition (Roundy Wells Press, 2006)

Robin Kanarek, et al., professor of psychology, Nutrition & Behavior: A Multidisciplinary Approach (CAB International, 2006)

Susan Kouguell, lecturer in drama and dance, The Savvy Screenwriter: How to Sell Your Screenplay (and Yourself) without Selling Out! (St. Martin’s Press, 2007)

Kenneth R. Lang, professor of physics and astronomy, A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables (Springer, 2006)

Kenneth R. Lang, professor of physics and astronomy, Parting the Cosmic Veil (Springer, 2006)

Paul D. Lehrman, lecturer in music, The Insider Audio Bathroom Reader (Thompson, 2007)

Jinyu Li, et al., lecturer in German, Russian and Asian languages and literature, Reality Chinese: A Multi-skill Chinese Course for Intermediate and Advanced Students (CIP, 2006)

Mohamed A. Mahmoud, associate professor of comparative religion, Quest for Divinity: A Critical Examination of the Thought of Mahmud Muhammad Taha (Syracuse University Press, 2007)

Lynn Meltzer, ed., adjunct associate professor of child development, Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice (Guilford Press, 2007)

Lynn Meltzer, et al., adjunct associate professor of child development, Strategies for Success: Classroom Teaching Techniques for Students with Learning Disabilities, 2nd edition (PRO-ED, 2006)

Isabelle Naginski, professor of Romance languages, and Brigette Diaz, eds., George Sand: Pratiques et imaginaires d l’écriture (Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2006)

Isabelle Naginski, professor of Romance languages, and Françoise Massardier-Kenney, eds., George Sand Studies, Vol. 25 (The George Sand Association, 2006)

Rebecca S. New, associate professor of child development, and Moncrieff Cochran, eds., Early Childhood Education: An International Encyclopedia, Vols. 1-4 (Praeger, 2007)

Eric Todd Quinto, professor of mathematics, and Andrew Markoe, eds., Integral Geometry and Tomography: Contemporary Mathematics (American Mathematical Society, 2006)

Eric Todd Quinto, professor of mathematics, and Gestur Ólafsson, eds., The Radon Transform, Inverse Problems and Tomography: Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, Vol. 63 (American Mathematical Society, 2006)

Sharon Ray, lecturer in occupational therapy, et al., eds., Homelessness in America: Perspectives, Characterizations and Considerations for Occupational Therapy (The Haworth Press, 2006)

Marta Rosso-O’Laughlin, senior lecturer in Romance languages, and Mariá González-Aguilar, Atando cabos: Curso intermedio de español, 3rd edition (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2008)

Analúcia D. Schliemann, professor of education; Bárbara M. Brizuela, assistant professor of education; and David W. Carraher, Bringing Out the Algebraic Character of Arithmetic: From Children’s Ideas to Classroom Practice (Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates, 2007)

Patricia Smith, lecturer in Romance languages © ALONSO NICHOLS

Sharan L. Schwartzberg, professor of occupational therapy, and Leyla Navaro, eds., Envy, Competition and Gender: Theory, Clinical Applications and Group Work (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2007)

Mitchell Silver, lecturer in philosophy, A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (Fordham University Press, 2006)

Diane L. Souvaine, professor of computer science, et al., eds., Data Depth: Robust Multivariate Analysis, Computational Geometry and Applications: DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 72 (American Mathematical Society, 2006)

Cathy Stanton, lecturer in anthropology, The Lowell Experiment: Public History in a Postindustrial City (University of Massachusetts Press, 2006)

Robert J. Sternberg, dean of Arts & Sciences, and Karin Weis, eds., The Psychology of Love (Yale University Press, 2006)

Robert J. Sternberg, dean of Arts & Sciences, ed., Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You, 2nd edition (American Psychological Association, 2007)

Robert J. Sternberg, dean of Arts & Sciences, et al., eds., Critical Thinking in Psychology (Cambridge University Press, 2007)

Cheryl Tano, lecturer in Romance languages, Espaces: Rendez-vous avec le monde francophone, instructor’s annotated edition (Vista, 2007)

Reed Ueda, professor of history, and Mary C. Waters, eds., The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965 (President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2007)

Alex Vilenkin, professor of physics and astronomy, Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes (Hill and Wang, 2006)

Don Weingust, assistant professor of drama and dance, Acting from Shakespeare’s First Folio: Text and Performance (Routledge, 2006)

Jonathan Wilson, professor of English, Marc Chagall (Schocken, 2007)

Jonathan Wilson, professor of English, A Palestine Affair (Five Leaves, 2007)