Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Bogdan C. Bichescu's promotion to Professor.
As human development continues to test the limits of our planet, this book presents inspiring real-world examples of companies that embraced sustainability, not just as a compliance imperative, but as a strategic advantage. The book illustrates how reducing waste and rethinking operations can unlock new value for stakeholders, drive innovation, and position businesses for long-term success.
The Circular Economy Handbook: Realizing the Circular Advantage
Author — Peter Lacy, Jessica Long, Wesley Spindler
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Brian Dobreski's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
Twenty-five years on, this work remains influential and challenging. A profound, if very dense distillation of information organization - there's a reason students call it "The Red Devil."
The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization
Department - Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Caleb Rucker's promotion to Professor.
The first chapters are so beautiful. They convey a rich theological imagination that inspires reflection, and the musical themes are especially meaningful and compelling to me. I began to share this book with my children during the time I was working toward promotion to full professor. Works of art like this, and sharing them with the people you love, are some of the great joys that give life meaning.
The Silmarillion
Author — J.R.R. Tolkien ; Christopher Tolkien (editor)
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Carolyn Spellings's promotion to Clinical Associate Professor.
Throughout the course of my career, I have had the privilege of learning from and working with individuals all over the world. This book is a much-needed reminder that no matter our differences, we all strive for safety, connection, and happiness.
No Way but Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Daniel A. Pienta's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
Experiments do more than generate results; they transform the way we imagine knowledge itself. They challenged me to think differently - to see truth not as what seems persuasive, but as what can be tested and demonstrated. This book shows that experiments are not just technical tools but a way of thinking: a discipline that sharpens questions, tests assumptions, and reshapes how experimenters approach the world.
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference
Author — William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, Donald T. Campbell
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Daniel J. Mathew's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
This book inspires passion and curiosity for the natural world around us. At times, it reminds me of my childhood and discovering nature again for the first time.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Darren K. Maczka's promotion to Teaching Associate Professor.
This book, along with the first in the series, had a profound impact on how I view the stories we tell ourselves about human history and culture, and the power that these stories have in attributing meaning and purpose to our lives. Bringing up Quinn's ideas in discussion almost always leads to a passionate debate.
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. David Christian Donovan's promotion to Professor.
This is the second book in a three-part series and part of the first science fiction series I ever read. It helped me to understand how fictional stories about our future can help us understand lessons from our history.
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Dawn Coleman's promotion to Professor.
This book was a revelation to me when I read it a year after its publication, in 2019. Against conventional wisdom, it argues that the church-state separation fundamental to secular republicanism intensified gender inequality by reinforcing a link between women and religion and sidelining both from political discourse. This idea grounded several of my subsequent articles and is important to my book in progress.
