Faculty Bookplate Tradition

Co-authored by my friend, Dr. Lori Peek, this book offers a powerful examination of the lasting impacts of disasters on children's lives. I hope people read this book and think about these children who are now adults and every child who experiences a disaster, as we strive to prepare for and recover from these life-changing events.

Phyllis Lassner's compelling study of the role that novels and films played in the antifascist struggles of the 1930s and 1940s and into the early Cold War years was an inspiration for my own book, Reading Espionage Fiction (2024). Espionage and Exile shows in a masterful way how valuable the study of popular literature can be, both for understanding an historical era and for drawing new attention to often forgotten works of fiction.

Selected in honor of my promotion, this book reflects the values I strive to bring to my teaching and scholarship - curiosity, care for the environment, and recognition of the deep connections between people and the natural world. Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass beautifully blends Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and story. It is a reminder that gratitude and responsibility are the foundations of sustainability, lessons I hope to foster in my students as they confront the challenges of climate change and human-environment interactions.

As a graduate student, this book showed me what was possible for social history. It is a deeply researched micro-history demonstrating the power and importance of one woman's remarkable but quietly lived life, in a single place and time.

This book represents community-collaborative research and honors the experiences of Latinx immigrants in East Tennessee.

I am choosing this text because it was foundational to my dissertation, and I hope that other scholars will gain a deeper understanding of empathy through its pages.

I chose Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg because I have long admired her unwavering commitment to equality, her brilliant legal mind, and her tireless advocacy for women and human rights. This book captures both her groundbreaking achievements and her enduring legacy as a role model of courage, persistence, and justice.

The Women is a compelling, accurate, and beautifully written historical fiction novel that paints a vivid picture of the intersection of nursing compassion and skill, the conflict of patriotism and the brutal realities of war, and being made to feel less than simply for being a woman. In a fictional snapshot of time, the author pays homage to the contributions of the nursing profession and women in our country; there has been much progress, yet still much work to be done.

In the words of Dolly Parton, "Wildflowers don't care where they grow."

Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

I chose The Age of Surveillance Capitalism because my research focuses on how social media and emerging technologies shape society and democracy. Zuboff's book captures the profound ways that digital platforms collect and use data, often in ways that undermine trust, autonomy, and civic life. It reflects my scholarly interest in examining the democratic consequences of technology, and it aligns with my teaching commitment to preparing students with the media and data literacy skills they need to navigate - and challenge - the influence of these systems.

Recommended text for the UTCVM Clinical Pathology Course. We do not currently have an electronic copy of the newest edition.