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At the Center for Sport, Peace & Society, we believe sport is our superpower. And like every superpower, it can be used for good or evil - it all depends on whose hand it is in. When coupled with courage, compassion, and commitment to something more precious than gold medals and championship rings, sport has the power to unite, heal, and offer hope. Outcasts United is a beautiful story of the power of sport in the lives of refugees searching for a new sense of belonging and healing from the traumatic effects of war and violence.

It details the journey, of a young African American inner city boy, into the Arboriculture field. I teach within this field and look to bring many others just like him into the field of urban forestry!

Reading Metaphors We Live By cemented my interest in becoming a linguist. This classic illustrates compellingly that human language and human ways of understanding are entwined, and it shows that human language is profoundly physical as well as inherently social.

Inspiration for my much of my work in microbiology and my important life choices have come from the Holy Spirit and the Bible.

This book challenged me when I was an undergraduate student, helped me a lot when I was in graduate school, and is the textbook I use now for my Food Chemistry class.

For over 25 years I have been associated with this organization either as a student, staff member, and now as faculty.

This book is a powerful testament to the power of music, even in the face of incredible adversity. Too often the arts are seen as 'extra,' or a luxury pastime. This book demonstrates how music is a basic human need that can be used to address many of the challenges facing the world today.

This incredible novel opened up the world of Latin American literature and magical realism to me at a time when I desperately needed to behold something beautiful in life. It had such a powerful impact that I was compelled to change my major (at a most inconvenient time, I might add). May we all find beauty and inspiration when it has eluded us. 'There is always something left to love.' Gabriel Gacia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

This collection of inspiring and resilient women who loved and cared for the Great Smoky Mountains serves as motivation for both my work and my life.

This is the publication I wrote, in combination with a nutrition analysis software program, for use in my Introductory Nutrition course at UTK. It incorporates my experience as both a practitioner in the field of nutrition, as well as an educator. The process of creating and developing this text was part of my honored journey to become a Distinguished Lecturer.