On the occasion of Dr. Bradley Wade Bishop's promotion to Professor
I chose another book UTK didn't own of Emily's last time. She's testifying before Congress in a few weeks about censoring books and I teach in a library school. So, adding some more great literature that we don't own on this is a responsible selection for the collection.
On the occasion of Dr. Justin Arft's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
To me, this book represents one of the most important advancements of Milman Parry's and Albert Lord's seismic contributions to Homeric scholarship, in particular their theory of oral composition. Great strides had been made in proving that Homer's epics were performed orally and that their composition was highly complex and structured as a result, but Foley's focus on what - and how - these epics mean allowed us to see their tremendous artistry that emerged not from a single, genius, literate author, but from a community of singers and audiences who retained and created these massive works of art through song and collective memory. Foley spent much of his career refining these ideas, but Immanent Art broke that ground by introducing his idea of "traditional referentiality" that guides my own work and remains influential in the field today.
Immanent Art: From Structure to Meaning in Traditional Oral Epic
On the occasion of Dr. Patrick Akos's tenure as Professor
Was the first significant contribution on applying positive psychology and strengths-oriented research to the practice of school counseling specifically. Reflective of my passion to push counseling away from only a deficit orientation.
Strengths-Based School Counseling: Promoting Student Development and Achievement
On the occasion of Rana Kamal Abudayyeh's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
Bryan Cantley's work has been a source of guidance to me and many others, pioneering trajectories in thinking and making that have opened venues and given opportunities to new ways of conceiving architecture that are not limited to commissioned assignments or built products. By doing so, Cantley's work and writing carved out a space for many designers that conventional architectural disciplines have excluded. The work and essays in this book will continue to inspire many generations of thinkers and designers to come.
Speculative Coolness: Architecture, Media, the Real, and the Virtual
