On the occasion of Dr. Patrick Grzanka's promotion to Professor
Patricia Hill Collins's work is both foundational and (still) groundbreaking in intersectionality studies. This book is indispensable for those of us who are invested in understanding and challenging complex systems of inequality.
On the occasion of Dr. Caroline Wienhold's promotion to Senior Lecturer
This book marked the start of my professional journey into equity, diversity, and inclusion. It was the first book I read as a new postdoc in biology education research, and helped me find words and ways to discuss inequality. Whether or not this ethnography's conclusions are biased, well-supported, generalizable, or just interesting, it's a book I'll always remember for starting me on my path.
On the occasion of Dr. Darrell Kefentse's promotion to Senior Lecturer
As a young man, this was one of the first books that started me on my journey to better understand the history of Africa and its people. Cheikh Anta Diop led the charge in his claim that the source of cultural development in the Western world began in Africa. For its time, this was not only a bold assertion, it was unprecedented. Using historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support his theories, Diop transformed the study of the African continent.
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
Department - Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures
On the occasion of Dr. Bernard Ibrahim Issa II's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
This was one of the first books that I read in graduate school during my MA in a teaching methods class. Many years later, I still find this book to be relevant and inspiring. I often assign it in the teaching methods class that I regularly teach and in other second language and applied linguistics courses that I've taught and my students also always enjoy learning from it. The book pushed me to think more deeply about my teaching and has inspired my research in various ways.
