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On the occasion of Dr. David Donovan's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
I have found many of Asimov's books to be very interesting and ahead of their time. Particularly how he thought not only of how technology could progress but also how humanity would respond and adapt. The "Foundation" book series had a big influence on how I view science and technology as not only tools for understanding the universe but also as yet another way that human society manifests itself through its own creations.
On the occasion of Dr. Karen Delong's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
"A Random Walk Down Wall Street" is a great introduction to investing and what I recommend my AREC 352: Futures and Options Markets class read before putting any money into the market themselves.
Department - Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology
On the occasion of Dr. Maitreyi Das's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
I wanted to pick a contemporary Indian women writer. I read this book a long while back and found the concept very captivating. Most epics or mythologies are narrated from the male point of view. This book narrates the Mahabharata, the most famous Indian epic, from the female perspective. The narrator, a major woman character in the story, is unapologetic about the way she feels, her beliefs, and her actions. She does not fit with the usual depiction of women in traditional stories with their unconditional love and incessant self-sacrifice. She is her own person forced into certain situations, not of her choosing, and reacts accordingly. She is a true heroine with shades of grey and this is a wonderful tribute to all the feminists out there.
Department - Accounting and Information Management
On the occasion of Dr. Lauren Cunningham's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
In working towards tenure, I took a lot of pride in pursuing research questions that were relevant to practice and where academic theory could help explain what we see at real companies. The Larcker and Tayan book reflects that same goal - it provides rich institutional details about various aspects of corporate governance, and then explains how what we've learned from academic research can inform present and important issues facing boards, executives, and stakeholders today.
Corporate Governance Matters: A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences
On the occasion of Dr. Stephen Collins-Elliott's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
Le citta invisibili, which can briefly be described as a dialogue between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo on the cities of the Khan's empire, is a work that brings together imagination and the act of description in a way that continues to inspire me in how I look at the past, and which helps to me to reflect on my own position as a Roman archaeologist for how I engage with the world of the Roman empire in all its breadth and diversity.
On the occasion of Dr. Victor Chávez, Jr.'s tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
At the very end of Fulbright year in Paris 2007, I had the good fortune of attending a clarinet symposium at the University of Edinburg, UK. This book is a catalog of the clarinet collection of Sir Nicholas Shakelton donated to their archives. This resource has been essential to my scholarly and creative activity over the last 10 years.
Historic Musical Instruments in the Edinburgh University Collection: Catalogue of the Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection
