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Pictured: Erendira Rueda

Eréndira Rueda
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies

Megan D. Gall
Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Neuroscience and Behavior

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Books by Faculty

Forest illustration with text overlay that reads: Governing Forests by Arpitha Kodiveri.
Governing Forests by Arpitha Kodiveri
Book cover with a painted portrait of a person with text that reads: The Complete Poems of Samuel Johnson Edited By Robert D. Brown, Robert DeMaria, Jr.
The Complete Poems of Samuel Johnson, co-edited by Robert DeMaria Jr. and Robert D. Brown
Book cover with a photo of seated people gathered on a lawn and text that reads: Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship, Michael H. McCarthy.
Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship by Michael H. McCarthy
A book cover with the text "More Than Just a Game: How the Youth Sports Industry Is Changing the Way We Parent and What to Do About It", by Chris Bjork and William Hoynes.
More Than Just a Game: How the Youth Sports Industry Is Changing the Way We Parent and What to Do About It, by Chris Bjork and William Hoynes
Book cover with a starry night sky background and text that reads: Key Constallations, Interpreting tonality in film, by Táhirih Motazedian.
Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film by Tahirih Motazedian
Image of a book cover for 'Monstrous Work & Radical Satisfaction' by Eve Dunbar, depicting four black and white portrait photos of African American women.
Monstrous Work & Radical Satisfaction: Black Women Writing Under Segregation by Eve Dunbar
Book cover that reads, "She-Wolves: The Untold Story of Women on Wall Street." In the background is a select of a $100 bill with red a lip-mark kiss.
She-Wolves: the Untold History of Women on Wall Street by Paulina Bren
Book cover that reads, "The Art of Populism in US Politics: Pro-Trump DIY Popular Culture" with an edgy, blurry image that is cosmetic.
The Art of Populism in US Politics: Pro-Trump DIY Popular Culture by Justin Patch
Green tinted book cover showing people holding signs in protest with text overlayed that reads: Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism by Seungsook Moon.
Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism by Seungsook Moon
A yellow book cover with an illustration of the shape of a person's head with a landscape photo filling the shape and text that reads: My Beloved Life, a novel, Amitava Kumar.
My Beloved Life by Amitava Kumar
Book cover with two rainbow illustrations and text that reads: Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge. Catherine Tan.
Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge by Catherine Tan
Book cover with yellow text on a green background that reads: The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary by Amitava Kumar
The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary by Amitava Kumar
Book cover with a quilt as a background and words that read: Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee’s Bend Quilt.
Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee’s Bend Quilt by Lisa Gail Collins
Book cover with illustration of hands holding plants and text that reads: Say, Listen: Writing as Care, a new book by The Black | Indigenous 100s Collective.
Say, Listen: Writing as Care by Kimberly Williams Brown
Book cover that reads Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film
Key Constellations: Interpreting Tonality in Film by Táhirih Motazedian
Book cover with white background and abstract art with the title: Rappresentare per includere. Metodi, strumenti e testi per un italiano plurale
Rappresentare per includere. Metodi, strumenti e testi per un italiano plurale by Alberto Gelmi
Bookcover with the text, Behind the Seams: Women, Fashion, and Work in 19th-Century France by Susan Hiner, over a painting of a person working with a garment
Behind the Seams: Women, Fashion, and Work in 19th-Century France by Susan Hiner
Book cover with title the reads Taking Our Water for the City by April M. Beisaw.
Taking Our Water for the City: The Archaeology of New York City’s Watershed Communities by April M. Beisaw
Book cover with detail of a painting with people on horseback and text that reads: From Christians to Europeans.
From Christians to Europeans: Pope Pius II and the Concept of the Modern Western Identity by Nancy Bisaha
Book Cover with a title that reads: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality: A Global Perspective
The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality: A Global Perspective by editor and contributing author, Shirley Johnson-Lans
Book cover of a group of people on horseback with text that reads: Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western, Mia Mask.
Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western by Mia Mask
Blue book cover with text that reads: The Blue Book A Writers Journal by Amitava Kumar.
The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal by Amitava Kumar

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