LibGuides: Faculty Promotion & Tenure Books: 2016

BOOKS SELECTED BY 2016 HONOREES

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Advanced Mechanics of Materials by Fred B. Seely
Call Number: TA350 .S38 1952 c.3
"This book contains descriptions of the fundamental concepts that underlie structural design and analysis. It is a milestone in terms of clarity and accessibility. A copy has been in arm’s reach for me for 45+ years."

Selected by:
Douglas Nims
College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Call Number: Juvenile Fiction C713hun
"In reading this series, I continue to be both disappointed and inspired by humans. The need to control and suppress others is still rampant in our society. The strength, hope, desire and dedication that the oppressed have to overcome in order to fight for equality for all gives me hope and keeps me fighting for the equal and fair treatment of all humans."

Selected by:
Diane Cappelletty
College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Promoted to Professor, 2015
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Call Number: Q162 .B88 2003
"I like this book because it takes me back to my school days and teaches all the fascinating things that seemed uninteresting and boring at that time. Scientific terms, names of people, and places that were all memorized to simply score points on exams are revisited in this book and made enjoyable, as if reading a popular page-turner. I admire Bill Bryson’s flair of writing complex ideas and discoveries in an easy and pleasurable to read format. This book validated my love for science and had a great impact on me as a person and as a teacher in higher education."

Selected by:
Varun Vaidya
College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2015
ASHE Reader on College Student Development Theory by Maureen E. Wilson, Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel
Call Number: LB2343 .A75 2005
"The ASHE Reader on College Student Development Theory influenced the way I interact with the college students I serve. As a middle-age adult, I think it is easy to forget just how stressful transitioning from a teen to an adult can be. I learned by reading Chickering’s Seven Vectors on Student Development that although college students are expected to think and make adult decisions they are still just beginning to develop competence, manage their emotions, establish an identity, and develop integrity. This awareness has guided my approach to teaching, counseling, advising, and assisting student in making difficult decisions about their future. I have learned over my 20 years as an educator at UT that contributing to the moral development occurring in the minds of our students is just as important as the contributing to their knowledge of subject matter."

Selected by:
Martha Sexton
College of Nursing
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2015
Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Call Number: DS481.G3 A34 1983
"In this autobiography by Mahatma Gandhi he discusses aspects of his life that got him closer to 'truth' by following a simplistic life and seeking purity. His undeterred determination to find his path using 'non-violence' has inspired me in both my professional and personal life.”

Selected by:
Malathi Krishnamurthy
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Biological Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith by J. E. Esslemont
Call Number: BP365 .E8 2006
"The book which has had the most significant impact on my life is Baha’u’llah and the New Era,which I read in my late 20s but was originally written in 1952. I was floored by the way a 19th century Persian was able to predict the chaos and turmoil we see today as cultures interact in a world that is progressively growing smaller as a result of faster communication, the ease of travel, and international commerce. The solution Baha’u’llah proposes is both radical and elegantly logical, reconciling seemingly contradictory beliefs held around the world. I use the principles from this book on conflict resolution and consultative decision making in dealing with students and colleagues every day. I also really appreciate the central role that science plays in this worldview, not just the value of scientific findings, but the process of scientific trial and error that can be applied to every discipline and endeavor. I love seeing how such 'evidence-based' approaches are in fact now being used almost everywhere. We face a stark choice today between vitriolic race relations, partisan politics, and international affairs that promote conflict and violence and a brighter future where people can seize opportunities locally and internationally to share knowledge, encourage each other, and plot a sound course based on trial and error where we all work together towards our goals. Inspired by this book, I have been working with others to promote universal education, character development in children, vision-driven action in our youth, and community-based learning and problem solving. Indeed, as Baha’u’llah’s ideas have been put in practice around the world (whether intentionally or not), glimmerings of hope are appearing to show that we can overcome boundaries and divisions between people of different backgrounds, including right here in Toledo."

Selected by:
Jennifer Hill
College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2016
Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America by Dalton Conley
Call Number: E185.8 .C77 2010
"I read Being Black, Living in the Red many years ago as part of my undergraduate studies in sociology. Its premise is that the American legacy of racial wealth inequality drives racial disparities in education, employment, and family structure. This book was my first real exposure to the powerful role that financial security plays in all of our lives. A financial safety net, whether it is equity in a home, an emergency fund in the bank, or parents who can help in a pinch, allows some people to weather financial hardships. These same hardships can spell financial ruin for people without such protections. After reading this book in college, I went on to receive a law degree and work as a bankruptcy attorney in a Chicago law firm. My choice to transition to an academic career was driven by an interest in studying how bankruptcy interacts with these issues of wealth and economic stability. Although many find the concept of bankruptcy to be distasteful, I think of it as the financial safety net of last resort. Those who are suffering under debt can find a fresh economic start, and sometimes preserve their wealth in bankruptcy. My research aims to defend these protections against creditors who exploit weaknesses in the bankruptcy process for individual gain."

Selected by:
Kara Bruce
College of Law
Promoted to Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved by Larry Kusche
Call Number: G558 .K867 2006
"This book had a profound impact on my 10-year-old brain. I’d been reading every Bermuda Triangle book that I could get my hands on, believing every story in every book – until I read The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved. In this book, Kusche recounted the ‘legend’ of each ship or aircraft disappearance, and then presented the (usually prosaic) reality behind each story by going back to the primary sources. From this, I saw how a skeptical researcher can determine the reality behind seemingly mysterious events."

Selected by:
Duane Hixon
College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Case of the Midwife Toad by Arthur Koestler
Call Number: QH31.K28 K6 2016
ISBN: 9781939438454
"I was immersed in nature as a kid, spending hours in the trees and tunnels of shrubs encircling my suburban home or in the north woods family camping. The immersion was largely aesthetic and visceral, and seemed to have nothing to do with my science classes of fact memorization and dissection of preserved small animals. As a result, I was a relative latecomer to a science career, discovering it in my junior year of undergraduate study as an ancient history and music major. Reading The Case of the Midwife Toad by Arthur Koestler tilted my career back to science with its narrative retelling of the controversy over Lamarckian and neo-Darwinian evolution through the eyes of Paul Kammerer whose research supported the unpopular view that some acquired characteristics were heritable. Once properly understood, science resonated with my love of the natural world. Its power to explain and its systematic, evidence-based way of knowing appealed to my dual needs to question and to understand, to be a skeptic and a synthesizer. As a result, I’ve had a research career that is curiosity-driven and interdisciplinary with active public engagement to promote the understanding of science."

Selected by:
Heidi Appel
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Environmental Sciences
Promoted to Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman
Call Number: Q325.75 .H37 2016
“This book is a comprehensive mathematical treatment of machine learning from a statistical perspective, and it is impressive in presenting the ideas and intuitions of why the methods work. The book is the standard in the field and covers a vast majority of different techniques. I still frequently consult it."

Selected by:
Rong Liu
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Call Number: PS3535.A547 F6 2005 c.2
"The book that is still one of my favorites to date, and probably changed the way I think about myself and my world, is The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. This work, at a younger time in my life, made me realize the importance of following my beliefs and dreams, even if it means that I may stand alone. This book was instrumental in shaping my idea of selfishness versus selflessness."

Selected by:
Debra Harmening
College of Health & Human Services, School of Intervention & Wellness
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Call Number: PR5397 .F7 1994
“In grade 11, while taking an English class at Holy Cross Catholic High School in St. Catharines, Ontario, I became excited about science as it relates to the human condition while reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The idea of using science to create life was highly curious for a mind that had not given science much thought. There was something enlightening about Mary Shelley’s use of the English language in her description about creating a human being from a scientific stand-point. I only began to imagine if this could even be humanly possible. As a book that has been described as 'The Modern Prometheus,' it has been instrumental in my ambitions as a scientist from the standpoint of bringing solutions to modern-day problems. In a quest to eradicate cancer as a disease, I and members of my research group have been pursuing the development of a vaccine that aims to target carbohydrate antigens on the surface of tumor cells. This does not represent a treatment strategy but a platform to cure cancer and prevent it from reoccurring. We all know the fate of Prometheus for acting against the decree of the Gods and stealing fire; however, what is to be learned is that human nature prevails when attempting to improve the human condition."

Selected by:
Peter Andreana
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Promoted to Professor, 2016
Garner on Language and Writing by Bryan A. Garner
Call Number: KF250 .G376 2009
"Shortly after graduating from law school, I realized two things: (1) most lawyers write poorly, and (2) my writing looked a lot like that of most lawyers. Ever since then, as both a lawyer and an academic, I've worked to improve as a writer. Garner on Language and Writing is the first book on writing that I remember buying. This collection of speeches and essays inspired my philosophy for everything that I write: keep it short, make it clear, and simplify."

Selected by:
Bryan Lammon
College of Law
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2016
Go, Dog. Go! by P. D. Eastman
Call Number: Juvenile Picture Books E13g
"This was my favorite book growing up and I wanted to read it daily. Go Dog Go developed my desire to learn as well as read at a young age. Just like there are a variety of dogs (big dogs, little dogs, red dogs, blue dogs, etc.) in the book, we are all different and unique in our own way. Consequently, I learned to value and appreciate diversity at a young age. I still enjoy reading this book today with my two children, not only to encourage a love of reading but to appreciate diversity as well."

Selected by:
Wendi Goodlin-Fahncke
College of Health & Human Services, School of Social Justice
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance by Ernst Mayr
Call Number: QH305 .M26 c.2
"The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance by Ernst Mayr was one of the most important books that I read as a graduate student. This epic work of Mayr describes the history of biology from three disparate disciplines (medicine, taxonomy, and agriculture) to a cohesive discipline united around the theory of evolution. Mayr explores the arguments and new discoveries in biology with passion and an insight that few are capable. From this book, I found an excitement about the unknown and the understanding that science is always a process of questions, passion, ideas, errors, struggle, and progress. The most important lesson I learned from Mayr was that when conducting science every research question is not just built on data and theory but on a history of other’s work, which carries with it their passions, egos, and biases."

Selected by:
Jonathan Bossenbroek
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Environmental Sciences
Promoted to Professor, 2016
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School by John D. Bransford
Call Number: LB1060 .H672 2000
"This book provided the foundation for my research focusing on the cognitive reasons why some teachers find using technology easy, while for others it’s a challenge. The book explains what it means for humans to learn, how experts differ from novices in their ability to learn, and ways new developments in neuroscience change our understanding of the learning process. The book also describes the importance of using technology to facilitate learning environments that promote more effective learning and transferring that learning to other situations. The research and clear strategies presented in this book became integral to understanding and finding better ways of helping teachers use technology, which for our 21st century students is critical."

Selected by:
Judy Lambert
Judith Herb College of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Promoted to Professor, 2016
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Call Number: PS3539.R928 J6x 2006
"The book I select as being influential is Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun. I first read this book when I was in middle school, before I had the life experience to fully understand what Joe, the main character, was describing. Nevertheless, I was able to grasp the main ideas relating to the horrors of war and the impact on man, making connections to the Vietnam footage on the nightly news. During college I read the book again as part of a course on World War I and I learned that the book was actually written in 1939 in response to WWI, not Vietnam as I had thought. It was at this point that I came to truly understand both the importance of historical context and to appreciate our shared human conditions across time. I still have the original copy of the book from 6th grade and while it may be on the fringe of literary accomplishments, it has much symbolism and a strong message about humanity."

Selected by:
Victoria Stewart
Judith Herb College of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Call Number: PR6039.O32 L6 1993
"The most insightful book I’ve read is The Lord the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. It contains so many life lessons. For example, I learned a lot from Gollum's obsession with the ring. In the end, he did get the ring, but it cost him his life."

Selected by:
Anthony Holder
College of Business & Innovation
Department of Accounting
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
Measurement in Psychology: Critical History of a Methodological Concept by Joel Michell
Call Number: BF39 .M545 1999 c.2
"This book was an eye-opener for me and changed my entire approach to research and the use of statistics. The philosophical underpinning of statistics is that the statistical model should fit the data, which defeats the importance of measurement. I passionately believe that measurement considerations should precede any statistical analyses, and the data should be tested if it fits the model, assuming the model is a measurement model and is based on objective measurement principles. Bottom line- measurement comes first, statistics second, and measurement must be meaningful!"

Selected by:
Svetlana Beltyukova
Judith Herb College of Education, Department of Educational Foundations & Leadership
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
ISBN: 9780385334303
"I took a course in evolutionary biology during the spring semester of my junior year of undergraduate coursework. In addition to a standard text book, we were assigned to read The Naked Ape. I had not been a fan of additional readings for a course, as they usually did not seem to add to the materials that were already being discussed in the course. However, this book proved different. The manner in which the book was written, as an ‘anthropological’ view of why humans look and act as they do, really changed the way that I thought about all things, especially about science and how one can interpret observations and data. It really opened my eyes to everything around me and hugely impacted my outlook as a developing research scientist."

Selected by:
R. Mark Wooten
College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Nature of the Chemical Bond by Linus Pauling
Call Number: QD469 .P38 1960 c.5
"As a seminal work in the understanding of chemical bonding, this book should be on the must-read list for every chemist. Naturally, the underlying theories in the way chemistry works have been refined greatly in the many decades since its original publication, but the book has played a very special role in my life. I didn't encounter it until my second year of graduate school and definitely not in the usual fashion. I had a difficult time with my doctoral qualifying examination. After my committee's private conference, it was recommended that I receive a second chance to take the exam but not until after I read Pauling's book to understand the history of chemical bonding. So, for many afternoons that spring, I would go out on the sunny Berkeley quad to study this book, leading to both a passing grade on the second try and a nice suntan despite slaving away in the laboratory every day."

Selected by:
Joseph Schmidt
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Promoted to Professor, 2016
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures : Rendered from the Original Languages by New World Bible Translation Committee
Call Number: BS195 .N4 2014
"I was born and grew up in Lebanon during the Civil War. The country was divided at every level, socially, religiously and politically. Sadly, during that time, most religious institutions taught their followers to 'defend their faith' by being part of the ongoing war. However, reading The Bible, especially Matthew 5, 6 and 7 (aka Sermon on the Mount) taught me the opposite. A few of the things it taught me were to respect life, love others (despite their backgrounds), and be responsible for my choices. I believe that these values continue to impact my philosophy in life and career."

Selected by:
Gaby Semaan
College of Arts & Letters
Department of Foreign Languages
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems by Robert Frost
Call Number: PS3511.R94 A17 2002
"I acquired an appreciation of the poetry of Frost as a graduate student at UT. Frost is known for his use of metaphors in his writings, so when one reads his poetry, the individual needs to consider the deeper meanings of the poem. Just as Frost’s poems have at least two directions to consider so does an individual when making decisions. Similar to taking a path which may lead one in a direction away, and different, from where they started, so have many of the choices I have made. Thus, when considering my life’s journey and the opportunities I have been given, I agree with Frost’s words, 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.' "

Selected by:
Katherine Sink
College of Nursing
Promoted to Professor & Granted Tenure, 2015
Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel, James H. Schwartz, Thomas M. Jessell
Call Number: QP355.2 .P76 2000 c.2
"This book opened an unknown world to a young physician who had often been troubled by the mystery of the pain his patients suffered. Hoping to contribute to progress in this field, I finally decided to change my career to neuroscience research. Principles of Neural Science accompanied me in my journey to start my research career in the United States. Through many days and nights, this book remained a companion to me in the laboratory during my years of doctoral and postdoctoral studies."

Selected by:
Xin Wang
College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Department of Psychiatry
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2015
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
Call Number: BJ1012 .P39 1987
"I wrote my undergraduate thesis on this book, and the process of reading it turned out to be every bit as important as its contents. I found this book to be quite challenging, and my advisor allowed no shortcuts. He taught me to apply a careful read, sometimes asking me to spend a week diagramming a couple pages of text. By this process, I realized there is very little one cannot grasp by slowing down and breaking the subject into smaller, simpler pieces. This lesson served me well in law school, and I’ve returned to it throughout my career. From crafting cross examinations and closing arguments, to figuring out a particularly thorny corporate structure, I see this book in my work as a lawyer. As a scholar, I am inspired by and aspire to the book's analytic clarity and beautiful writing. And as a teacher, the book reminds me that slower, more methodical efforts can lead to greater comprehension."

Selected by:
Gregory Gilchrist
College of Law
Granted Tenure, 2016
The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
Call Number: PT2681.E18 R56 1998 c.2
"I first read this novel in a seminar on Contemporary Fiction during my first semester of grad school. Since then, I've returned to it again and again. A man goes on a walk through England, notices things, and thinks. That's it. But during his walking and thinking he reveals the interwoven nature of the world. It is startling and stunning while also plotless and simple. The Rings of Saturn reminds me of the limitless possibilities of fiction. I return to it because the journey itself is so engaging, and because, frankly, it's a novel I wish I could have written."

Selected by:
Benjamin Stroud
College of Arts & Letters
Department of English Language & Literature
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Tradition by Paula Gunn Allen
"This was the first scholarly book I read that actually appreciated the place of the female half of the indigenous world and its immense political, social, economic, and spiritual duties for Indigenous America. The lack of this perspective had grossly skewed all prior treatments of American Indian culture. Gunn Allen showed me that setting the record straight on Indigenous America was possible in academe."

Selected by:
Barbara Mann
Jesup Scott Honors College
Promoted to Professor, 2016
San Guo Yan Yi by Luo Guanzhong Zhu
Call Number: PL2690.S3 E55 2010
"This book is a historical novel about the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history. As one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, it presents hundreds of characters, battles, struggles, and strategies of the Three Kingdoms leading to a three-state balance of power for almost 100 years I have read the book since my childhood and have been deeply attracted by the stories and culture. In addition to the cultural impact, the book is very rich in strategies and many are applicable in today’s business environment. Many principles and strategies are related to my research on system optimization, game theory, business strategy, and supply chain management. "

Selected by:
Yue Zhang
College of Business & Innovation, Department of Information Operations & Technology Management
Promoted to Associate Professor & Granted Tenure, 2016
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol
Call Number: LC4091 .K69 2012
"After hearing a lecture delivered by Jonathan Kozol in the mid-1990s, I immediately read his book Savage Inequalities and understood more fully what courage is required to learn and teach in some American schools. Kozol described students and their families who dared hope for a better future even as they lived and worked in the most dismal circumstances. He showed respect for teachers who helped develop the potential in each individual student, in spite of abysmal inequities in school funding for low-income districts. His accounts of children, families, and teachers who defy poverty and public indifference challenge educators and legislators to work for the greater good. Kozol reminds me that what happens in our classrooms is more than just learning outcomes, state-mandated testing, or national rankings. It is fundamentally about leaving the world, and our schools, in better shape than we found them."

Selected by:
Linda Rouillard
College of Arts & Letters, Department of Foreign Languages
Promoted to Professor, 2016
A Sound Approach to Teaching Instrumentalists: An Application of Content and Learning Sequences by Stanley L. Schleuter
Call Number: MT170 .S34 1997
"A Sound Approach to Teaching Instrumentalists was my first encounter with Edwin Gordon's music learning theory and Dr. Stanley Schleuter's application of it in the teaching of instrumentalists. I immediately saw the potential for students to not only learn how to play an instrument but to also gain a deeper understanding of music. It also offered me a prescriptive on how to teach instrumentalists based on research and how student's best learn music skills. I was also Dr. Schleuter's teaching assistant for 3 years, which further increased my understanding of the teaching approach."

Selected by:
Timothy Brakel
College of Arts & Letters, Department of Music
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf; drawings by Robert Lawson
Call Number: Juvenile Picture Books L434s c.2
"I read this book with its beautiful illustrations at a very young age (perhaps 6 or 7). It was my first conscious realization of the importance of empathy, of how we are all different, of how one should not be afraid to be oneself, that it’s acceptable to not like what everyone else likes just to fit in, and the importance of not judging a book by its cover."

Selected by:
Viviana Ferreira
College of Medicine & Life Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2015
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
Call Number: QC16.F49 A37 1997
"My dad bought this book for me when I was a teen, and I loved the way this famous physicist used both creativity and logic to investigate any and every question about our world that piqued his curiosity. I like the way that complete strangers became complicit in his experiments, drawn in by his enthusiasm. It seems to me that research should be exactly this way: creative, logical, and fun."

Selected by:
Rupali Chandar
College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Promoted to Professor, 2016
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams; original art by William Nicholson
Call Number: PZ8.9.B47 Ve5 1991
Selected by:
Eileen Walsh
College of Nursing
Promoted to Professor & Granted Tenure, 2015
Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy by Barbara Boyt Schell, Glen Gillen, Marjorie Scaffa
Call Number: RM735 .W5 2014
"An occupational therapy textbook I read in the mid-70s, when I was contemplating a career in occupational therapy, was the 4th edition of Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy. The text provided theoretical and practical information, photographs, diagrams, charts, resource lists and references for practitioners and students to utilize. The text was authored by Clare Spackman who had worked at Bellevue in New York in 1929 and 1930, and then began hospital work in Philadelphia in 1931 and later taught at the University of Pennsylvania. She was also a crafts teacher (arts and crafts were commonly utilized in early occupational therapy as a therapeutic medium). Helen S. Willard had been an OT in the US Army and the US Public Health Service. Ms. Willard had taught at the Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy where she became Dean in 1934. The two Pennsylvania occupational therapy scholars collaborated on the first edition of the book in 1947. The fourth edition was the textbook I used when I was in OT school. I continue to own the 12th edition of the Willard and Spackman Occupational Therapy textbook that was published in 2013. In the preface is a classic photo from the AOTA archives of Ms. Willard and Ms. Spackman autographing the 5th edition of the occupational therapy textbook."

Selected by:
Lynne Chapman
College of Health & Human Services, School of Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor, 2016
The Widom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan W. Watts
Call Number: BF575.S35 W37x 2011
"This work, which I read early in graduate school, was one of a few key works that influenced my approach to emotion regulation in my research and clinical work. Specifically, this book speaks to the value of developing a comfort with the unpredictability and uncontrollability of life, as well as the importance of taking an accepting and inviting stance towards the emotions and thoughts that arise from such situations. It also highlights the wisdom that can be gained from experiencing painful emotions and embracing our own vulnerabilities as humans."

Kim Gratz
Professor, College of Arts & Letters, Department of Psychology
Granted Tenure, 2016