The Quad

L. Randall Wray (Economics) has published two new books in 2012: Modern Money Theory, Palgrave; and Theories of Money and Banking, two volumes, Elgar For more see:

•  www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=548208

and

• www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=UK&id=13290.

Jennifer Phegley, John Barton, and Kristin Huston (English) announce the publication of Transatlantic Sensations, a collection of essays on sensational literature of the nineteenth-century which they edited. It was published by Ashgate Press in May, 2012. For more see:

• www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&title_id=10836&edition_id=11168.

Xanath Caraza (Foreign Languages and Literatures) has her new full-length book of poetry, Conjuro,  coming out in October, 2012. It is published by Mammoth Publications.

Julie Urbanik (Geosciences) has had her first book, Placing Animals: An Introduction to the Geography of Human-Animal Relations, published by Rowman & Littlefied (2012).  For more see:

•  www.rowman.com/ISBN/9781442211841.

Frances Connelly (Art and Art History) has published a book-length study, The Grotesque in Western Art and Culture: The Image at Play, with Cambridge University Press. Here is the link to the book on the Cambridge website:

•  www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item6687748.

Robert Gamer (Emeritus, Political Science) has published the newest edition of his book Understanding Contemporary China, 4th Edition (Understanding Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World), Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012 For more see:

• www.rienner.com/title/Understanding_Contemporary_ China_4th_Edition.

Jennifer Lundgren (Psychology) is one of the editors of a new book, Night Eating Syndrome: Research, Assessment, and Treatment, to appear in August. It will be published by Guilford Press. For more see:

• www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi.

Xánath Caraza  (Foreign Languages and Literatures) will have her book Conjuro: Poemspublished in September, 2012 by Mammoth Publications. (www.mammothpublications.com). This will be tri-lingual, in Spanish/English/Nahuatl.

 She also has a new chapbook out: Corazon Pintado: Ekphrastic Poems (Kansas City: TL Press, 2012).

Alberto Villamandos (Foreign Languages & Literatures) published two books in 2011:

<img class="alignleft wp-image-1806" src="http://info.umkc.edu/thequad/files/2012/04/64-71-large1.jpg" alt="" width="85"Alberto Villamandos (Foreign Languages & Literatures) published two books in 2011:

height=”135″ />El discreto encanto de la subversión: Una crítica cultural de la Gauche Divine.  (The Discreet Charm of Subversion: A Cultural Critique of Barcelona’s Gauche Divine.) Pamplona (Spain): Laetoli, 2011.

At the end of the 1960’s, under timid and new social liberties allowed by Franco’s regime a group of progressive but privileged intellectuals flourished in Barcelona.  The book analyzes the cultural production of the group, especially literary and visual works that reflect the evolution of the Western intellectual in a new consumer society.  It has been reviewed at the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia:

• http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20111228/54241696292/lectura-critica-de-la-gauche-divine.html .

He also co-editied with Dr Rosalía Cornejo (University of Ottawa, Canada) Un hispanismo para el siglo XXI: Ensayos de crítica cultural. ( A Hispanism for the 21st Century) Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2011.

Jeff Bennett (Sociology) has published his book entitled When the Sun Danced: Myths, Miracles, and Modernity in Early Twentieth Century Portugal, University of Virginia Press, 2012.  This is a study of the relationship of a religious movement and Portuguese politics in the early 20th century.  For more see:

• http://books.upress.virginia.edu/detail%2Fbooks%2Fgroup-4345.xml?q=when%20the%20sun%20danced.

Kristi Holsinger (Criminal Justice & Criminology) published her book, Teaching Justice: Solving Social Justice Problems through University Education, Ashgate: 2012.  An international analysis of how teaching can impact matters of social justice.  For more see:

• http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409424659.

Three A&S faculty are among co-authors of an interdisciplinary book on Germany.

THE HAPPY BURDEN OF HISTORY: From Sovereign Impunity to Responsible Selfhood. Andrew Stuart Bergerson, (History) K. Scott Baker, (Foreign Languages and Literatures, Clancy Martin, (Philosophy) and Steve Ostovich ( College of St. Scholastica)

The Happy Burden of History takes an integrative approach to the problem of responsible selfhood. Exploring the lives and letters of ordinary and intellectual Germans who faced the ethical challenges of the Third Reich, it focuses on five typical tools for cultivating the modern self: myths, lies, nonconformity, irony, and modeling. It was published by: De Gruyeter, March 2011.

For more see:  

http://www.degruyter.com/cont/fb/li/detailEn.cfm?id=IS-9783110246360-1&ad=he

Steve Dilks (English) has had his new book Samuel Beckett in the Literary Marketplace published by Syracuse University Press.

. http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/spring-2011/ samuel-beckett.html

For a review of Dilks’ book see:  http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/23/2817381/readorama-umkc-professors-book.html

For more activities and achievements of the English Department see: 
http://cas.umkc.edu/english/documents/Newsletter–Spring%202011%20Issue%202.pdf

Ken Novak (Criminal Justice and Crimi­nology) recently co-authored Police & So­ciety (Oxford University Press, 2011). This widely-used textbook is in its 5th edition. Additional information can be found at

  http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/CriminologyCriminalJustice/?view=usa&ci=9780199772568
 

Jennifer Frangos (English)  is pleased to announce that The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, now a quarterly academic journal, has complet­ed its transition to the University of Pennsylva­nia Press, and as of December 2010 has caught up the backlog of unpublished issues and is once again publishing on schedule: issue 52.1 (Spring 2011) is due to be released in March.

Frangos has also co-edited her new book: Teaching the Transatlantic Eighteenth Century, (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010). 

For more see:                                      

http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Teaching-the-Transatlantic-Eighteenth-Century1-4438-2266-3.htm
  

Nacer Khelouz, (Foreign Language and Literatures) has just published his book, Le roman algérien des années  1920: Entre fic­tion et réalité politique (Editions L’Harmattan: Paris). This work looks at the representation of colonial society in Algeria as seen in the Algerian novel of the 1920’s.   See: http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=33452
 

Charles G. Spencer (Geosciences) adjunct professor is the author of Roadside Geology of Missouri. The book is the latest edition of the Roadside Geology series published by Mountain Press of Missoula, Montana. Books in the series are written for a non-technical audience and describe the geological sights along state and federal highways.   For more see:  (http://www.mountain-press.com/mountain-press.com).

Miriam Forman-Brunell, (History), is the co-editor of two books just published by the University of Illinois Press that define the field of girls’ history and gather its emerging canon.  The Girls’ History and Culture Reader: The Nineteenth Century examines the significance of girls’ reading, writing, religious, and other practices in light of broader nineteenth-century developments including slavery, urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. For more see: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/ 77hky3dh9780252035746.html
 

 And, bringing together work from top scholars of women and youth,The Girls’ History and Culture Reader:The Twentieth Century illustrates girls’ centrality to major historical forces through an examination of work, play, sexuality, consumption, and other topics. For more see: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/ catalog/62qwc5ww9780252035807.html.

Clovis E. Semmes (Black Studies Program): Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan will issue a revised paperback edition of his book,The Regal Theater and Black Culture, on February 15th, 2011. The book will be a featured scholarly title for spring 2011. See http://us.macmillan.com/ theregaltheaterandblackculture

Christie Hodgen (English) has just published her newest book: Elegies for the Broken Hearted. (W.W. Norton & Company.)
See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/books/review/Rakoff-t.html?_r=1

Cathleen Burnett (Criminal Justice and Criminology) has a new book coming out in May 2010.
See: www.rienner.com/title/Wrongful_Death_Sentences_Rethinking_Justice_in_Capital_Cases

Elijah Gowin (Art and Art History)
For more information go to:  www.tinroofpress.com

Carla Klausner (History)
A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
(with Ian J. Bickerton)
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/History-of-the-ArabIsraeli-Conflict-A/9780205753383.page

Many faculty and graduate students in English also had productive summers as noted in their Fall 2009 newsletter.
http://cas.umkc.edu/english/publications/f2009NewsletterIssue1.pdf

Among them are: Virginia Blanton whose book, Signs of Devotion, received a special award and Patrick Dobson whose first book Seldom Seen was published by the University of Nebraska.