CLAS researchers/authors publish 32 works in 2014

For the 2014 calendar year, authors in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences researched, wrote or edited 32 books on an array of topics including primates of Vietnam, trends in drug use and distribution, Hispanic children’s literature, middle class white anti-racism, stalled peacemaking in Israel and Palestine, the meltdown of the middle class, the U.S. Court of Appeals, HIV/AIDS, ethics and reality TV and discourse analysis.

The college recognized the authors and funding recipients at a celebration in the Harris Alumni Center prior to winter break.

Among the 2014 works were seven edited volumes, four textbooks, an encyclopedia, a novel, one book of short stories, two critical editions of classics and five books published in foreign languages, including French, Spanish and Russian.

Faculty in the English Department wrote eight of the books, and John David Smith, the Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History, published two books. A listing of the works is online.