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2011

Stuart Isacoff Music History and Theory; Dance (Music Seminar) A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians—from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between Alfred A. Knopf November 2011 Interview on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (Nov. 11, 2011)

Jeanine Meyer Math/Computer Science, New Media HTML5 and JavaScript Projects Apress Publishers September 2011

David Gluck Studio Composition Robert Thompson Arts Management Co-authors, with Bernie Williams; foreword by Paul Simon Rhythms of the Game: The Link Between Musical and Athletic Performance Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group July 2011 Interview, part one and two (videos)

Edward Pomerantz Screenwriting Dancing on Quicksand: The Collected Plays of Edward Pomerantz and an Original Screenplay Zip Publishing/The Educational Publisher June 2011 www.edwardpomerantz.com

Gary Waller Literature, Drama Studies Walsingham and the English Imagination Ashgate Publishing Group May 2011

Richard Minsky Graphic Design The Book Art of Richard Minsky George Braziller, Inc. April 2011

Gary Waller Literature, Drama Studies The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture Cambridge University Press January 2011

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2010

Lisa Keller History, Journalism Executive editor The Encyclopedia of New York City (second edition) Yale University Press December 2010

Jeanine Meyer Math/Computer Science, New Media The Essential Guide to HTML5: Using Games to Learn HTML5 and JavaScript Friends of ED, an Apress Company October 2010

Lisa Keller History, Journalism Triumph of Order: Democracy and Public Space in New York and London (paperback edition) Columbia University Press September 2010 First published November 2008 (cloth) Best Book Award for 2009 Urban History Association

Lisa Jean Moore Gender Studies, Sociology Co-author, with Judith Lorber Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives (second edition) Oxford University Press July 2010

Richard Minsky Graphic Design The Art of American Book Covers: 1875–1930 George Braziller, Inc. May 2010

Doug Munro Jazz Studies The Total Latin Guitarist: A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Latin Guitar Playing (with companion CD) Alfred Music Publishing April 2010 www.dougmunro.com

Melissa Febos Literature (Liberal Studies & Continuing Education) Whip Smart: A Memoir Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press: Thomas Dunne Books March 2010 melissafebos.com

John R. Howard (Emeritus) Sociology Faces in the Mirror: Oscar Micheaux and Spike Lee Fireside Publications March 2010

Kathleen McCormick Literature and Pedagogy Co-editor, with Edvige Giunta Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, and Popular Culture Modern Language Association March 2010

Gary Waller Literature, Drama Studies Co-editor, with Dominic Janes Walsingham in Literature and Culture from the Middle Ages to Modernity Ashgate Publishing Group March 2010

Jane Kromm Art History Co-editor, with Susan Benforado Bakewell A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century Contributors include Elizabeth Guffey, Chris Kaczmarek (Art+Design staff), and Sarah Warren Berg Publishers, February 2010

Jennifer K. Uleman Philosophy An Introduction to Kant’s Moral Philosophy Cambridge University Press February 2010 Outstanding Academic Title of 2010 Choice

Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut Gender Studies, Sociology; Media, Society, and the Arts Editors The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings Contributors include Moore, Kosut, Matthew Immergut, William Peace, and Jason Pine NYU Press, February 2010

Joseph E. Muscolino Biology; Pilates (Continuing Education) The Muscular System Manual (third edition) Mosby of Elsevier Science January 2010

Joseph E. Muscolino Biology; Pilates (Continuing Education) Musculoskeletal Anatomy Coloring Book (second edition) Mosby of Elsevier Science January 2010

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2009

Andrew Bernstein Philosophy (Liberal Studies & Continuing Education) Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights University Press of America December 2009

Gaura Shankar Narayan Literature, Gender Studies Real and Imagined Women in British Romanticism Peter Lang Publishing November 2009

Lisa Jean Moore Gender Studies, Sociology Co-author, with Monica J. Casper Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility NYU Press, July 2009

Karen L. Baird Political Science, Gender Studies Beyond Reproduction: Women's Health, Activism, and Public Policy with chapter by Kim Christensen (Political Science, Gender Studies) Fairleigh Dickinson University Press June 2009

Dennis Parichy Theatre Design/Technology Illuminating the Play: The Artistry of Lighting Design Heinemann, June 2009

Rudolf P. Gaudio Anthropology Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City Wiley-Blackwell, May 2009 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize for Outstanding Monograph

Yun Chu Psychology Human Insight Problem Solving: Performance, Processing, and Phenomenology VDM Verlag, April 2009

Tracy Fitzpatrick Art History Art and the Subway: New York Underground Rutgers University Press, April 2009

Elise Lemire Literature Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts University of Pennsylvania Press April 2009

Elise Lemire Literature “Miscegenation”: Making Race in America (paperback edition) University of Pennsylvania Press April 2009

Rachel M. Simon Gender Studies; Liberal Studies & Continuing Education Marginal Road Hollyridge Press, April 2009 www.rachelsimon.com

Donna Dennis Sculpture Nine Nights Meditation A collaboration with the poet Anne Waldman Granary Books, March 2009 (limited edition) www.donnadennisart.com

Michael Lobel Art History James Rosenquist: Pop Art, Politics, and History in the 1960s University of California Press February 2009

Joseph E. Muscolino Biology; Pilates (Continuing Education) The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual Mosby of Elsevier Science January 2009

Carolina Sanín Language and Culture Alfonso X: Desventurado rey Sabio Panamericana Editorial (Colombia), January 2009