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Critical Thinking on Youth Participatory Action Research

Participation, Power, and Purpose

Edited by Thomas Albright, Gretchen Brion-Meisels ...

This book draws together insights on the past, present, and future of youth participatory action research (YPAR) through interviews with ten scholars whose work has been central to the field. In this critical moment, it allows readers to hear from scholars who have been foundational to the visioning and enacting of YPAR projects, as they reflect on the fundamental tenets and boundaries of their ... Read more

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This book draws together insights on the past, present, and future of youth participatory action research (YPAR) through interviews with ten scholars whose work has been central to the field. In this critical moment, it allows readers to hear from scholars who have been foundational to the visioning and enacting of YPAR projects, as they reflect on the fundamental tenets and boundaries of their
... Read more
Realizing Beloved Community

Report from the House of Bishops Theology Committee

Edited by Allen K. Shin, Larry R. Benfield ...

A major study on the theology of Beloved Community.This long-awaited work by the church's top clergy, scholars, and thought leaders examines the theological foundation of Beloved Community and its threats. It addresses such important topics as the legacy and sin of white supremacy, economic disparity, racial healing, and the call for reparations. The committee's work sheds light on the societal ... Read more

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A major study on the theology of Beloved Community.This long-awaited work by the church's top clergy, scholars, and thought leaders examines the theological foundation of Beloved Community and its threats. It addresses such important topics as the legacy and sin of white supremacy, economic disparity, racial healing, and the call for reparations. The committee's work sheds light on the societal
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The Crisis of Christian Nationalism

Report from the House of Bishops Theology Committee

by Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Michael Battle, Thomas Breidenthal, Kelly Brown Douglas, Stephen Edward Fowl, R. William Franklin, Carol J. Gallagher, Shannon MacVean-Brown, Katherine Sonderegger, Gretchen Rehberg, Craig Geevarghese-Uffman, The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of The Protestant Episcopal Church, Altagracia Pérez-Bullard ...

An urgent call for awareness of the dangers of Christian nationalism, including the origins and implications.In 2022, Bishop Curry charged the House of Bishops Theology Committee to study Christian nationalism, an issue that has increasingly come to the forefront of conversations surrounding Christianity, democracy and white supremacy. The committee’s methodology in an Anglican framework of ... Read more

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An urgent call for awareness of the dangers of Christian nationalism, including the origins and implications.In 2022, Bishop Curry charged the House of Bishops Theology Committee to study Christian nationalism, an issue that has increasingly come to the forefront of conversations surrounding Christianity, democracy and white supremacy. The committee’s methodology in an Anglican framework of
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The Critical Few

Energize Your Company’s Culture by Choosing What Really Matters

by Jon R. Katzenbach, James Thomas, Gretchen Anderson ...

In a global survey by the Katzenbach Center, 80 percent of respondents believed that their organization must evolve to succeed. But a full quarter of them reported that a change effort at their organization had resulted in no visible results. Why?The fate of any change effort depends on whether and how leaders engage their culture: the self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking, and ... Read more

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In a global survey by the Katzenbach Center, 80 percent of respondents believed that their organization must evolve to succeed. But a full quarter of them reported that a change effort at their organization had resulted in no visible results. Why?The fate of any change effort depends on whether and how leaders engage their culture: the self-sustaining patterns of behaving, feeling, thinking, and
... Read more
Antidemocracy in America

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk

by Michelle Wilde Anderson, Lisa Wade, Thomas J. Sugrue, Victor Pickard, Saskia Sassen, Alina Das, Oona A. Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro, Richard Sennett, Pedro Noguera, Fred Turner, Craig Calhoun, Margaret Levi, Shamus Khan, Gretchen Blake, Patrick Sharkey, Linda Gordon, Richard Shrum, Philip Gorski, Tanya Marie Luhrmann, Ashley Farmer, Douglas S. Massey, Steven Lukes, Michelle Jackson, David B. Grusky, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Professor of Sociology Michele Lamont, Jack Halberstam, Jefferson Cowie, William Julius Wilson, Harel Shapira ...

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On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences drastically changed how Americans experience their country, especially for those threatened by the ... Read more

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On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences drastically changed how Americans experience their country, especially for those threatened by the
... Read more
Health Humanities Reader

by Allen Peterkin, Arthur W. Frank, David H. Flood, Rhonda L. Soricelli, Lisa Keränen, Michael Sappol, Shelley Wall, Martha Stoddard Holmes, Joseph N. Straus, Martin F. Norden, Felicia Cohn, Martha Montello, John Lantos, Amy Haddad, Rebecca Garden, Mark Clark, Howard Brody, Jack Coulehan, Rosemarie Tong, Sander L. Gilman, Gretchen A. Case, Alice Dreger, Marjorie Levine-Clark, Susan M. Squier, Rafael Campo, Sayantani DasGupta, Jonathan M. Metzl, Daniel Goldberg, Maren Grainger-Monsen, Thomas R. Cole, Benjamin Saxton, E. Ann Kaplan, Jerald Winakur, Bradley Lewis, Anne Hudson Jones, Michael Rowe, Ian Williams, Tod Chambers, Raymond C. Barfield, Lucy Selman, Jeffrey P. Bishop, Audrey Shafer, Catherine Belling, Paul Root Wolpe, Jeff Nisker, Julie M. Aultman, Michael Blackie, Erin Gentry Lamb, Alan Bleakley, Jay Baruch, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Bernice Hausman, Allison B. Kavey, Rebecca J. Hester ...

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In ... Read more

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Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice.In
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Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization

Practical Tools for Improving Teaching, Research, and Scholarship

by Ma. Rhea Gretchen A. Abuso, Paige Mann, Danny Braverman, Ali Meghji, Seetha Tan, Laura Wain, Denise Buiten, Ellen Finlay, Rosemary Hancock, Belinda Leach, Gwen Chapman, Samantha Brennan, Alexandra Rodney, Martin Stringer, Fabio Bolzonar, Federico Settler, Sara Ewing, Januschka Schmidt, Karen Schucan Bird, Lin Ma ...

Despite progress, the Western higher education system is still largely dominated by scholars from the privileged classes of the Global North. This book presents examples of efforts to diversify points of view, include previously excluded people, and decolonize curricula.What has worked? What hasn’t? What further visions do we need? How can we bring about a more democratic and just academic life ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Despite progress, the Western higher education system is still largely dominated by scholars from the privileged classes of the Global North. This book presents examples of efforts to diversify points of view, include previously excluded people, and decolonize curricula.What has worked? What hasn’t? What further visions do we need? How can we bring about a more democratic and just academic life
... Read more
Studies in Urbanormativity

Rural Community in Urban Society

by Alexander R. Thomas, Brian Lowe, Polly Smith, Elizabeth Seale, Stephanie Bennett, Chris Stapel, Gretchen Thompson, R. V. Rikard, Curtis Stofferahn0, Gerald Creed1, Robert Moxley2, Thomas Gray3, Laura McKinney4, Karl A. Jicha5, Karen E. Hayden6, Aimee Vieira7, Barbara Ching8 ...

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural and cultural changes rooted in urbanization are connected in complex ways to spatial ... Read more

$121.99 USD

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural and cultural changes rooted in urbanization are connected in complex ways to spatial
... Read more
Monumentality in Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture

Ideology and Innovation

by Ingrid E. M. Edlund-Berry ...

Every society builds, and many, if not all, utilize architectural structures as markers to define place, patron, or experience. Often we consider these architectural markers as “monuments” or “monumental” buildings. Ancient Rome, in particular, is a society recognized for the monumentality of its buildings. While few would deny that the term “monumental” is appropriate for ancient Roman ... Read more

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Every society builds, and many, if not all, utilize architectural structures as markers to define place, patron, or experience. Often we consider these architectural markers as “monuments” or “monumental” buildings. Ancient Rome, in particular, is a society recognized for the monumentality of its buildings. While few would deny that the term “monumental” is appropriate for ancient Roman
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As Rare as a Pearl

by Graneshia Talley, Gretchen Thomas ...

This is an anthology of poems by a mother and daughter. The mother (Gretchen) is more conservative with her words yet straight forward and the daughter (Graneshia) you will find to be more enclosed and ambiguous with hers. The daughter writes almost like she wants you to solve a mystery while her mom is writing a confession. Here, you will uncover secrets about both authors and about yourself. ... Read more

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This is an anthology of poems by a mother and daughter. The mother (Gretchen) is more conservative with her words yet straight forward and the daughter (Graneshia) you will find to be more enclosed and ambiguous with hers. The daughter writes almost like she wants you to solve a mystery while her mom is writing a confession. Here, you will uncover secrets about both authors and about yourself.
... Read more
The Best Teacher in You

How to Accelerate Learning and Change Lives

by Robert E. Quinn, Katherine Heynoski, Mike Thomas, Gretchen M. Spreitzer ...

What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change students’ lives? In this book you’ll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of ... Read more

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What does teaching look like at its very best? How are great teachers able to ignite a love of learning and change students’ lives? In this book you’ll learn from seven remarkable teachers who stretch beyond the conventional foundations of good teaching to transform their classrooms into exciting, dynamic places where teachers and students cocreate the learning experience. Based on six years of
... Read more
The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume IX: Virginia

by Amy Wright, Darnell Arnoult, April J. Asbury, Emma Aylor, Zeina Azzam, Jeff Bagato, George Bandy0, Christina Beasley1, John Berry2, David Black3, Terry Hall Bodine4, Tara Bray5, Robert Brickhouse6, Candace Butler7, Ben E. Campbell8, John Casteen9, Michael Chitwood0, Kathy Davis1, R.H.W. Dillard2, Rita Dove3, Michael Dowdy4, Hilda Downer5, Angie Dribben6, Claudia Emerson7, J. Indogo Eriksen8, Latorial Faison9, Forrest Gander0, Matthew Gilbert1, Leah Naomi Green2, Lucy Fowlkes Griffith3, Raymond P. Hammond4, Cathryn Hankla5, Chelsea Harlan6, Mr. David Havird7, Jane Hicks8, Mary Crockett Hill9, Scott Honeycutt0, Emily Hooker1, John Hoppenthaler2, Jessica K. Hylton3, Luisa A. Igloria4, Edison Jennings5, Don Johnson6, Jeffrey N. Johnson7, Joshua Jones8, M.A. Keller9, Jennifer Key0, Chelsea Krieg1, Jessi Lewis2, Christopher Linforth3, Robert Wood Lynn4, Catherine MacDonald5, Margaret Mackinnon6, Josh Mahler7, Jeff Mann8, John Q. Mars9, Irène P. Mathieu0, Gretchen McCroskey1, Marianne Mersereau2, Jesse Millner3, Jim Minick4, Felicia Mitchell5, Thorpe Moeckel6, Elisabeth Murawski7, Yvonne Nguyen8, Mel Nichols9, Evan Nicholls0, William Notter1, Gregory Orr2, James Owens3, Lisa J. Parker4, Lynda Fleet Perry5, Kiki Petrosino6, Alex Pickens7, Matt Prater8, Rita Sims Quillen9, Valencia Robin0, Allison Seay1, Olivia Serio2, Leona Sevick3, Leslie Shiel4, Maia Siegel5, Rod Smith6, Ron Smith7, R.T. Smith8, Lisa Russ Spaar9, Sappho Stanley0, Sofia M. Starnes1, Ruth Stone2, Henry Taylor3, Randolph Thomas4, Michael Trocchia5, Ellen Bryant Voigt6, G.C. Waldrep7, Jorrell Watkins8, L.A. Weeks9, Brian Phillip Whalen00, Stephen Scott Whitaker01, Beth Oast Williams02, Abby Wolpert03, Karenne Wood04, Diana Woodcock05, Annie Woodford06, Amy Woolard07, Charles Wright08, Charles Gillispie09 ...

Series Book 9 - The Southern Poetry Anthology
Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt,
... Read more

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