Faculty Authored Books and Book Contributions

This is a collection of books authored by or with contributions from faculty of Dominican University of California.

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Water as Earth's Bloodstream: Latina Ecofeminist Spirituality and Water Justice

Laura Stivers

Spirit and Nature is a collection of essays exploring how the resources of Christian spirituality can inform the practice of a more ecologically sustainable faith. Our current ecological situation calls for people of religious faith to reexamine the way they envision the practice of spirituality. As environmental ethicists have called us to reconsider the human-Earth relationship so that the planet is not seen as simply an endless supply of resources to fill human wants and needs, so these essays call us to reconsider spiritual practice as it relates to Earth's ecology. Rather than viewing spirituality as an escape from the material world, the authors describe the embodiment of the God-quest within the human-nature relationship. Drawing on diverse disciplinary perspectives, these essays examine a variety of topics, including the relationship between Earth and humans in the Bible, the role of nature's beauty in Christian spirituality, the practice of Christian discernment and contemplation in light of the natural sciences, the role of nature in liturgical prayer, and others. These essays consider how scholarship in Christian spirituality can contribute to re-imaging faith in ways that better cherish the Earth's fragile beauty.
Eki Mae Poems [Volume 2]

Brenda Hillman, Yuka Tsukagoshi, Judy Halebsky, and Ayumu Akutsu

Bilingual Japanese-English poetry journal.
PedsNotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide

Luanne Linnard-Palmer

This pocket-size rapid reference presents all of the information needed to deliver safe, effective care for children based on their age, size, developmental level, and unique pathologies.
Sky=Empty

Judy Halebsky

Winner of the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize, selected by Marvin Bell. From Judge's Citation: "I was caught by the clarity of mind and expression of SKY=EMPTY--quality distinctive at any time. I was caught by the ear and eye, the tone of voice, and the easy movement between inner and outer. The respect for language is tangible. This is a beautiful, engaging first book."
Songs for a Teenage Nomad

Kim Culbertson

What is the soundtrack of your life?

After living in twelve places in eight years, Calle Smith finds herself in Andreas Bay, California, at the start of ninth grade. Another new home, another new school…Calle knows better than to put down roots. Her song journal keeps her moving to her own soundtrack, bouncing through a world best kept at a distance…

Yet before she knows it, friends creep in – as does an unlikely boy with a secret. Calle is torn over what may be her first chance at love. With all that she’s hiding and all that she wants, can she find something lasting beyond music? And will she ever discover why she and her mother have been running in the first place?
Talking to Millennials: Policy Rhetoric and Rhetorical Narratives in the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Donna R. Hoffman and Alison D. Howard

The 2008 U.S. election was arguably the most important election of our lifetime: the first African American president was elected to office; the candidacy of Sarah Palin marked only the second time that a major party ticket included a female; and the electoral performance of young citizens - digital natives, greatly attracted by digital media - signaled the highest turnout in a long time.Taking all these issues into consideration, this book offers a landmark examination of the 2008 election from a global perspective, with emphasis on the wide range of digital media utilized by the campaigners and how campaign communication influenced young citizens. The authors argue that the use of digital technologies in the campaign, and the success of Barack Obama in attracting young voters to his cause, provides an excellent case study - perhaps something of a turning point in campaign communication - for carefully examining the emerging role of digital political media, and a continuing renewal in young citizens’ electoral engagement. The wide-ranging contributions to this volume provide a comprehensive examination of a historic political campaign and election. The book’s findings offer revealing answers regarding the content and effects of various forms of political campaign communication, and raise questions and possibilities for future research.
The Dominican University Honors Program and Service Learning: Case Studies Focusing on Engaged Learning and Social Responsibility in Diverse Communities

Jayati Ghosh, Julia Van der Ryn, Rizza Alcaria, Asta Haman-Dicko, Alma Delia Martinez Torres, and Peter Hoang

This monograph is limited in scope by a number of factors, not the least of which is the multifaceted nature of diversity. The editors have made a conscious effort to bring in as many definitions and perspectives on diversity as possible from within the membership of the National Collegiate Honors Council. We are pleased that the resulting essays provide the opportunity to explore the issues of misrepresentation and underrepresentation for African American, disabled, Latina/o, international, and first-generation college students in honors. The following chapters also make a number of suggestions for curricular and programmatic approaches to incorporate diversity in practice in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, and religious/cultural practices.
The Mentoring Relationship: Co-creating Personal and Professional Growth

Robin G. Gayle

"The mentoring relationship is characterized by mutual co-occurring growth interacting with and within diverse sociocultural systems of influence. This interplay affords wide ranging opportunity for relational and intersubjective growth processes to emerge which through awareness, mentors psychotherapist development and augments formal therapist training programs. Insight into, and experience of, such processes is guided by hermeneutical meaning-making methods that guide experience-near interactions where two separate subjectivities simultaneously co-inhabit and co-create a unified field of experience and expression. Understanding relational/intersubjective dynamics helps to build a safe mentoring container generating co-creative growth for both mentor and mentee that cultivates empathy, balances self disclosure, facilitates transference/countertransference resolution, and fosters a skillful use-of-self in treatment processes. Several examples and a mentoring vignette highlight the unique intrapsychic, interpersonal, and sociocultural mentoring interplays that co-create personal and professional growth and contribute to psychotherapists’ development." -- Publisher's website
Art and Architecture of the World's Religions

Leslie D. Ross

Two abundantly illustrated volumes offer a vibrant discussion of how the divine is and has been represented in art and architecture the world over.
Buddhism : A Concise Introduction

Huston Smith and Philip Novak

Smith and Novak cover the essential teachings, practices, and historical development of Buddhism in all its rich variety. Beginning with the life and legend of the Buddha, Buddhism explores core Buddhist doctrines such as the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, nirvana, and emptiness. The authors go on to discuss the split between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, the continued divisions of Mahayana into Pure Land, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism, and the confluence of Hinduism and Buddhism in India. The second half of the book follows the global migration of Buddhism and its continuing diversification and development in the West, especially in America.
Eki Mae Poems [Volume 1]

Judy Halebsky, Yuka Tsukagoshi, Fumiko Yamanaka, and Ayumu Akutsu

Bilingual Japanese-English poetry journal.
From Homelessness to Hope: Constructing Just, Sustainable Communities for All God's People

Donna C, Bradley; Marilyn Bruin; Norman Fong; Simone Hennessee; Howard Lee Jackson; Laura Jervis; Gail Russell; and Laura Stivers

According to a 2007 report from the Center for Housing Policy, American households, whether renting or owning, are under increased pressure to maintain housing. Between 1997 and 2005, the number of working families paying more than half their income for housing increased 87 percent, from 2.4 million to 4.5 million. When families living in severely inadequate or dilapidated housing are included, the total of working families with critical housing needs rises to 5.2 million nationally. Housing needs exist across “the housing landscape” from large to small metropolitan areas, in urban and suburban counties alike. While the problem is most acute on the West Coast (Los Angeles, Anaheim, and San Diego areas) and East Coast centers like New York and Miami, the pattern exists in all regions of the country. Moreover, critical housing needs worsened in twenty-seven of the thirty-one metropolitan areas studied.

This picture is complicated by the turmoil in the subprime mortgage market, whereby households are brought into home ownership with teaser mortgage rates, which then fluctuate upward, quickly putting payments out of reach. General sluggishness in the housing market makes selling difficult and forces many households into foreclosure, which is at an all-time high. Mortgage companies themselves are being forced into bankruptcy, making hundreds of their own employees vulnerable.

These and other factors put pressure on the already tight affordable rental housing market. When eviction or several moves force a choice between being housed and being able to meet other expenses, individuals and families seek alternatives—doubling up with family or friends, moving into a cheap motel, or living out of their car. Then, not knowing where else to turn, they appear at the doors of churches or other service providers seeking a handout, a meal, or a place to stay. Piecemeal responses to such appeals, while compassionate, do not address underlying problems and issues—and can actually impede progress toward permanent solutions.

A far better response is to help persons find a path toward a comprehensive plan to end their homelessness. Without such a plan, individuals and families remain in poverty and cycle in and out of homelessness. Unless it is addressed comprehensively, this cycle of poverty and homelessness will continue to the next generation.

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Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity Across the Curriculum

LeeAnn Bartolini, Afshin Gharib, and William Phillips

"This volume's editors have compiled a set of wide-ranging tools for teaching about diversity among diverse student populations. Articles cover an array of topics, including general approaches to diversity education, specific exercises within and across disciplines, and strategies for coping with the stresses of teaching controversial topics. The collection offers guidance that is particularly valuable for those just beginning to incorporate diversity in the classroom?and is pertinent to veteran teachers as well."? Diversity & Democracy (AAC&U)
Never Done and Poorly Paid: Women's Work in Globalising India

Jayati Ghosh

Scholarly study of Indian economy,overview, many tables, some case study material. a basic work in the field
Rendimiento escolar e identificación latina como factores de segregación en Madrid (Academic Performance and Social Identification as Factors of Segregation)

Jennifer Lucko

The school integration to debate focuses on the treatment of diversity motivated by the incorporation of students of foreign origin, with different languages, customs and previous knowledge. The work, after questioning the meaning and implications of the concept of school integration, analyzes the measures and initiatives undertaken in Spain and also, by way of comparison, in some foreign countries. Each of the cases has been approached from one of these three perspectives, the point of view of the students, the external observation or that of the teachers involved in its application.
An Introduction to Christianity for a New Millennium

Scott Gambrill Sinclair

Without presupposing prior knowledge this accessibly written introduction to Christianity covers the entire history of the religion from its Old Testament foundations up to the present, including the significant individuals, events, doctrines, and rituals of the faith. Sinclair surveys the major historical forms of Christianity (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism) and the contemporary issues that divide Christians today (e.g., homosexuality). The book also tackles such difficult topics as the origin and relevance of biblical prophecy, the historicity and significance of the miracles of Jesus (and the resurrection), combining evolution and biblical faith, and producing an intellectually coherent explanation of the Trinity and the Incarnation.
Differentiated Instruction Made Easy: Hundreds of Multi-Level Activities for All Learners

Phyllis R. Kaplan, Virgina Ann Miller Rogers, and Rande Webster

Differentiated Instruction Made Easy is a hands-on resource that is designed for teachers to support the individual learning needs of their students as they participate in similar tasks. Teachers will find hundreds of creative ideas that will motivate adn reinforce learning for all students in grades 2-8. The book's dynamic activities are targeted to specific subject areas and will help students to experience success despite their learning challenges. This book contains: ready-to-use activities that support the teaching of standards-based subjects across the curriculum; tools for reading, math, science, and written expression; chapters on art, music, media, service learning, and peace; and teacher-student contracts, multi-level game boards, spinners, task cards and wheels, and open-ended add ons. Teachers can use the book to encourage students to design their own games, task wheels, and activities reflecting their individual interests and strengths.
La identidad emergente de los latinos en Madrid (The Emergent Identity of Latinos in Madrid)

Jennifer Lucko
Saga of African Underdevelopment: A Viable Approach for Africa's Sustainable Development in the 21st Century

Tetteh A. Kofi and Asayehgn Desta

The Saga of African Underdevelopment examines in careful detail the economic conditions in Africa during the pre-colonial and colonial periods. The authors argue eloquently that most of the development paradigms that were used to transform African economies, under free trade imperialism or under colonial and postcolonial periods were incompatible with the African system of thought and traditional production systems or mode of production. Following this, they propose a bold development strategy to reverse the dismal economic performance of African countries in the post independence period.
The Effects of Coral Bleaching in The Northern Caribbean and Western Atlantic

Loureene Jones, Pedro M. Alcolado, Yuself Cala, Dorka Cobian, Vânia R. Coelho, Aylem Hernandez, Ross Jones, Jennie Mallela, and Carrie Manfrino
- The effects of bleaching and hurricanes on coral reefs in 2005 varied across the region and within countries.
- Some countries experienced intense widespread coral bleaching down to 35 m, while the effects of increased water temperatures were moderate to low in others.
- Coral mortality rates were low on average; most corals recovered quickly when water temperatures dropped.
- Greater human and financial resources are needed to monitor and effectively combat the effects of natural disasters.
- Regular monitoring and analysis of data are essential components of sound management strategies for sustainable environmental management and economic growth.
Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present

Cynthia Stokes Brown

An epic for our time, Big History begins when the universe is no more than a single point the size of an atom, squeezed together in unimaginable density, and ends with a twenty-first-century planet inhabited by 6.1 billion people. It's a story that takes in prehistoric geology, human evolution, the agrarian age, the Black Death, the voyages of Columbus, the industrial revolution, and global warming. Historian Cynthia Brown visits the Vikings, the Mayas and Aztecs, the Incas, the Mongol empire, and the Islamic heartlands. Along the way she considers topics as varied as cell formation, population growth, global disparities, and illiteracy, creating a stunning synthesis of historical and scientific knowledge of humanity and the earth we inhabit. Big History represents a new kind of history, one that skillfully interweaves historical knowledge and cutting-edge science.
Doing Ethics In A Diverse World

Robert Traer and Harlan Stelmach

Nothing is more difficult today than deciding what to do about abortion, gay marriage, economic injustice, war, torture, global warming, euthanasia, capital punishment, and a host of other controversies, particularly in a world in which people of varying religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds commonly live side by side. Can we draw on the wisdom of the past to address these contemporary ethical dilemmas? Can we see more clearly how we should consider what is right and wrong, and good and bad, and then work through these divisive problems toward decisions that make sense to us?While challenging moral relativism, Doing Ethics in a Diverse World uses a pluralist approach that draws on religious as well as secular positions and on Eastern as well as Western traditions. The book’s approach reasons by analogy from the rule of law, including international human rights law, as a means to constructing ethical presumptions about duty, character, relationships, and rights. These presumptions are weighed against the predicted consequences of acting on them, which either confirm the presumptions or support alternative actions. Employing a “Worksheet for Doing Ethics” as a guiding framework, this approach is then applied to issues of public morality, health care, economic justice, sex, the war on terrorism, and living ecologically.
Isopoda

Richard C. Brusca, Vânia R. Coelho, and Stefano Taiti

The Fourth Edition of The Light and Smith Manual continues a sixty-five-year tradition of providing to both students and professionals an indispensable, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to Pacific coast marine invertebrates of coastal waters, rocky shores, sandy beaches, tidal mud flats, salt marshes, and floats and docks. This classic and unparalleled reference has been newly expanded to include all common and many rare species from Point Conception, California, to the Columbia River, one of the most studied areas in the world for marine invertebrates. In addition, although focused on the central and northern California and Oregon coasts, this encyclopedic source is useful for anyone working in North American coastal ecosystems, from Alaska to Mexico.

More than one hundred scholars have provided new keys, illustrations, and annotated species lists for over 3,500 species of intertidal and many shallow water marine organisms ranging from protozoans to sea squirts. This expanded volume covers sponges, sea anemones, hydroids, jellyfish, flatworms, polychaetes, amphipods, crabs, insects, snails, clams, chitons, and scores of other important groups. The Fourth Edition also features introductory chapters on marine habitats and biogeography, interstitial marine life, and intertidal parasites, as well as expanded treatments of common planktonic organisms likely to be encountered in near-to-shore shallow waters.

~ Publisher's description
She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Herbert R. Kohl and Cynthia Brown

Evaluates the ways in which the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott is misrepresented to children.