New Books by Northwestern Faculty -- 2008

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This web site accompanies the New Books by Northwestern Faculty display in the New Acquisitions Alcove of the Library. The display and website serve to showcase examples of the monographic output of Northwestern's faculty in 2008.

Click on an author listed below to be taken directly to the bibliographical information of the text, call number, and a brief biography of each author. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

Microneconomics, 3rd edition / David Besanko and Ronald R. Braeutigam / Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2007.

MAIN Library: Call Number: 338.5 B5537m 2007
University Archives: Call Number: Faculty Coll

David Besanko
Senior Associate Dean: Planning and External Relation Alvin J. Huss Professor of Management & Strategy
Kellogg School of Management


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Database marketing : analyzing and managing customers / Robert C. Blattberg, Byung-Do Kim, Scott A. Neslin / New York ; London: Springer, c2008

MAIN Lower Level Storage: Call Number: 658.872 B644d
University Archives: Call Number: Faculty Coll

Robert C. Blattberg
Polk Brothers Distinguished Professor of Retailing, Professor of Marketing, Director of the Center for Retail Management

Kellogg School of Management

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Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience by Carolyn Chen. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 200.8951 C518g
University Archives (non-circulating): Call Number: Faculty Coll

Carolyn Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences


Carolyn Chen (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) joined the Sociology and Asian American Studies faculty in 2003. Her areas of research interest are religion, immigration, and race/ethnicity. She is currently working on a new project that examines health and spirituality in the United States.

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Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Marda Dunsky / New York: Columbia University Press, c2008

MAIN Library: Call Number: 956.94054 D926p
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Marda Dunsky

Marda Dunsky has taught a media literacy course on American reporting of the Arab and Muslim worlds at Medill and served on the Advisory Board of Northwestern’s Center for International and Comparative Studies. She is a former Arab affairs reporter for the Jerusalem Post and editor on the national/foreign desk of the Chicago Tribune.

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Code Red: An Economist Explains How to Revive the Healthcare System Without Destroying It, by David Dranove. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 362.10425 D764c
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

David Dranove
Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management
Professor of Management and Strategy
Kellogg School of Management


David Dranove taught at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1987 to 1991, before coming to the Kellogg School of Management. His research areas include Industrial Organization, Business Strategy, the Economics of Uncertainty, Medical Economics, Cost-benefit Analysis, and Pharmaceutical Economics.

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Creatures of a Day: Poems: Reginald Gibbons. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.

MAIN Library: Call Number: MAIN 811.54 G441c
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Reginald Gibbons
Professor of English, Classics, and Spanish and Portuguese
Director, Center for the Writing Arts
Weinberg College of Arts and Science


Reginald Gibbons (Ph.D Stanford University, Comparative Literature) is a poet, fiction writer, translator, literary critic, artist, and Professor of English and Classics. He has published 30 books. From 1981 to 1997, he served as the editor of TriQuarterly magazine.

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Forensic Art Essentials: A Manual for Law Enforcement Artists / Lois Gibson / Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press

MAIN Library: Call Number: 363.258 G449f
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Col

Lois Gibson
Center for Public Safety
School of Continuing Studies


Lois Gibson is recorded in The Guinness Book of World Records as "The World's Most Successful Forensic Artist." She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the FBI Academy Forensic Artist Course. She teaches forensic art at Northwestern’s Center for Public Safety.

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Anti-individualism: mind and language, knowledge and justification / Sanford C. Goldberg / Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007

MAIN Library: Call Number: 121.3 G6183a
University Archives (non-circulating): Call Number: Faculty Coll

Sanford C. Goldberg
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Sandy Goldberg's work focuses on topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and epistemology. He received his PhD from Columbia University in 1995. Before coming to Northwestern Goldberg taught at Grinnell College (1995-99) and the University of Kentucky (1999-2007).

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War of no pity: the Indian Mutiny and Victorian trauma / Christopher Herbert. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 823.80935 H536w
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Christopher Herbert
Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities
Department of English

Christopher Herbert (Ph.D. Yale University) is a Victorianist specializing in the novel and in cultural and intellectual history. He has received an NEH and two ACLS Fellowships and two WCAS Outstanding Teaching Awards.

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Toward an Art History of Medieval Rings : a private collection by Sandra Hindman; with Ilaria Fatone and Angélique Laurent-di Mantov. London : Paul Holberton publishing for Les Enluminures ; [Seattle]: Distributed in the United States and Canada by University of Washington Press, c2007.

ART Collection (Deering Library)
Call number: 739.2782 H662t
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Sandra Hindman
Professor Emerita
Art History Department
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences


Sandra L. Hindman (Ph.D. 1973, Cornell; Professor Emeritus) has taught courses on medieval manuscripts and early printed books, Gothic art, and women in medieval art and society.

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The African-American odyssey / Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, and Stanley Harrold.  Combined volume, 4th ed.  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008. 

MAIN Large Books: Call number: L 973.0496 H662a 2008
MITCHELL MULTIMEDIA Center (Circulating): Call number: 973.0496 H662a 2008 CD

Darlene Clark Hine
African American studies and history

Darlene Clark Hine (PhD Kent State University, 1975) is a leading historian of the African American experience who helped found the field of black women’s history and has been one of its most prolific scholars. A past-president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association and the winner of numerous honors and awards, she is the Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and History at Northwestern.

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African Americans : a concise history, 3rd ed. / Darlene Clark Hine, William C. Hine, Stanley Harrold / Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009

MAIN Library: Call number: 973.0496 H662af 2009;
CD: MITCHELL MULTIMEDIA CENTER(circulating)
Call number: 973.0496 H662af 2009 CD
University Archives (non-circulating): Call Number: Faculty Coll

Darlene Clark Hine
Professor, African American Studies and History
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences


Darlene Clark Hine, historian of the African American experience, helped found the field of black women’s history and has been one of its most prolific scholars. A past-president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association and the winner of numerous honors and awards, she is the Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and History at Northwestern.

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The politics of secularism in international relations / Elizabeth Shakman Hurd.Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 327.101 H959p
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Political Science
Assistant Professor

Professor Hurd studies the philosophical and theological underpinnings of international relations, with a focus on relations between Europe, the United States, and the Middle East and North Africa.  She is currently developing a new project on politics, metaphysics and international relations.

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Strategic marketing for nonprofit organizations / Alan R. Andreasen, Philip Kotler. 7th ed.  Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.

MAIN Lower Level Storage: Call number: 658.8 K87ma 2008
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Philip  Kotler
S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing
Kellogg School of Management


Kotler received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in economics. He did post-doctoral work in mathematics at Harvard University and in behavioral science at the University of Chicago.

Professor Kotler was the first recipient of the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) “Distinguished Marketing Educator Award” (1985). The European Association of Marketing Consultants and Sales Trainers awarded Kotler their prize for “Marketing Excellence”. He was chosen as the “Leader in Marketing Thought” by the Academic Members of the AMA in a 1975 survey. He also received the 1978 “Paul Converse Award” of the AMA, honoring his original contribution to marketing. In 1989, he received the Annual Charles Coolidge Parlin Marketing Research Award. In 1995, the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) named him “Marketer of the Year”.

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Social marketing : influencing behaviors for good, 3rd ed./ Philip Kotler, Nancy R. Lee /  Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008

Call Number: MAIN Lower Level Storage 658.8 K87s 2008
University Archives (non circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Philip  Kotler
S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing
Kellogg School of Management


(see above for biographical information)

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Fundamentals of nuclear reactor physics / Elmer E. Lewis / London: Academic Press, c2008

SCIENCE ENGINEERING: Call number: 621.4831 L673f
University Archives: Call number: Faculty Coll

Elmer E. Lewis
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering


Professor Lewis received his BS, MS, and PhD from the University of Illinois. At McCormick, he teaches courses in heat transfer and reliability engineering. He is also an instructor for the freshman sequence, Engineering Design and Communication.

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Graphics concepts for computer aided design.  2nd ed. Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, c2008.

SCIENCE ENGINEERING: Call number: 620.0022 L948g 2008 University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Richard M. Lueptow
Professor, MCC Mechanical Engineering
Professor Co-Director, Master of Product Development Department of Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center


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A Bewitched Duchy: Lorraine and Its Dukes, 1477-1736  by William Monter. Genève: Droz, c2007.

MAIN Library: Call number: 944.38 M778b
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

E. William Monter
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences


E. William Monter (PhD Princeton, 1963), an internationally renowned early-modern social historian, has worked on a wide variety of subjects, including witchcraft, the Inquisition, women's history, and perceived deviance, with special reference to France, Switzerland and Spain. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Guggenheim and NEH fellowships, and membership in the Institute for Advanced Study.

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The Riddle: Where Ideas Come From and How To Have Better Ones / Andrew Razeghi/ San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2008

MAIN Library: Call Number: 153.35 R278r
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Andrew Razeghi
Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing
Marketing Department
Kellogg School of Management


Andrew Razeghi is a writer, educator, and adviser to organizations on growth strategy, creativity, and innovation. At KSM, he teaches courses on the introduction of new products and services. He is the author of the leadership book Hope: How Triumphant Leaders Create The Future.


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Roots to Research: A Vertical Development of Mathematical Problems / Judith D. Sally and Paul J. Sally / Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, c2008.

Math Library: Call Number: 510.72 S169r
University Archives: Call Number: Faculty Coll

Judith D. Sally
Professor Emeritus
Mathematics
WCAS


Judith Sally taught Mathematics at Northwestern from 1972 until her retirement. Her husband, Paul Sally, taught Mathematics at the University of Chicago.


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Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation / Victor C. Shih / Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2008.

MAIN Library Call number: 332.4951 S555f
University Archives (non-circulating): Call Number: Faculty Coll

Victor C. Shih
Assistant Professor
Political Science Department
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences


Professor Shih is interested in political economy in developing countries broadly and how politics affect economic outcomes in China specifically. His current research examines how China’s authoritarian politics affect taxation policies and fiscal transfers. He also has on-going projects on the performance of Chinese banks, signaling in elite politics, and elite selection in China.


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Organizational behavior today / Leigh L. Thompson.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.

MAIN Large Books: Call number: L 302.35 T473o
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Leigh L. Thompson
J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations


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The truth about negotiations / Leigh Thompson.  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education/FT Press, c2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 302.3 T473t
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Leigh Thompson
J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations


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Science K-8 : an integrated approach / Edward Victor, Richard D. Kellough, Robert H. Tai.  11th ed.  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, c2008.

MAIN Lower Level Storage (Large items): Call number: L 372.3 V642s 2008
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Edward Victor
Professor Emeritus, Education Undergraduate Program


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Chemical Engineering Design: Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design / Gavin Towler / Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, c2008.

Science and Engineering Library:
Call number: SEL: 660 T742c
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Gavin Towler
Adjunct Professor
Senior Manager of Process Design Development, UOP
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Gavin Towler is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern, where he teaches the senior design classes. Dr. Towler is also the Senior Manager of Process Design Development at UOP, a leading supplier of catalyst, process and equipment technology to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

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Everyman News: The Changing American Front Page / Michele Weldon / Columbia: University of Missouri Press, c2008

MAIN Library: Call number: 070.44097 W445e
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll

Michele Weldon
Assistant Professor
Medill School of Journalism

Professor Weldon (a Medill alumna), author of I Closed My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman and Writing to Save Your Life: How to Honor Your Story by Journaling, writes for West Suburban Living magazine and womensenews.com. She has been a columnist and feature writer for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Writer's Digest Publications, and Dallas Times Herald, and has held editorial positions at Fairchild Publications, ADWEEK magazine, and NorthShore Magazine.

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Public speaking : strategies for success. 5th edition. Boston, MA : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, c2008.

MAIN Library: Call number: 808.51 Z36p 2008
University Archives (non-circulating): Call number: Faculty Coll.

David Zarefsky

Owen L. Coon Professor
Department of Communication Studies

David Zarefsky (PhD Northwestern) teaches courses in the history and criticism of U.S. public discourse, with a special focus on the pre-Civil War period and on the 1960's, and also teaches courses in argumentation and in Presidential rhetoric. Additionally, he directs the honors program for seniors in Communication Studies. Among his publications are books on the Lincoln-Douglas debates and on the rhetoric of the war on poverty during the Johnson administration. He currently is working on the controversy surrounding the annexation of Texas during the 1840's and on the legal and political dispute following the 2000 election and culminating in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Bush v. Gore.

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