Celebration to Recognize Scholarship of Faculty Authors

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The university community and the public are invited to the first annual “University of Arkansas Celebrates Faculty Authors and their Books” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, in Giffels Auditorium. The event is designed to recognize and honor more than 50 U of A faculty members for their achievements as scholarly authors. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Provost Sharon Gaber will present the opening remarks, welcoming the university community and discussing the importance of books as a scholarly activity.

See a full list of the more than 50 books and authors being recognized. Books by more than a dozen faculty members, all published in the last year, will be featured. Selected faculty authors Angie Maxwell, Patrick Stewart and Roy Reed will speak about their books, all of which examine politics and elections.

Immediately following the featured speakers, a reception will be held in the lobby outside of Giffels Auditorium in Old Main, where attendees will have the opportunity to talk with the authors, purchase copies of books to be signed and enjoy refreshments.

The “University of Arkansas Celebrates Faculty Authors and their Books” is sponsored and made possible by the office of university relations, the University Bookstore, the University of Arkansas Press and Research Frontiers magazine.

Featured faculty authors:

• Margaret Bolsterli – Things You Need to Hear:Collected Memories of Growing up in Arkansas, 1890-1980
• Keith M. Booker – Blue-Collar Pop Culture: From NASCAR to Jersey Shore, 2 Volumes
• Andrew Dowdle, Dirk C. van Raemdonck and Robert Maranto – The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity
• Lori Holyfield – Veterans’ Journey Home: Life After Afghanistan and Iraq
• >Robert Maranto – President Obama and Education Reform: The Personal and the Political
• Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields – Unlocking V.O. Key, Jr.: Southern Politics for the Twenty-first Century
• Angie Maxwell, Todd Shields and Jeannie Whayne –The Ongoing Burden of Southern History: Politics and Identity in the Twenty-first Century South
• Leo G. Mazow – Thomas Hart Benton and the American Sound
• Judi Neal – The Spirit of Project Management
• Roy Reed – Beware of the Limbo Dancers: A Correspondent’s Adventures with the New York Times
• Michael J. Riha – Starting Your Career as a Theatrical Designer: Insights and Advice from Leading Broadway Designers
• Patrick A. Stewart – Debatable Humor: Laughing Matters on the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaign
• Samuel Totten – Genocide by Attrition: The Nuba Mountains of Sudan
• Calvin White Jr. – The Rise to Respectability: Race, Religion, and the Church of God in Christ.