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 Selected Works

Art and Architecture
  • Craven, Wayne. Stanford White: Decorator in Opulence and Dealer in Antiquities. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Mollenhoff, David, and Mary Jane Hamilton. Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Ibarra, Robert. Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Ecology/Animal Behavior
  • Dinerstein, Eric. The Return of the Unicorns. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Stanford, Craig. Upright: Walking as the Evolutionary Key to Human Origins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

  • Thiel, Richard. Keepers of the Wolves. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Fiction
  • Frank, Diana, and Jeffrey Frank. The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

  • Greene, Harlan. The Broken Glass of Night. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Ping Lu. Love and Revolution: A Novel about Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen. Trans. Nancy Du. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Gay Studies/Gender Studies
  • Gere, David. How to Make Dances in an Epidemic: Tracking Choreography in the Age of AIDS. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.

  • Mallon, Gerald P. The Redefinition of Fatherhood: Gay Men Choosing to Be Parents. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • History/Biography
  • Cobb, James C. The Brown Decision, Jim Crow, and Southern Identity. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

  • Coombs, Jan Gregoire. The Rise and Fall of HMOs, 1970-2000: An American Health Care Revolution. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Cottrell, Robert. Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Glassner, Martin I., and Robert Krell, eds. And Life Is Changed Forever: Holocaust Childhoods Remembered. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

  • Keiderling, Kyle. Shooting Star: The Bevo Francis Story. Developmental edit (hired by author). Wilmington, Del.: Sport Classic Books.

  • Lewis, Randolph. Emile de Antonio: Radical Filmmaker in Cold War America. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Marsh, Ben. The Female Frontier: Women's Roles in the Settlement of Georgia. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

  • Miller Medina, Eden. "The State Machine: Politics, Ideology, and Computation in Chile, 1964-1973." Ph.D. diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  • Pineo, Ronn. Ecuador and the United States: Useful Strangers. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

  • Rediker, Marcus, Cassandra Pybus, and Emma Christopher, eds. Many Middle Passages, 1700-2000. Berkeley: University of California Press.

  • Roosa, John. Pretext for Mass Murder. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Sharrett, Christopher. The Rifleman. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

  • The World War II Desk Reference. New York: Grand Central Press. Write-through.

  • Journalism

  • Alwood, Edward. Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

  • Alwood, Edward. Straight News: Gays, Lesbians, and the News Media. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 1996; GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Award for Outstanding Achievement in Publication, 1997; Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America Award for Outstanding Book on Human Rights in North America, 1997; Choice Outstanding Book of the Year, 1997.

  • Ettema, James S., and Theodore H. Glasser. Custodians of Conscience: Investigative Journalism and the Crafting of Public Virtue. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism, 1998; Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism, 1998.

  • Robertson, Michael. Stephen Crane, Journalism, and the Making of Modern American Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997. 54th Annual Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award.

  • Simpson, Roger, and William Coté. Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting about Victims and Trauma. 1st and 2nd eds. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Law
  • Madden, Robert G. Essential Law for Social Workers. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Reamer, Frederic. Criminal Lessons: Case Studies and Commentary on Crime and Justice. New York: Columbia University Press

  • ———. Heinous Crime: Cases, Causes, and Consequences. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Stein, Theodore J. The Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration. New York: Columbia University Press.


  • Steury, Ellen Hochstedler, and Nancy Frank. Criminal Court Process. St. Paul: West.

  • Zelezny, John. Communications Law: Liberties, Restraints, and the Modern Media. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth.
  • Memoir/Autobiography
  • Cohen, Jennifer. Lying Together: A Memoir of Courtship. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • de Milly, Walter III. In My Father's Arms: A True Story of Incest. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • McMillin, Laurie. Buried Indians. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Salton, George L. The Twenty-third Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2003 Outstanding University Press Book Citation, American Association of School Libraries.

  • Valmiki, Omprakash. Joothan: A Dalit's Life. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Xie Bingying. A Woman Soldier's Own Story. Trans. Lily Chia Brissman and Barry Brissman. New York: Columbia University Press. Finalist, Library Journal's "The Best Books of 2001."

  • Yates, Mark D. A Dangerous Occupation: A Bodyguard's Tale. Developmental edit (hired by author).

    Your Average Nigga Performing Race Literacy and Masculinity
  • Young, Vershawn Ashanti. Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.

  • Political Science/Government/International Studies
  • Anderson, Charles W. A Deeper Freedom: Liberal Democracy as an Everyday Morality. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Bleiker, Roland. Divided Korea: Toward a Culture of Reconciliation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

  • Gitlin, Todd. The Intellectuals and the Flag. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Jansson, Bruce. The Sixteen-Trillion-Dollar Mistake: How the U.S. Bungled Its National Priorities from the New Deal to the Present. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Motyl, Alexander. Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • ———. Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Possibilities. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Reuss, Henry S. When Government Was Good: Memories of a Life in Politics. Introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Winner of the 1999 Milwaukee County Historical Society Gambrinus Prize for the Best Book on Milwaukee History.


  • Reference

  • Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster.
  • Religion
  • Browning, Don S., and David A. Clairmont, eds. American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Clayton, Philip, and Jim Schaal, eds. Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Scientists. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Kaplan, Eran. The Jewish Radical Right: The Cultural and Intellectual Origins of Revisionist Zionism and Its Ideological Legacy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

  • Simon, Reeva, Michael Laskier, and Sara Reguer, eds. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Self-help


  • Weil, Andrew, M. D. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. Rev. ed. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

  • Weil, Andrew, M.D., and Winifred Rosen. From Chocolate to Morphine: Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs. Rev. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.



  • Social Work
  • Reamer, Frederic. Social Work Malpractice and Liability: Strategies for Prevention. 2d ed. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • ———. Social Work Values and Ethics. 2d ed. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • ———. Tangled Relationships: Managing Boundary Issues in the Human Services. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Richardson, Virginia E., and Amanda S. Barusch. Gerontological Practice for the Twenty-first Century: A Social Work Perspective. New York: Columbia University Press.

  • Simon, Rita J., and Rhonda M. Roorda. In Their Parents' Voices. New York: Columbia University Press.




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