16 Books Professors Are Reading This

Summer**Not exactly beach reading

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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Recommended by: Lee KamletDEAN, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONSQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY IN HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT

“I'm fascinated by New York in that period. The bridge is basically as it was when it was built which makes it an engineering wonder. And he is one of my favorite writers.”

by David McCullough

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Recommended by: Marina PuzakovaLEHIGH UNIVERSITY IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIAPROFESSOR, MARKETING

“Contagious provides answers to important questions, such as how companies can develop and deliver integrated content that engages consumers, resonates with them, goes viral and increases conversion rates.”

by Jonah Berger

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

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Recommended by: Benjamin ForestMCGILL UNIVERSITY IN QUEBEC, CANADAASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, GEOGRAPHY

“It is amazing how many of the issues and conflicts of the post-Civil War period are still with us. Not exactly beach reading, however.”

by Eric Foner

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution

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The Road to Character

Recommended by: Nancy BagranoffUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIADEAN, ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

“I am always interested in thinking about leadership and values, so this book is very appealing to me.”

by David Brooks

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Why the Wild Things Are: Animals in the Lives of Children

Recommended by: Brian OgleBEACON COLLEGE IN LEESBURG, FLORIDAINSTRUCTOR, SCIENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGY

“Great exploration of how youth imagine, engage, and interpret the animals with which they share the world. Relevant due to the increasing popularity of companion animals as well as animals depicted in popular culture.”

by Gail F. Melson

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LaRose

Recommended by: Coleen Grissom

TRINITY UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXASPROFESSOR, ENGLISH/LITERATURE

“Erdrich informs, engages, educates, challenges and inspires. She also never seems to get one word wrong.”

by Louise Erdrich

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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

Recommended by: Susan CohenROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN RICHMOND, VAASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MANAGEMENT

“I’ve already read the first two chapters, and can’t wait to read the rest. It’s about how to be creative and how to nurture creativity in others.”

by Adam Grant

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Education and Equality

Recommended by: Corey D.B. WalkerWINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY IN WINSTON-SALEM, NCDEAN OF THE COLLEGE AND JOHN W. AND ANNA HODGIN HANES PROFESSOR OF THE HUMANITIES

“She consistently sheds new light on social and political culture and provides us with a more critical and flexible public language to engage our deepest shared values and principles. This book offers her latest considered thinking on the interrelationships between our core principle of equality and the role and function of education in helping us to realize a more just and inclusive democracy… I look forward to spending my summer thinking with her.”

by Danielle Allen

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My Name Is Lucy Barton

Recommended by: Lili WrightDEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE, INDIANAPROFESSOR, ENGLISH/JOURNALISM

“I want to see how Strout did what she did. The novel is so spare. So much is left out and yet the story is full and embracing. It creates this haunting mood. I want to learn how to do more with less with my own writing.”

by Elizabeth Strout

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The Outsider

Recommended by: Dennis DoyleST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURIASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY

“I'm researching this novel for the next history book I plan to write. Plus I just admire and enjoy Richard Wright's deep exploration of his protagonists' psychological motivations.”

by Richard Wright

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Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Recommended by: James P. ElliottCLARK UNIVERSITY IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTSPROFESSOR AND DEPARTMENT CHAIR, ENGLISH

“Not only does she highlight many of the grammatical oddities that I’ve found in student papers, but she does so with wit, style and irreverence. Required reading for all who teach literature—and for those who still use pencils.”

by Mary Norris

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The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World

Recommended by: Frank R. GunterLEHIGH UNIVERSITY IN BETHLEHEM, PAPROFESSOR, ECONOMICS

“As the most senior Muslim-American in the Bush administration, he met the president on a regular basis and helped craft U.S. policy in the region. At the President’s request, he left Afghanistan to become the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and later our representative at the United Nations. I first met Ambassador Khalilzad in Baghdad at the end of 2005 when I was the Chief of Economics for Multi-National Force – Iraq. I remember being impressed at how easily he moved between two very different cultures.”

by Zalmay Khalilzad

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The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination of The Boy Who Lived

Recommended by: A.J. MarsdenBEACON COLLEGE IN LEESBURG, FLORIDAASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY

“I’m a psychologist, I like Harry Potter, so this one seemed to be a no-brainer. It’s a wonderful journey through the minds of muggles and wizards.”

by Neil Mulholland

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

Recommended by: Jeffrey McCallDEPAUW UNIVERSITY IN GREENCASTLE, INDIANAPROFESSOR, MEDIA STUDIES

“It was written in 1951 … It looks at how mass movements catch on and how followers engage the causes. It discusses political and religious movements, looking particularly at the nationalism of that time, Communism, fascism, and so on. Given the mass movements underway in our world today, I think this book's insights give us much to consider. “

by Eric Hoffer

When BreathBecomes Air

Recommended by: Elizabeth Rattine-FlahertyST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURIASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS

“I'm fascinated by medical professionals who bridge their personal and professional lives as they become patients. I believe these ‘boundary spanners’ have a great deal to teach us about how medicine should work.”

by Paul Kalanithi

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

Recommended by: Laura Tuhela-ReuningOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY IN DELAWARE, OHIOPROFESSOR, BOTANY AND MICROBIOLOGY

“In the kitchen, recipes just say what ingredients to add but not why you add them. In Lopez-Alt's book, he has done experiments to figure out why things are done in certain recipes and describes them in terms that even non-scientists can understand. It's not just how to do things in the kitchen, but why you do these things to come out with excellent food. I've had success with the two things I've already tried -- creamy macaroni and cheese that doesn't curdle up or get oily, and hard boiled eggs perfectly cooked and super easy to peel.”

by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

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