Campus Authors

A program to celebrate the newly-published books of UC Davis faculty and academic appointees will take place on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Peter J. Shields Library. The event, co-sponsored by the UC Davis General Library and the UC Davis Bookstore, combines a reception, brief remarks by Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, Academic Senate Vice-Chair Pablo Ortiz, University Librarian Marilyn Sharrow, and a representative number of the authors.

The event also includes a one-day display of over 100 newly published books by UC Davis faculty members and academic appointees, and all authors whose books were submitted for display at the event will be honored. The authors who will appear as speakers at this year's program include:

David Biale, History

"Blood and Belief: The Circulation of a Symbol Between Jews and Christians"

Halifu Osumare, African American and African Studies

"The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves"

James Nuovo, Family & Community Medicine

"Chronic Disease Management"

Benjamin Lawrance, History

"Locality, Mobility, and "Nation""

Julie Sze, American Studies

"Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice"

Noah Guynn, French and Italian

"Allegory and Sexual Ethics in the High Middle Ages"

Kimberly Elsbach, Graduate School of Management

"Organizational Perception Management"

Ila Phillip Young, Education

"The Human Resource Function in Educational Administration"

Linda Morris, English

"Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression"

Dean Karnopp and Donald Margolis, Mechanical And Aeronautical Engineering

"Engineering Applications of Dynamics"

Nancy Hudson, Nutrition

"Management Practice in Dietetics"

Francisco Samaniego, Statistics

"System Signatures and Their Applications in Engineering Reliability"

There is no charge for the event and all UC Davis faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend. This is an annual opportunity to hear colleagues from various disciplines speak about their current research, writing and publication experiences. Refreshments will be provided.

A list of all books submitted for this event is available at http://bookstore.ucdavis.edu/books/CampusAuthors/ (http://bookstore.ucdavis.edu/books/CampusAuthors/).