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Faculty Books Reception
February 17, 2009
The last several years have seen more than a dozen book publications by Washington College faculty, who gathered in the Rose O'Neill Literary House to celebrate their achievements and offer primers on their works.
Click to enlarge photos by Aileen Brenner '09.
Faculty-written books on display in the Lit House with help from Bookstore Director Shannon Wyble.
Katherine Martel '12 and Mac Boyle '11 take advantage of the catered desserts.
Literary House Administrative Assistant Owen Bailey greets Patrick Henry Fellow Henry Wiencek.
Faculty guests were invited to sign the chalkboard in the Lit House kitchen upon their arrival.
Faculty authors wait in the enclosed porch for the presentation portion of the event.
Office of Information Technologies Chief Information Officer Billie Dodge chats with Provost Christopher Ames during the reception.
Shenk introduces the faculty authors with a short joke, and by professing, "The beauty of books is that, once they're published, a conversation can ensue."
Guests gathered in the Lit House Reading Room for snacks and refreshments.
Wiencek speaks briefly about his current stay at the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience working on his new book about Jefferson.
Visiting Lecturers in Art Robbi Behr and Matthew Swanson are the illustrator and writer of the satirical Idiots' Books.
Professor of English Thomas Cousineau relays his obsession with writer Thomas Bernhard, about whom he wrote Three-Part Inventions: The Novels of Thomas Bernhard.
Vice President for College Relations and Marketing, and a lecturer in English, Meredith Davies Hadaway reads a short poem called "Morning Without Poetry" from her collection Fishing Secrets of the Dead.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jehanne Dubrow speaks briefly about her collection of poetry entitled The Hardship Post.
Professor of Economics Robert Lynch explains the costs and benefits of supporting early childhood education; plans from his book were recently cited by Hillary Clinton during work in her campaign plans.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Sean Meehan wrote Mediating American Autobiography: Photography in Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, and Whitman about the combination of the photographic and writing production processes.
Shenk takes the stage again to talk about Lincoln's Melancholy and In Lincoln's Hand (which he was commissioned to write for an exhibition by the Library of Congress).
Department of English Chair Kathryn Moncrief discusses the book she co-wrote with Kathryn McPherson called Performing Maternity in Early Modern England (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama).
Assistant Professor of Economics Catherine Mulder discusses her work as a critic of unions in Unions and Class Transformation: The Case of the Broadway Musicians.
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies Andrew Oros discusses his 2008 book Normalizing Japan: Politics, Identity, and the Evolution of Security Practice.
Associate Professor of Political Science Melissa Deckman co-wrote a textbook, Women and Politics: Paths to Power and Political Influence, which she teaches in her courses at WC.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies Christine Wade is currently preparing the fifth edition of her co-written Understanding Central America for the fall.
Lecturer in Drama Robert Earl Price performs a poem featuring references to blues songs and traditions.
Assistant Professor of Drama Michele Volansky reads a passage from The Collaborative Playwright, a book of practical advice for playwrights that she co-wrote with Bruce Graham.
Assistant Professor of Studio Art Monika Weiss reads a writer's description of her art from her collective book Five Rivers.
Professor of History Richard Striner passionately discusses Lincoln's use of power to force slavery out of existence in Father Abraham: Lincoln's Relentless Struggle to End Slavery.
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