ESU Campus Author Recognition

PUBLISHED BOOKS BY MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY in 2021-2022

EMILY DOLL

College of Health Sciences
Communication Sciences and Disorders

 

Treating Selective Mutism as a Speech-Language Pathologist

Published by Plural Publishing

Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder in which individuals are unable to communicate in certain environments or contexts (such as at school or in the community) despite having appropriate speech and language skills in other settings.

By drawing on their extensive knowledge of language development, language complexity, and therapeutic approaches, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can provide life-changing results for children with SM. Treating Selective Mutism as a Speech-Language Pathologist is a comprehensive yet accessible resource designed to bridge the gap in the current SM literature and empower SLPs to treat this disorder effectively. This valuable professional resource has tools for SLPs at every stage of their careers, from new clinicians preparing for potential cases of SM to experienced SLPs looking to expand their knowledge base.

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JEFFREY HOTZ

College of Arts and Sciences
English

 

Longfellow’s Imaginative Engagement: The Works of His Late Career

Published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Longfellow’s Imaginative Engagement: The Works of His Late Career is a first-of-its-kind study of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s late-career poems and biography from 1861 until 1882, covering the poet’s posthumous publications and the handling of his literary estate. Using never-before-discussed archival 

materials from Harvard’s Houghton Library and the Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, including unpublished poems and poem fragments, this literary biography presents Longfellow’s vibrant and complex final two decades. After the tragic death of his beloved second wife, Frances (Fanny) Elizabeth Appleton, Longfellow reinvented himself as a creative artist, transforming his loss and the nation’s suffering in the Civil War and postwar period into compelling art.

In this book, Jeffrey Hotz interprets the distinct phases of Longfellow’s late career, exploring his narrative poetry, translations, personal lyrics, religious poetry, aesthetic verse, and end-of-life vision of mortality as a journey. He considers Longfellow’s friendships and family life, publication strategies and literary reputation, and the recurrent theme of longing for an ideal female figure in his poems and private life. Interweaving unpublished poems and poem fragments with interpretations of published collections, Longfellow’s Imaginative Engagement examines the poet’s complex voice, which captured the public’s imagination, making him America’s most famous poet in the nineteenth century.

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ANDREA MCCLANAHAN

College of Arts and Sciences
Communication

Persuasion in Society (4th edition)

Published by Routledge

This text examines current and classical theory through the lens of contemporary culture, encouraging readers to explore the nature of persuasion and to understand its impact in their lives.

Employing a contemporary approach, it draws from popular culture, mass media, social media, advertising, political campaigns, and social movements to help readers become informed creators and consumers of persuasive messages. Case studies show how and why people fall for persuasive messages, demonstrating how persuasion works at a cognitive level. This new edition includes extended treatment of the ethics of persuasion, including opposing views on handing controversial issues in the college classroom, a new chapter on propaganda and ideology, and a great focus on digital contexts and social media.

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ADAM MCGLYNN

College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science and Economics

Proving Patriotismo Latino Military Recruitment, Service, and Belonging in the US

Published by Lexington Books

In Proving Patriotismo, the authors examine Latino military recruitment and question whether military service is perceived and functions as a vehicle by which Latinos in the United States can be accepted as first-class citizens and improve their economic station? This work provides the first empirical analysis of the poverty draft by asking over 1,800 Latino high school students in South Texas about their experiences with military recruitment. 

The authors then employ additional original interview data with high school faculty and administration to assess how the military seeks to attract Latino students. Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are also surveyed to understand their military experience and assess whether their service improved their acceptance as American and improved their post-service quality of life.

The work concludes with an examination of national survey data where Latinos provide their views of the U.S. military and Latino military service.

The result of this work is a complex picture where the intersection of poverty, ethnicity and patriotism demonstrates why the U.S. military targets a growing Latino population for recruitment and why Latinos in the United States seeking to improve their economic station and their acceptance as American are open to these overtures.

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MICHAEL PITTARO

College of Arts and Sciences Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice

Pursuing and Navigating a Career in Criminal Justice

Published by Kendall-Hunt

Pursuing and Navigating a Career in Criminal Justice is a practical, “must-have” book for those considering a career in criminal justice as well as providing helpful advice and guidance to those already working in the profession who may be confronted with the widely unaddressed realities associated with burnout, suicidal thoughts, posttraumatic stress disorder, poor coping mechanisms, and a withering ability to continue effectively safeguarding our physical and emotional wellbeing. 

More specifically, this book provides “real-life” guidance and insight into pursuing a career in criminal justice along with successfully navigating the foreseen and unforeseen challenges of working with today’s criminal offenders, crime victims, citizens, colleagues, administrators, and the media.

It is undeniably one of the most comprehensive books available authored by Dr. Michael Pittaro, a highly respected criminal justice professor with nearly 40 years of field, supervisory, teaching, and training experience, including serving internationally as a highly sought after out subject matter expert.

Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System

Published by IGI-Global

Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System provides in-depth and current research about the criminal justice system around the world, its many inadequacies, and why it urgently needs reformation.

Offering a fully fleshed outline of the current system, this book details the newest research and is incredibly important to fully understand the flaws of the criminal justice system across the globe.

The goals of this book are to improve and advance the criminal justice system by addressing the glaring weaknesses within the system and discuss potential reforms including decreasing the prison population (decarceration) and improving police/community relations.

Highlighting topics that include accountability, community-oriented policing, ethics, and mass incarceration, this book is ideal for law enforcement officers, trainers/educators, government officials, policymakers, correctional officers, court officials, professionals, researchers, academicians, and students in the fields of criminal justice, criminology, sociology, psychology, addictions, mental health, social work, public policy, and public administration.

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BETH SOCKMAN

College of Education
Professional and Secondary Education

Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers: Catalyzing Organizational Change

Published by Routledge

Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers offers real-world cases highlighting how designers foster continuous improvement and manage change efforts across organizational contexts.

Using a systems thinking approach, each case describes a holistic process that examines how a set of interdependent elements can be analyzed and coordinated to influence change. Instructional designers, faculty, program directors, digital learning leaders, and other development specialists will learn how systems thinking can solve authentic, real-world challenges.

The book’s rich narratives cover both successes and failures of meaningful growth, paradigm shifts, and large scale problem-solving in a variety of settings, including education and industry.