Collection preserves books by current and former faculty and staff.
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Dear Maxine: Letters from the Unfinished Conversation
Robert L. Lake, Georgia Southern University
9-30-2010
Book Summary: This collection brings together a prestigious group of individuals who have wondered, looked at, revised, acted on, questioned, and changed their world because of their connection to American philosopher Maxine Greene. Over 75 teachers, students, colleagues, artists, and others, such as Gloria Ladson-Billings, Herb Kohl, Mike Rose, Deborah Meier, and William Ayers have written edgy, thoughtful letters addressed to Maxine about her work, their own, and the spaces in between. Rather than just thanking this master philosopher/teacher, each sets out to discover some of what they have learned from Maxine Greene and to discuss the continued relevance of ... Read more
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Clinical Trial Methodology
Karl E. Peace, Georgia Southern University and Ding-Geng Chen, Georgia Southern University
7-20-2010
Book Summary: Now viewed as its own scientific discipline, clinical trial methodology encompasses the methods required for the protection of participants in a clinical trial and the methods necessary to provide a valid inference about the objective of the trial. Drawing from the authors’ courses on the subject as well as the first author’s more than 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry, Clinical Trial Methodology emphasizes the importance of statistical thinking in clinical research and presents the methodology as a key component of clinical research.
From ethical issues and sample size considerations to adaptive design procedures and statistical analysis, ... Read more
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Understanding Curriculum: An Introduction to Historical and Contemporary Discourses
William F. Pinar, Louisiana State University; William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University; Patrick Slattery, Texas A&M University; and Peter M. Taubman
2010
Georgia Southern faculty member William M. Reynolds co-authored Understanding Curriculum: An Introduction to Historical and Contemporary Discourses.
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Environmental Geology
James S. Reichard, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2010
Book Summary: Environmental Geology is an exciting new entry for introductory geology courses. This text skillfully weaves the important themes of energy, human interactions, and global climate systems into a readable and contemporary view of geologic processes within the environmental framework. In addition, the author has utilized specific learning aids to pique student interest and to enhance the learning experience.
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Educating the Posthuman: Biosciences, Fiction, and Curriculum Studies
John A. Weaver, Georgia Southern University
2-5-2010
Book Summary: Educating the Posthuman is an exciting and refreshing book. Bravo! This book is unique and unusual. Weaver explores the intersections between literature, biosciences and curriculum theory. Understanding the posthuman best happens when scholars explore these three interrelated areas of study. From Frankenstein to Einstein, Weaver creates a fascinating text that all educators, literary scholars and scientists should read. From the problematics of pharmaceuticals to the promise of scholarly debate, this text dazzles. Weaver argues that the scientific issues of our day are best understood through the study of fiction. What does fiction teach that science does not? Are ... Read more
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Teambuilding Activities for the Digital Age: Using Technology to Develop Effective Groups
Brent Wolfe, Georgia Southern University and Colbey Penton Sparkman
2010
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Introductory Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems
Martha L. Abell, Georgia Southern University and James P. Braselton, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
Book Summary: This text is for courses that are typically called (Introductory) Differential Equations, (Introductory) Partial Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems. The text is appropriate for two semester courses: the first typically emphasizes ordinary differential equations and their applications while the second emphasizes special techniques (like Laplace transforms) and partial differential equations. The texts follows a traditional curriculum and takes the traditional (rather than dynamical systems) approach.
Introductory Differential Equations is a text that follows a traditional approach and is appropriate for a first course in ordinary differential equations (including Laplace transforms) and a second ... Read more
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Mathematica By Example
Martha L. Abell, Georgia Southern University and James P. Braselton, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
Book Summary: Introduces users to new Mathematica features and applications in clear, understandable language.
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Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering
Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia; Ray R. Hashemi, Georgia Southern University; and Fernando G. Tinetti, National University of La Plata, Argentina
1-1-2009
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Philosophical Foundations of Health Education
Jill M. Black, Cleveland State University; Steven R. Furney, Texas State University; Helen W. Bland, Georgia Southern University; and Ann E. Nolte, Illinois State University
12-2009
Book Summary: This book covers the philosophical and ethical foundations of the professional practice of health education in school, community, work site and hospital settings, as well as in health promotion consultant activities. Designed to be flexible, readers are prompted to develop their own philosophical and ethical approach(s) to the field after becoming familiar with the literature related to the discipline. It provides a state-of-the-art, conceptual framework and is targeted for health education majors who seek careers in health education and to provide other health science and health-related majors, who need to gain clear, succinct philosophical principles.
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Proceedings of the 2009 Georgia Water Resources Conference
Gwendolyn Carroll, Georgia Southern University
2009
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Sistah MC Droppin’ Rhymes with a Beat: Rap, Rhetoric and Resistance
Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Georgia Southern University
2-27-2009
Book Summary: For over three decades rap music has served as the lyrical mouthpiece for another disenfranchised segment of the African American society-- young Black women. Although rap has been largely a male dominated genre, Black women have also used it to ¿drop their rhymes¿ and articulately channel resistance via their own funky beat. This book outlines the challenges African American women have faced in their collective historic quest to establish and sustain their own voice and ultimately reveals that using lyrics as rhetoric has helped African American women establish and maintain such a voice. This work includes a line ... Read more
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Convergence Foundations of Topology
Szymon Dolecki, Burgundy University and Frédéric D. Mynard, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
Book Summary: The textbook is an alternative to a classical introductory book in point-set topology. The approach, however, is radically different from the classical one. It is based on convergence rather than on open and closed sets. On the one hand, convergence of filters is a natural generalization of the basic and well-known concept of convergence of sequences, so that convergence theory is more natural and intuitive to many, perhaps most, students than classical topology. On the other hand, the framework of convergence is easier, more powerful and far-reaching which highlights a need for a theory of convergence in various ... Read more
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Best Practices in Access Services
Lori L. Driscoll, University of Florida and W. Bede Mitchell, Georgia Southern University
2009
Book Description: Access Services departments in libraries have become highly complex organizations responsible for a broad range of functions, often including circulation, reserves, interlibrary lending and borrowing, document delivery, stacks maintenance, building security, photocopying, and providing general patron assistance. This book offers effective solutions to familiar problems, fresh ideas for responding to patron needs, and informed speculation on new trends and issues facing access services departments.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Access Services.
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Minitab Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (2009)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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Minitab Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (5th Edition)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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SPSS Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (2009)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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SPSS Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (2009 - 1)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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SPSS Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (2009 - 2)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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SPSS Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (5th Edition)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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TI Graphing Calculator Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (2009)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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TI Graphing Calculator Manual with Solutions to Selected Problems (5th Edition)
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2009
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Graphing Calculator Manual for the TI-83/84 Plus, TI-89, and TI-Nspire: Stats: Modeling the World 3rd Edition
Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University and John Diehl
4-1-2009
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On Not Being Able to Play: Scholars, Musicians and the Crisis of the Psyche
Marla Morris, Georgia Southern University
3-5-2009
Book Summary: Scholars and musicians from many different backgrounds will find this book helpful as it deals with psychic problems in both professions. This book might help scholars and musicians to find a way out of their psychic dilemmas. From classical musicians to rock stars, from curriculum theorists to music teachers, from anthropologists to philosophers, this book takes the reader through a rocky intellectual terrain to explore what happens when one can no longer play or work. The driving question of the book is this: What do you do when you cannot do what you were called to do? This ... Read more
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Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials with Time to Event Endpoints
Karl E. Peace, Georgia Southern University
4-23-2009
Book Summary: Using time-to-event analysis methodology requires careful definition of the event, censored observation, provision of adequate follow-up, number of events, and independence or "noninformativeness" of the censoring mechanisms relative to the event. Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials with Time-to-Event Endpoints provides a thorough presentation of the design, monitoring, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials in which time-to-event is of critical interest.
After reviewing time-to-event endpoint methodology, clinical trial issues, and the design and monitoring of clinical trials, the book focuses on inferential analysis methods, including parametric, semiparametric, categorical, and Bayesian methods; an alternative to the Cox model for ... Read more
