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  Differential Equations with Mathematica

  Martha L. Abell, Georgia Southern University and James P. Braselton, Georgia Southern University

  9-13-2016
  

  Georgia Southern faculty members Martha L. Abell and James P. Braselton co-authored Differential Equations with Mathematica, 4th Edition.

  Differential Equations with Mathematica, Fourth Edition is a supplementing reference which uses the fundamental concepts of the popular platform to solve (analytically, numerically, and/or graphically) differential equations of interest to students, instructors, and scientists.

  Mathematica’s diversity makes it particularly well suited to performing calculations encountered when solving many ordinary and partial differential equations. In some cases, Mathematica’s built-in functions can immediately solve a differential equation by providing an explicit, implicit, or numerical solution. In other cases, mathematica can be used to perform ... Read more

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  Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai: Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550–1700

  Tonio Andrade, Emory University and Xing Hang, Brandeis University

  2-29-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Robert K. Batchelor authored "Maps, Calendars and Diagrams: Space and Time in Seventeenth-Century Maritime East Asia” in the publication Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samuri: Maritime East Asia in Global Hsitory, 1550-1700.

  Book Summary: Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth century (1550 to 1700), the velocity and scale of commerce ... Read more

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  Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power, 1532-1621

  Kathleen M. Comerford, Georgia Southern University

  10-13-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Kathleen M. Comerford authored Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power, 1532-1621.

  Book Summary: Jesuit Foundations and Medici Power, 1532-1621 focuses on the cooperation between two new foundations, the last Medici state and the Society of Jesus, spanning nearly a century, concentrating on the Jesuit foundations in Florence, Siena, and Montepulciano. As the Medici built and centralized their power in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, they sought to control both the civic and religious behavior of their citizens. They found partners in the Jesuits, whose educational program helped establish social order and maintain religious orthodoxy. Via a ... Read more

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  Family-Focused Nursing Care

  Sharon A. Denham, Sandra Eggenberger, Patricia Young, and Norma Krumwiede

  1-1-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Kathryn H. Anderson authored “Providing Family-Focused Care” in the publication Family-Focused Nursing Care.

  Book Summary: Nurses have a unique role in redefining the way we view partnerships in healthcare—

  Transitioning from individualized to family-focused care is not only advocated by the Institute of Medicine; it’s becoming a way of life. Families want their perspectives and choices for their loved ones to be heard.

  Try searching for family-focused nursing resources, and you may be surprised. Recent evidence-based research and strategies for family-focused nursing texts are hard to find.

  That’s why we’ve made it our priority to ... Read more

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  Teaching with Disney

  Julie C. Garlen, Georgia Southern Unversity and Jennifer A. Sandlin, Arizona State University

  4-27-2016
  

  Teaching with Disney, the first comprehensive volume on Disney as cultural pedagogy and classroom praxis, explores what it means to teach, learn, and live in a world where many familiar discourses are dominated by The Walt Disney Company. The book analyzes the ways in which the powerful messages of Disney shape the way we teach and learn. Featuring scholars from a wide range of educational contexts, including educational foundations, art education, higher education, K-12 contexts, adult education, media literacy, critical pedagogy, and curriculum studies, this book is accessible and interesting to a global audience of educational researchers and practitioners as ... Read more

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  State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal

  Laurie Gould, Georgia Southern University and Matthew Pate, University of Albany

  1-1-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Laurie A. Gould co-authored State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal.

  Book Summary: Failed and fragile states often govern through the criminalization of otherwise inconsequential or tolerated acts. These weak states also frequently use kidnapping, murder, and other violent or oppressive tactics to maintain order and stay in power. State Fragility Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal analyzes the path to state failure, one manifestation of which appears through the fragility and dysfunction of its criminal justice system. This book examines what happens when a government loses the ability, or ... Read more

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  Public Human Resource Management: Problems and Prospects

  Richard C. Kearney and Jerrell D. Coggburn

  2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Trenton J. Davis co-authored “Motivating Public Service Employees in the Era of the New Normal” in the publication Public Human Resource Management: Problems and Prospects.

  Book Summary: Public Human Resource Management: Problems and Prospects brings together exemplary contributors who provide concise essays on major contemporary public human resources management issues. Organized into four parts – setting, techniques, issues and prospects – and covering the major process, function and policy issues in the field, the text offers valuable wisdom to students and practitioners alike. With sixteen new and eleven updated chapters authored by the leading figures ... Read more

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  Introduction to Numerical Methods

  Aniruddha Mitra, Georgia Southern University and Aditi Mitri, Georgia Southern University

  7-29-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty members Aditi Mitri and Aniruddha Mitra co-authored Introduction to Numerical Methods.

  Book Summary: Written for sophomore-level students in mechanical engineering programs and designed to give them the math preparation they need to succeed in higher level mechanical engineering courses, Introduction to Numerical Methods incorporates theory and worked-out engineering-related problems that apply that theory, as well as relevant laboratory exercises.

  Ideally suited to one-semester, three-credit, problem solving session-based courses, the book covers errors in computation, rounding and chopping, solving equations with numerical techniques, matrixes and vectors, and complex numbers. The material also includes an introduction to optimization, ... Read more

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  Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks

  Marla Morris, Georgia Southern University

  2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Marla B. Morris authored Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks, Volume 2.

  Book Summary: Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The literature reviewed in this volume reflects current issues and discussions taking place in education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies and aesthetics; spirituality; cosmopolitanism; ecology; cultural studies; postcolonialism; poststructuralism; and psychoanalytic theory. These theoretical frameworks will provide students in the field of education with the tools that they need to theorize around the concept of curriculum. This is an interdisciplinary book that will be of interest to ... Read more

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  Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks

  Marla Morris, Georgia Southern University

  2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Marla B. Morris authored Curriculum Studies Guidebooks: Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks, Volume 1.

  Book Summary: Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The huge corpus of literature reviewed in this volume reflect current issues and discussions dealing with education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies, history, politics, multiculturalism, gender studies and literary studies. These theoretical frameworks will provide students in the field of education with the tools that they need to theorize around the concept of curriculum. This is an interdisciplinary book and might be of interest to students outside ... Read more

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  Harmonic Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Complex Analysis, Banach Spaces, and Operator Theory: Celebrating Cora Sadosky's Life

  Maria Cristina Pereyra, University of New Mexico; Stefania Marcantognini, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research; Alexander M. Stokolos, Georgia Southern University; and Wilfredo Urbina Romero, Roosevelt University

  2016
  

  Georgia Southern faculty member Alexander Stokolos co-edited Harmonic Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Complex Analysis, Banach Spaces, and Operator Theory: Celebrating Cora Sadosky's Life (Volume 1) in collaboration with non-faculty members Maria Cristina Pereyra, Stefania Marcantognini, and Wilfredo Urbina Romero.

  Book Summary: Covering a range of subjects from operator theory and classical harmonic analysis to Banach space theory, this book contains survey and expository articles by leading experts in their corresponding fields, and features fully-refereed, high-quality papers exploring new results and trends in spectral theory, mathematical physics, geometric function theory, and partial differential equations. Graduate students and researchers in analysis will ... Read more

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  The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime

  Nicole Rafter, Northeastern University; Chad Posick, Georgia Southern University; and Michael Rocque, Bates College

  8-30-2016
  

  What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender’s brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic deficits that place one at risk to commit theft, violence, or acts of sexual deviance. But what do these new theories really assert? Are they as dangerous as their forerunners, which the Nazis and other eugenicists used to sterilize, incarcerate, and even ... Read more

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  The South China Sea Disputes: Past, Present, and Future

  Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern University

  12-2-2016
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Nalanda Roy authored The South China Sea Disputes: Past, Present, and Future.

  Book Summary: The South China Sea has long been regarded as one of the most complex and challenging ocean-related maritime disputes in East Asia. Recently it has become the locus of disputes that have the potential of escalating into serious international conflicts. Historical mistrust, enduring territorial disputes, and competing maritime claims have combined to weaken an at least partially successful regional security structure. Issues of concern include territorial sovereignty; disputed claims to islands, rocks, and reefs; jurisdiction over territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, ... Read more

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  Disney, Culture, and Curriculum

  Jennifer A. Sandlin, Arizona State University and Julie C. Garlen, Georgia Southern Unversity

  3-21-2016
  

  A presence for decades in individuals’ everyday life practices and identity formation, the Walt Disney Company has more recently also become an influential element within the "big" curriculum of public and private spaces outside of yet in proximity to formal educational institutions. Disney, Culture, and Curriculum explores the myriad ways that Disney’s curricula and pedagogies manifest in public consciousness, cultural discourses, and the education system. Examining Disney’s historical development and contemporary manifestations, this book critiques and deconstructs its products and perspectives while providing insight into Disney’s operations within popular culture and everyday life in the United States and beyond.

  The ... Read more

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  I Am the Oil of the Engine of the World

  Jared Yates Sexton, Georgia Southern University

  2-23-2016
  

  Narcissism. Sexism. Consumerism and technological fetishism. The cult of media and the rot of war. In his third collection of stories, Jared Yates Sexton turns his eye to the ravages of the American Disease with twenty-five of his wildest and most experimental pieces. Told in raving mad prose fit for these savage times, Sexton skewers every sacred cow in an attempt to diagnose the sickness of Now.

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  Key Determinants of National Development: Historical Perspectives and Implications for Developing Economies

  Kwaku Appiah-Adu, Central University Business School; Charles Blankson, University of North Texas; and Kwabena Boakye, Georgia Southern University

  8-28-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Kwabena Boakye co-authored “Enhancing Service Delivery for National Development” in the publication Key Determinants of National Development: Historical Perspectives and Implications for Developing Economies.

  Book Summary: For those wishing to acquire knowledge on national development issues, this comprehensive compendium traverses a spectrum of subjects that the audience ought to be well acquainted with. The Editors provide instructive findings regarding national development, economic growth and their determinants, but they also offer historical perspectives on the subject and the implications for developing countries. The book addresses a suite of critical themes regarded by development experts to be ... Read more

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  Eighteenth-Century Thought

  Jeffrey D. Burson, Georgia Southern University

  2-28-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Jeffrey D. Burson editedEighteenth-Century Thought.

  Book Summary: Eighteenth-Century Thought is an international, interdisciplinary annual founded for the purpose of advancing the study of the long eighteenth century from c. 1650 to the end of the Atlantic and European Revolutionary Era (c. 1750–1850). The annual publishes research pertinent to the fields of Revolutionary Europe, the history of the Atlantic world, the Enlightenment, the globalization of thought and culture between c. 1650–1850, the history of political thought and philosophy, eighteenth-century cultural and literary studies, history of science, legal history, the intersection of Enlightenment and religion, as well ... Read more

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  The Jesuit Suppression in Global Context: Causes, Events, and Consequences

  Jeffrey D. Burson, Georgia Southern University and Jonathan Wright, University of Oxford

  10-29-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Jeffrey D. Burson co-authored The Jesuit Suppression in Global Context: Causes, Events, and Consequences. He authored “Between Power and Enlightenment: The Cultural and Intellectual Context for the Jesuit Suppression in France” and “Introduction: Towards a New History of Jesuit Suppression in Global Context” in the publication.

  Book Summary: In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus, a dramatic, puzzling act that had a profound impact. This volume traces the causes of the attack on the Jesuits, the national expulsions that preceded universal suppression, and the consequences of these extraordinary developments. The Suppression occurred ... Read more

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  School Library Management

  Gail K. Dickinson and Judi Repman

  1-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty members Terry Diamanduros and Elizabeth Downs co-authored "Creating a Safe School Environment: How to Prevent Cyberbullying at Your School" in the publication School Library Management.

  Chapter Summary: This book compiles selected articles from Library Media Connection to help school librarians and pre-service librarians learn about how to implement best practices for school library management.

  At a time when budget cuts threaten the role of the school librarian, dynamic learning experiences can resurrect the usefulness of the library and the role of its staff. The seventh edition of this popular book helps librarians develop engaging school ... Read more

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  WOVENText: Georgia Tech’s Custom Bedford Book of Genres

  Lisa Dusenberry, Georgia Southern University

  8-2015
  
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  Smart Homes Systems Technology

  Adel El-Shahat, Georgia Southern University

  3-2-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Adel El-Shahat authored Smart Homes Systems Technology.

  Book Summary: This Book proposes Smart Homes Technology as promising and future systems. It covers the following topics for Future Homes: Smart Homes & Smart Grids Technology; Micro-Grids Distributed Generation Topologies; Wind Energy Appraisals for Future Homes; Photovoltaic Module Optimum Operation Modelling; High Speed Generator Design for Smart Grids; Wind Turbines and Photovoltaic Panels Simulations; Optimum Modelling of Capacitive Deionization; Power Electronics Apparatuses Synopses; Storage Unit Parameters Estimation; Storage Devices for Green Energy Overview; Electric Drives Performance Improvements for Renewable Energy and Automotive Applications; Microturbine Operation Overview; and ... Read more

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  Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies

  Stephen P. Hanna, University of Mary Washington; Amy E. Potter, Georgia Southern University; E. Arnold Modlin, Norfolk State University; Perry Carter, Texas Tech University; and David L. Butler, University of Southern Mississippi

  2-11-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Amy E. Potter co-edited Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies alongside non-faculty members Stephen P. Hanna, E. Arnold Modlin, Perry Carter, and David L. Butler.

  Potter also co-authored "Introduction" alongside non-faculty member E. Arnold Modlin and "The Commons as a Tourist Commodity: Mapping Memories and Changing Sense of Place on the Island of Barbuda" in Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies.

  Book Summary: The examination of social memory and heritage tourism has grown considerably over the past few decades as scholars have critically re-examined the relationships between past memories and present actions at international, national, ... Read more

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  Therapeutic Physical Activities for People with Disability

  Li Li, Georgia Southern University and Shuqi Zhang, Georgia Southern University

  7-31-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Li Li co-edited Therapeutic Physical Activities for People with Disability.

  Georgia Southern University faculty members Jody L. Langdon and Robert J. Schlote co-authored “Therapeutic Physical Activity for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder” in the publication Therapeutic Physical Activities for People with Disability.

  Book Summary: Physical inactivity has been recognized as one of the common modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. Increased level of physical activity is very effective for health maintenance. In this book, experts from all over the world present evidence for therapeutic ... Read more

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  Use of Visual Displays in Research and Testing: Coding, Interpreting, and Reporting Data

  Matthew McCrudden; Gregory Schraw, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Chad Buckendahl

  5-1-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Antonio P. Gutierrez co-authored “Design Principles for Visual Displays: Past, Present and Future” and “Examining the Type, Frequency, and Interpretative Complexity of Visual Displays Appearing" in the publication Use of Visual Displays in Research and Testing: Coding, Interpreting, and Reporting Data. “Examining the Type, Frequency, and Interpretative Complexity of Visual Displays Appearing” appeared in the Journal of Educational Psychology

  Book Summary: Visual displays play a crucial role in knowledge generation and communication. The purpose of the volume is to provide researchers with a framework that helps them use visual displays to organize and interpret data; ... Read more

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  The Applied Anthropology of Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Identity

  Chad T. Morris and Alexandra G. Lancey

  1-1-2015
  

  Georgia Southern University faculty member Moya L. Alfonso, John S. Luque, and Yelena N. Tarasenko co-authored “Addressing Obesity and Associated Medical Conditions in Latino Immigrant Communities in Southeast Georgia” in the publication The Applied Anthropology of Obesity: Prevention, Intervention, and Identity.

  Book Summary: The increasing global prevalence of obesity and nutrition-based non-communicable disease has many causes, including food availability; social norms as evidenced in local foodways; genetic predisposition; economic circumstance; cultural variation in norms surrounding body composition; and policies affecting production, distribution, and consumption of food locally and globally. The Applied Anthropology of Obesity:Prevention, Intervention, and Identity advances understanding of ... Read more