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Dotty Brown, author of Boathouse Row, wrote about sculling for the Summer 2017 issue of Eastman Living magazine.

Simanti Dasgupta, author of BITS of Belonging will give a talk entitled, "Emergence and Refusal: Rethinking Citizenship at the Intersection of Software and Water in Neoliberal Bangalore" at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, in India, on July 24 at 3:00 pm.

The Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects awarded Lolly Tai with the 2017 PA-DE ASLA Chapter Professional Merit Award for her book, The Magic of Children's Gardens.

Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness
A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
Jean Elson

"[A] fascinating true story. Based on excellent archival work and Elson's precise scholarship, this meticulous contextualizing of divorce from a woman's point of view in the early twentieth century also has contemporary applications regarding gender relationships....it reads like a contemporary detective novel—as every legal victory for each side was appealed by the other. This is a moving and captivating book." —Elizabeth Ettorre, Professor Emerita of Sociology in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool and author of Autoethnography as Feminist Method: Sensitising the Feminist "I"

Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work
Edited by Katie Hail-Jares, Corey S. Shdaimah, and Chrysanthi S. Leon

"During this time of criminal ‘justice’ reform, sex worker advocates need resources that can help identify which suggested strategies are punitive, not just in theory but in practice. Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work provides quintessential and concise information, highlighting the competing criminal justice policies, the ideologies behind them, and, crucially, their impact on people who are targeted when they exchange sex."
—Carol Leigh, Bay Area Sex Worker Advocacy Network, and inventor of
the term "sex work"

Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses
Edited by Catherine Kaukinen, Michelle Hughes Miller, and Ráchael A. Powers

"[A]n innovative book whose publication will be enthusiastically welcomed by scholars, service providers, and victim advocates. The editors and contributors provide comprehensive perspectives—including Federal actions, intervention efforts, and student activism—towards preventing gender-based violence, from stalking to dating violence to unwanted sexual penetration (rape). Weaving in research findings, the chapters critically examine action steps currently mandated and in place and provide a call to action to move forward in addressing and preventing violence against college woment." —Bonnie S. Fisher, Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati
Incidental Racialization
Performative Assimilation in Law School
Yung-Yi Diana Pan

Through interviews with more than 100 law students and participant observations at two law schools, Pan examines how racialization happens alongside professional socialization and sheds light on how race operates in a law school setting for both students of color and in the minds of white students.

Knowledge for Social Change
Bacon, Dewey, and the Revolutionary Transformation
of Research Universities in the Twenty-First Century
Lee Benson, Ira Harkavy, John Puckett, Matthew Hartley, Rita A. Hodges,
Francis E. Johnston, and Joann Weeks

"[A]n important book that should be read by all who are interested in strengthening research universities by calling them back to their civic mission."
—Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College, and Distinguished Fellow, Bard Prison Initiative

The Man-Not
Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
Tommy J. Curry

"[A] bold—indeed, fearless—intervention in the ongoing race/gender/sexual orientation debates...Sure to ignite a firestorm of controversy, The Man-Not is an impassioned protest against orthodoxies, both mainstream and radical, white and black. It is required reading for anyone interested in understanding oppression or having unquestioned assumptions put to the test."
—Charles W. Mills, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center