Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reads from our Faculty
Each semesterly newsletter features a top three readings list recommended by a staff or faculty member. For Fall 2022, that faculty member will be adjunct professor Francesca Mundrick.
- “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J.D. Vance
- Through a lense of personal experience, J.D Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy brings to light the economic, social, and cultural degradation of Appalachian society as a symbol for the overwhelming decline of the working class in America. This influential book exposes the plight of rural peoples and acts to bring awareness to forgotten rural challenges in modern America.
- Through a lense of personal experience, J.D Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy brings to light the economic, social, and cultural degradation of Appalachian society as a symbol for the overwhelming decline of the working class in America. This influential book exposes the plight of rural peoples and acts to bring awareness to forgotten rural challenges in modern America.
- “Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World” by Tim Marshall
- This engaging book is foundational in the discipline of geography. Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography uses the analysis of maps as the basis for exploring the geography determinism and geopolitical trends of ten key locations worldwide including Russia, China, the US, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan, Korea, Greenland, and the Arctic.
- This engaging book is foundational in the discipline of geography. Tim Marshall’s Prisoners of Geography uses the analysis of maps as the basis for exploring the geography determinism and geopolitical trends of ten key locations worldwide including Russia, China, the US, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan, Korea, Greenland, and the Arctic.
- “Reasons for Hope” by Jane Goodall
- Drawing on decades of work in conservation and activism, Jane Goodall’s Reasons for Hope is an uplifting journey that highlights positive case studies from around the world that act to inspire people to make a difference in the world around them. Dr. Goodall’s original research and discoveries illustrated the intrinsic value of nature and revolutionized the understanding of what it means to be human in our living world. In Reason for Hope, she reflects on her life’s journey and retraces the personal, professional, and spiritual paths that have given her life direction, meaning, and purpose. In a day and age where hope and certainty are seemingly scarce, this book is a very valuable resource.
Bibliography
Goodall, J. “Reasons for Hope” Grand Central Publishing, 1999.
Marshall, T. “Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World” Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2016.
Vance, J.D. “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.