Books by WMU Authors from 2020-2024

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  Serving Military and Veteran Families: Theories, Research, and Application

  Karen Blaisure, Christina M. Marini, Tara Saathoff-Wells, and Catherine Walker O’Neal

  Serving Military Families introduces readers to the unique culture of military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. It reviews the latest research, theories, policies, and programs to prepare readers for understanding and working with military families. It also offers practical knowledge about the challenges that come with military family life and the federal policies, laws, programs, and policies that support military and veteran families. Boasting a new full-color design and rich with pedagogy, the text also includes several boxed elements in each chapter: "Spotlight on Research" highlights researchers who study military and veteran families with the goal of informing and enriching the work of family support professionals. "Voices from the Frontline" presents the real-life stories of support program leaders, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and most importantly service members and veterans and their families. "Tips from the Frontline" offers concrete, hands-on suggestions based on the experiences and wisdom of the people featured in the text and the broader research and practice communities"

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  Graphs & Digraphs

  Gary Chartrand, Ping Zhang, Heather Jordon, and Vincent Vatter

  Now streamlined from previous editions, a new author team brings in a fresh look to this classic textbook and at how graph theory courses have evolved. When the first edition of this precursor text was published, there were few undergraduate courses offered. The text assisted in the establishment of the undergraduate course, while also offering enough coverage for a graduate course. Graph theory is not a seminal course in all combinatorics programs taught in universities and colleges throughout the world. This text has remained among the top three best-sellers. The book is famous for the quality of the writing and presentation. We have two best-sellers for his course, including Gross, etal.'s Graph Theory and Its Applications. This one-two punch in this course means we can go against any and all texts and compete successfully.

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  Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production

  Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin

  Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional theatrical production in the United States and explores labor practices that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable.

  In this book, Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie Robin investigate the question of artmaking, specifically theatrical production, as work. When the art is the work, how do employers navigate the balance between creative freedom and these equitable, accessible, and sustainable personnel processes? Do theatrical production operations value the worker? Through data analyses, worker narratives, and analogues to the evolving gig economy, Theatre Work questions everything about theatrical production work - including our shared history, ways of operating, and assumptions about how theatre is made - and considers what might happen if the American Theatre was reborn in an entirely new form.

  Written for members of the theatrical production workplace, leaders of theatrical institutions and productions, labor organizers, and industry union leaders, Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production speaks to the ways that employers and workers can reimagine how we work.

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  Propagate: Fruits from the Garden

  Ju Collins, v.f. thompson, and Fritz Dries

  Propagate: Fruits from the Garden features poetry, nonfiction, and other work exploring ecological themes and our relationship to the land. Including the work of thirty-three creatives and edited by Ju Collins, Fritz Dries, and v.f. thompson, Propagate is both a battle cry and a love letter to the Earth, a grenade thrown in the face of Armageddon.

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  The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

  Stephen Grover Covell

  How have Buddhist teachings come to be in modern and contemporary Japan and how are they taught? This pioneering work seeks to answer these questions by highlighting the public teachings of Temple Buddhism institutions, in particular Temple Buddhism kindergartens and Buddhist secondary schools and colleges. The community outreach provided by these Buddhist facilities is far greater than any other with the possible exception of funerals yet until now it has received little attention from scholars of Japanese religion. After determining what is taught in Buddhist education and how, Stephen Covell introduces readers to a select group of monks who undergo some of the most grueling practices in Japanese Temple Buddhism to determine if the public-facing teachings of Buddhist education are unique or similar to those of elite Buddhist practitioners. The teachings and sites of teaching examined here include but are not limited to classical doctrinal studies and temples focused on the education of Buddhist clergy. Covell uncovers the arguments made by priests involved in morals education, the dharma talks of famous ascetics, and the ways in which laws and legal codes have changed Buddhist education. He looks at what is taught on the ground, online, and in popular texts to discuss the current teachings embraced as Buddhism within the institutions of Temple Buddhism. Among his numerous findings is such teachings and worldview are remarkably similar to those of New Religions and Buddhist lay movements as outlined by Japan religion scholars and government bodies in charge of education. The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan will be welcomed by students and scholars in Japanese religious studies and early childhood and higher education as well as those interested in current Buddhist practice and teachings in general.

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  Religion and Sport in Japan

  Stephen G. Covell, Zachary T. Smith, and Dennis J. Frost

  The sports world's attention was focused on Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The years-long buildup to and aftermath of the games occurred in the midst of the global pandemic, which delayed the event until 2021. Given all of this, there is perhaps no better time to delve into an often overlooked but critical facet of sport in Japan: religion. Religion has long been a part of the Japanese sport tradition--from Shugendō practitioners offering sumo bouts to the gods to soccer players of all ages praying for success at Shintō shrines; from the use of meditation and ritual in martial arts to gain focus or superhuman abilities to religious organizations sponsoring sporting events and teams and school sports clubs. Religion and Sport in Japan brings together historians and sport and religious studies specialists from Japan, the US, and Europe to address sport's ties to corporate and national identity, politics, environmentalism, ritual, and sacred space. Major themes discussed include the spiritual geographies of sport, sport as invented tradition, technologies of self, material culture, and civil religion. The chapters are written so that sport historians with no background in the study of Japan or religious studies scholars who have never before examined the world of sport will find the material accessible. To provide further grounding for non-field specialists, the volume begins with two background chapters that introduce sport studies in Japan and the study of religion and sport.

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  Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance

  Diane Dirette and Ben Atchison

  The only text covering the pathophysiology of common diseases specifically relative to Occupational Therapy practice, Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance, 6th Edition, combines the most up-to-date insights and an engaging approach to ready students for success from the classroom to clinical settings. This updated 6th Edition is fully aligned with the most current DSM-5 and Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 4th Edition,and adds new chapters reflecting recent advances in the management of infectious diseases, general deconditioning, musculoskeletal pain, amputations, and sickle cell anemia. Each chapter follows a consistent format, presenting an opening case followed by descriptions and definitions, etiology, incidence and prevalence, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, course and prognosis, medical/surgical management, impact on occupational performance, and two case illustrations.

  Rounded out with robust instructor resources and new full-color imagery, this bestselling resource is an essential tool for today's occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students.

  • NEW! Five new chaptersdetail current practices in the management of:
    • Infectious Diseases
    • General Deconditioning
    • Musculoskeletal Pain (back, neck, upper and lower extremity)
    • Amputations
    • Sickle Cell Anemia
  • NEW! Full-color images clarify concepts and procedures in vibrant detail.
  • Updated content and references reflect the latest insights on the neurological basis for disorders, brain/behavior relationships for psychiatric disorders, and a consistent list of client factors affected by disorder.
  • Integrated pathophysiology and occupational therapy coverage ensure a comprehensive understanding without the need for multiple texts.
  • An intuitive organization groups disorders logically for fast, efficient reference.
  • Chapter-ending Case Studies help you apply content to real-life clinical situations, including both pediatric and adult cases where relevant.
  • Introductory Cases immerse you in chapter content for greater retention and understanding.
  • In-text learning aids, including key terms, study questions, recommended learning resources, and special boxes, tables, and displays help reinforce key concepts.

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  Art Music Activism: Aesthetics and Politics in 1930s New York City

  Maria C. Fava

  Surrounded by the widespread misery of the Depression, left-leaning classical music composers sought a musical language that both engaged the masses and gave voice to their concerns. Maria Cristina Fava explores the rich creative milieu shaped by artists dedicated to using music and theater to advance the promotion, circulation, and acceptance of leftist ideas in 1930s New York City. Despite tensions between aesthetic and pragmatic goals, the people and groups produced works at the center of the decade's sociopolitical and cultural life. Fava looks at the Composers' Collective of New York and its work on proletarian music and workers' songs before turning to the blend of experimentation and vernacular idioms that shaped the political use of music within the American Worker's Theater Movement. Fava then reveals how composers and theater practitioners from these two groups achieved prominence within endeavors promoted by the Works Project Administration. Fava's history teases out fascinating details from performances and offstage activity attached to works by composers such as Marc Blitzstein, Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Elie Siegmeister, and Harold Rome. Endeavors encouraged avant-garde experimentation while nurturing innovations friendly to modernist approaches and an interest in non-western music. Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock offered a memorable example that found popular success, but while the piece achieved its goals, it became so wrapped up in myths surrounding workers' theater that critics overlooked Blitzstein's musical ingenuity. Provocative and original, Art Music Activism considers how innovative classical composers of the 1930s balanced creative aims with experimentation, accessible content, and a sociopolitical message to create socially meaningful works.

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  The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers

  Brett A. Geier

  This handbook presents a durable, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering the seminal thinkers in education of past and present. Each entry will capture the professional background of a legendary thinker and presents their key insights, new thinking, and major legacies to the field of education. Carefully brought together to present a balance of gender and geographical contexts as well as areas of thought and work in the broad field of education, this handbook provides a unique history and overview of figures who have shaped education and educational thinking throughout the world.

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  The Value of Music Connections

  Mary Land

  On both a professional and personal level, the cornerstone of great teaching and leadership is connection. Nowhere is that truer than in the world of music, where connections create the most meaningful experiences amongst performers and between the ensemble and the audience. Inspired by real-life letters from students, parents, and administrators, author Mary Land shares the stories, strategies, and ideas that have helped her form essential connections throughout her forty years in the classroom. While touching on the core tenets of of music pedagogy, classroom management, goal setting, trust, mentorship, and relevancy, Dr. Land also gives teachers ways to build good character traits in their students and organizations. At the end of each chapter, Connections in Action provide reproducible online teaching resources with inspirational activities and connection strategies.

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  The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History

  Daniel MacFarlane

  Lake Ontario has profoundly influenced the historical evolution of North America. For centuries it has enabled and enriched the societies that crowd¬ed its edges, from fertile agricultural landscapes to energy production systems to sprawling cities. In The Lives of Lake Ontario Daniel Macfarlane details the lake's relationship with the Indigenous nations, settler cultures, and modern countries that have occupied its shores. He examines the myriad ways Canada and the United States have used and abused this resource: through dams and canals, drinking water and sewage, trash and pollution, fish and foreign species, industry and manufacturing, urbanization and infrastructure, population growth and biodiversity loss. Serving as both bridge and buffer between the two countries, Lake Ontario came to host Canada's largest megalopolis. Yet its transborder exploitation exacted a tremendous ecological cost, leading people to abandon the lake. Innovative regulations in the later twentieth century, such as the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements, have partially improved Lake Ontario's health. Despite signs that communities are reengaging with Lake Ontario, it remains the most degraded of the Great Lakes, with new and old problems alike exacerbated by climate change. The Lives of Lake Ontario demonstrates that this lake is both remarkably resilient and uniquely vulnerable.

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  Perspectives on Evidence-Based Policy in Human Services

  Michael J. Maranda and Miranda J. Lee-Easton

  The evidence-based movement is an important force in human services. The highest quality care can be provided to individuals, communities, and society through evidence-based policies and practices. The questions are: "What is evidence-based practice in human services, and how do you do it?" This book addresses these questions through the experience and insights of policy-makers, clinicians, researchers, evaluators, and a consumer. The authors of the various chapters come from diverse disciplines: psychology, sociology, social work, evaluation, and public policy.

  This book covers such topics as the definition and history of evidence-based policy, the federal role, the role of the states, European perspectives, the development of evidence-based programs, a consumer's experience, and problems with the evidence-based approach. This book makes an excellent addition to the libraries of policy-makers, researchers, clinicians, community leaders, evaluators, and anyone else who desires insight into this timely and crucial topic.

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  The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education

  Dini Metro-Roland

  This Handbook provides an interdisciplinary discussion on the role and complexity of ethics in education. Its central aim is to democratise scholarship by highlighting diverse voices, ideas, and places. It is organised into three sections, each examining ethics from a different perspective: ethics and education historically; ethics within institutional practice, and emerging ethical frameworks in education. Important questions are raised and discussed, such as the role of past ethical traditions in contemporary education, how educators should confront ethical dilemma, how schools should be organised to serve all children, and how pluralism, democracy, and technology impact ethics in education. It offers new insights and opportunities for renewal in the complex and often contentious task of ethics and education.

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  The African Continental Free Trade Area: Prospects, Problems and Challenges

  Benjamin Ofori-Amoah

  In March of 2018, 44 African countries signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) to launch what is considered as the largest free trade area in the world. The signing of the agreement has been hailed as a major breakthrough for African development by African countries and organizations as well as external observers of African affairs. This is not the first time African countries have proposed a new organizational and institutional structure for development. African countries have signed at least 13 regional trade agreements (RTAs) for intraregional trade since 1959. However, the track record of these groups has been relatively mediocre compared to RTAs elsewhere. Thus, Africa has the lowest percentage of intracontinental trade in the world. This volume evaluates the prospects and challenges for the AfCFTA through a deep-dive assessment of previous trade blocs on the African continent and of regional free trade areas in other parts of the world. The central question of the book is this: If pre-AfCFTA trade blocs in Africa did not encourage more intracontinental trade, what guarantees that the AfCTA will? The formation of the AfCFTA will definitely remove overlapping membership that existed with previous trading blocs on the continent, but what is different about the AfCFTA that will get rid of cumbersome regulation, boost manufacturing, and create jobs? This book argues that the dreams of AfCFTA will not be realized unless African countries make efforts to address the industry mix of their economies and to enforce the rules and regulations they set down on paper.

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  Introduction to Organizational Communication: Theory and Research into Practice

  Kathleen M. Propp

  Introduction to Organizational Communication: Theory and Research into Practice is designed to explore the various theories, research, and communication practices related to organizing within the context of a workplace. Unit I, Theories and Research of Organizing, delves into the foundational theories of organizational management. It covers classical approaches that emphasize efficient structures for organizing employees, human relations that recognize employees' social needs, human resources that value employees' contributions, cultural approaches that interpret organizational reality, systems theory that acknowledges organizational interdependence and openness, and critical approaches that challenge the status quo within organizations. . Unit II, Communication Practices of Organizing, shifts the focus to practical applications of communication in organizational settings. It addresses topics such as socialization, stress and burnout, conflict management, teamwork, diversity, leadership, and motivation and feedback. Each chapter includes readings from various authors who provide insights and research findings on the respective topics. . Providing students with a comprehensive understanding of organizational behavior with emphasis on communication as a central element of effective management and organizational success, the text is an ideal resource for courses and programs in organizational behavior and communication.

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  The Black Feminist Coup: Black Women's Lived Experiences in White Supremacist Feminist Academic Spaces

  Jennifer Richardson, Mariam Konate, Staci M. Perryman-Clark, Olivia M. McLaughlin, and Keiondra J. Grace

  The Black Feminist Coup: Black Women's Lived Experiences in White Supremacist Feminist Academic Spaces is a collective narrative of how three Black women faculty at a large Midwestern PWI, and two of their former students and allies build alliances to collaboratively disrupt white supremacist feminist spaces. Themes of what it means to be a fugitive, to be free, and to be a feminist inform how we envision the future of Black women's labor in the academy. More specifically, this project explores intersecting narratives of how three Black women faculty fled a racist and microaggressive Gender and Women's Studies (GWS) department, following the start of the COVID 19 pandemic and the 2020 summer of racial unrest, and moved to an institute that houses African American and African studies. Their stories of misogynoir reflect a brutal irony that GWS departments expect Black women to further all women's interests while impeding Black women's ability to thrive. This work demands that institutions bear responsibility in providing Black women with an environment to thrive, and dream of new possibilities and opportunities to develop curricula and initiatives that center Black lives with priority. Bridging at the intersections of feminism, Black Studies, and higher education, this project surveys concepts of survival, trauma, pain, and healing to offer future possibilities for dismantling and challenging systems of white supremacy in the academy. The Black Feminist Coup is a groundbreaking text. Through courageous counter-stories and brilliant theoretical engagements, the authors spotlight the various intellectual traditions, institutional arrangements, power dynamics, and sociocultural practices that have made academia a persistent site of oppression and violence for Black women. Although such an offering would be more than enough for a single text, the book also provides a clear and accessible pathway toward dismantling White supremacy, nurturing radical resistance, and building safe and productive intellectual spaces for Black women within academia. --Marc Lamont Hill, Presidential Professor of Urban Education and Anthropology at CUNY Graduate Center THE BLACK FEMINIST COUP is a compelling, courageous co-authored monograph that explores the lived experiences of a group of mostly Black women in white supremacist feminist spaces at one university. Grounded in Black feminist history and theory, this pioneering text makes visible - in moving and painful ways-- the impact of racism, sexism, and misogynoir on Black feminists in the academy during various junctures of their journeys, including, perhaps surprisingly, women's and gender studies spaces. Especially instructive is the book's exploration of what cross-racial solidarities might mean in feminist academic spaces and what white women in particular might learn from these analyses and blueprints for transformation. --Beverly Guy-Sheftall, The Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Comparative Women's Studies at Spelman College and co-edited WORDS OF FIRE (New Press, 1995)

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  Stepping into the Past: Activities for the Western Civilization Classroom, 1450-Present

  Eli Rubin and Annemarie Sammartino

  Stepping into the Past is a collection of structured activities designed for the Western Civ or Introductory European History classroom, designed for all levels of students and institutions. Through simulations, projects centered on primary sources, and other forms of experiential learning, Stepping into the Past actively engages students with history. Each activity is designed to be run in the span of one class period, in a variety of classroom spaces, and using only the materials and technologies normally at the disposal of most instructors. The activities are designed to enhance students' overall level of engagement and commitment to the class as a whole, leading to more positive learning experiences, a higher level of satisfaction, greater retention of historical content and analysis, and more profound understanding of the material.

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  Charlie Takes Flight! At Western Michigan University

  Alicia Schneider

  A new airplane has arrived at the College of Aviation! Is he up to the challenges that his flight instructor gives him? Follow Charlie as he learns about the forces of flight and how to fly for the first time!

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  Secularity and Nonreligion in North America: An Introduction

  Jesse M. Smith and Ryan T. Cragun,

  This book surveys the growing field of secularity and non-religion, focussing on the North American context. The introductory overview article explains that the field encompasses a wide and disparate set of people and processes. These include the religious nones and unaffiliated, atheists and agnostics, secular humanists and secular activists, and many other kinds of the "traditionally nonreligious" along with novel forms of secular identities, organizations, and worldviews. Chapters highlight the key topics, findings, arguments, and controversies from the past 20 years of research, including issues of secular and nonreligious identity, health, organization, family, inequality, discrimination. The book is illustrated throughout with over 60 images and each chapter includes guidance on further reading. A glossary of key terms and concepts is included. This is a much-needed resource for teaching secularity and non-religion, as well as the sociology of religion. The chapters in this book were first published in the digital collection Bloomsbury Religion in North America. Covering North America's diverse religious traditions, this digital collection provides reliable and peer-reviewed articles and ebooks for students and instructors. Learn more and get access for your library at www.theologyandreligiononline.com/bloomsbury-religion-in-north-america

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  Goodbye Religion: The Causes and Consequences of Secularization

  Jesse M. Smith and Ryan T. Cragun

  One of the largest changes in American culture over the last fifty years has been the increase in people exiting religion. Goodbye Religion explores why there has been such an upswing among those who identify as nonreligious, and what the societal implications are of this move towards less religiosity. Utilizing nationally representative data and more than a hundred in-depth interviews with people who leave their religion behind, Ryan T. Cragun and Jesse M. Smith examine the variety of social, psychological, and environmental conditions behind the exiting process, as well as what people do with the time they used to devote to religious observance. They show that for most people who leave, abandoning religion is not a crisis, and does not generally disrupt their health, charitable giving, or volunteering. Drawing on the data, Cragun and Smith argue that the fears among some that massive religious exit will result in a decline in family values or less civic engagement are unfounded, and that those who become nonreligious remain engaged in society and continue to strive to make the world a better place. At a time where more and more individuals are questioning the implications of our increasingly secular society, Goodbye Religion offers an engaging and fascinating analysis into what religious exiting--and secularization broadly--means for American society.

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  Foundations of orientation and mobility

  Robert Wall Emerson

  Now in its fourth edition, Foundations of Orientation and Mobility remains the classic reference and textbook for O&M professionals and students alike. A comprehensive work spread across two volumes, Foundations of O&M, 4th ed. , contains contributions from over 50 of the leading scholars, teachers, and practitioners in the field addressing topics such as teaching methodologies, sensorimotor functioning, working with both children and adults, and navigating complex intersections. There is also an emphasis on the many new technologies and apps available to children and adults who are blind or low vision to help them better navigate their world. Foundations of Orientation and Mobility: History and Theory, Volume 1, 4 th ed. covers essential O&M knowledge, encompassing techniques, perception, orientation, low vision, auditory skills, kinesiology, psychosocial factors, and learning theories. It also includes chapters on technology, guide dogs, orientation aids, and environmental accessibility.

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  Core Concepts in Evaluation: Classic Writings and Contemporary Commentary

  Lori Wingate, Ayesha Boyce, Lyssa Wilson Becho, and Kelly N. Robertson

  This unique book features original writings from evaluation′s foundational thinkers, together with new commentaries from contemporary authors. Each section includes an introduction to a core evaluation concept by the editors, a classic reading, two commentaries on that topic by contemporary authors, and a reflection guide written by the editors.

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  Noisy Animal

  Jeffrey Angle and Sayaka Ōsaki

  Noisy Animal is the first collection published in English by rising star of Japanese poetry, Sayaka Ōsaki. Expertly and sensitively translated by Yomiuri Award winning poet Jeffrey Angles, Noisy Animal presents an astonishing new voice from the emerging generation of Japanese poets to world poetry.

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  Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops: a Critical Edition and Translation of the 'Gesta Episcoporum Neapolitanorum"

  Luigi Andrea Berto

  In the early Middle Ages Naples underwent huge changes. She was able to acquire complete independence from the Byzantine Empire and to emerge as one of the major powers in Southern Italy. Moreover, Naples avoided to become part of the Frankish Empire, to be subdued by the Lombards of Southern Italy and to be attacked by the Muslims, who had conquered Sicily. which is the only medieval historical text composed in Naples before the 14th century. The Deeds of the Neapolitan Bishops not only reports the biographies of the Neapolitan bishops during those centuries, but also describes the history of Naples and the relationships the Neapolitans had with their dangerous neighbors. This volume presents the analysis, Latin text, English translation, and historical commentary of this work, thus offering an important contribution for a better understanding of early medieval southern Italian (and Mediterranean) history. The book will appeal to scholars and students of chronicles, Naples, and Church history in early medieval Italy, as well as all those interested in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

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  The 'Other,' Identity, and Memory in Early Medieval Italy

  Luigi Andrea Berto

  The political fragmentation of Italy-created by Charlemagne's conquest of a part of the Lombard Kingdom in 774 and the weakening of the Byzantine Empire in the eighth and ninth centuries-, the conquest of Sicily by the Muslims in the ninth century, and the Norman 'conquest' of southern Italy in the second half of the eleventh century favored the creation of areas inhabited by persons with different ethnic, religious, and cultural background. Moreover, this period witnessed the increase in production of historical writing in different parts of Italy. Taking advantage of these features, this volume presents some case studies about the manner in which 'others' were perceived, what was known about them, the role of identity, and the use of the past in early medieval Italy (ninth-eleventh centuries) focusing in particular on how early medieval Italian authors portrayed that period and were, sometimes, influenced by their own 'present' in their reconstruction of the past. The book will appeal to scholars and students of otherness, identity, and memory in early medieval Italy, as well as all those interested in medieval Europe.