Author Archives: Ali Wasielewski

April 5, 2021

Q&A with Jennifer McClearen, Author of Fighting Visibility

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We recently chatted with author Jennifer McClearen about her new book, Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Fighting Visibility began as a mild curiosity when I started … Continue reading →

March 25, 2021

Hungry Translations Awarded 2021 International Studies Association’s Global Development Studies Book Award

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We are pleased to announce Hungry Translations: Relearning the World through Radical Vulnerability has been selected as the winner of 2021 International Studies Association’s Global Development Studies Book Award. The award will be announced in the DGS newsletter as well … Continue reading →

February 23, 2021

Q&A with Charles Titus, Author of Exploring the Land of Lincoln

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Author, Charles Titus, of Exploring the Land of Lincoln: The Essential Guide to Illinois Historic Sites answers questions about his influences for and discoveries he’s made while creating a comprehensive guide to Illinois historic sites. Q: Why did you decide … Continue reading →

December 2, 2020

Q&A with Richard Porton, Author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination, Expanded Second Edition

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Richard Porton, the author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination, shares the inspirations and discoveries behind the expanded second edition of his exploration of anarchism’s images, ideas, and influence in cinema. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? … Continue reading →

November 23, 2020

Traveling with Service Animals Honored with Silver in Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Competition

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We are pleased to announce Traveling with Service Animals: By Air, Road, Rail, and Ship across North America by Henry Kisor and Chris Goodier won Silver (second place) in the 2019-2020 Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Competition … Continue reading →

November 16, 2020

Q&A with Danielle Fuentes Morgan, Author of Laughing to Keep from Dying

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Author Danielle Fuentes Morgan answers questions about the inspirations, influences, and discoveries behind the writing of her new book, Laughing to Keep from Dying: African American Satire in the Twenty-First Century. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? … Continue reading →

November 2, 2020

Media, Geopolitics, and Power Honored with the 2020 UCT Book Award

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We are pleased to announce Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South by Herman Wasserman is the winner of the 2020 UCT Book Award. The UCT Book Award recognizes outstanding books written by members of staff. The … Continue reading →

October 5, 2020

Homeland Maternity Honored with James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award

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We are pleased to announce Homeland Maternity: US Security Culture and the New Reproductive Regime by Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz is the winner of the National Communication Association’s (NCA) James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and … Continue reading →

September 16, 2020

Q&A with Betsy Wood, Author of Upon the Altar of Work

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Author of Upon the Altar of Work: Child Labor and the Rise of a New American Sectionalism, Betsy Wood answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and motivations for writing her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this … Continue reading →

June 8, 2020

Q&A with Jasmine Mitchell, Author of Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media

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Jasmine Mitchell answers some questions about her new book, Imagining the Mulatta: Blackness in U.S. and Brazilian Media. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? “You look exotic, what are you?” “Where is your family from? I mean … Continue reading →

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