March 26, 2007

By Gail Matsunaga

From how to run a theater and the ecology of California fishes to proposals for ending the fighting in the Middle East — just a few of the topics covered in the more than 40 books published in 2006 by Cal State Fullerton faculty members.

The authors and their works were recently recognized during the university’s eighth annual Author Awards Luncheon sponsored by the Office of the President, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Faculty Development Center and Pollak Library.

Raphael J. Sonenshein, professor of political science and one of the honorees for Los Angeles: Structure of a City Governement, presented the keynote address, “Explaining L.A. to Itself: How a Book Got Written as a Civic Project.”

Faculty authors and the books they wrote and/or edited are:
Gordon M. Bakken, professor of history, and Alexandra Kindell — editors
The Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West 
Sage Publications

Melinda C. Blackman, associate professor of psychology
Grade Aid Book. Student Study Companion for Baron, Byrne & Branscombe's Social Psychology, 11th edition
Allyn and Bacon

Stan L. Breckenridge, lecturer in Afro-Ethnic studies
Popular Music in America: Forging the American Spirit
Kendall-Hunt Publishing

Jochen Burgtorf, associate professor of history, and Helen Nicholson — editors
International Mobility in the Military Orders (Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries)
University of Alabama Press
University of Wales Press

Angela J. Della Volpe, associate dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Karlene Jones-Bley, Martin Huld and Miriam Robbins Dexter — editors
Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference
Institute for the Study of Man

John T. Drew, associate professor of art, and Sarah A. Meyers
La Gestion De La Couleur: Guide Exhaustif A L’Usage Des Graphistes
Pyramyd/Roto Vision
Color Management for Logos: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers
RotoVision
Farb Management: Das Handbuch Fur Grafikdesigner
Stiebner/Roto Vision

Carmen Zuniga Dunlap, associate dean of the College of Education, and
Evelyn M. Weisman, associate professor of elementary and bilingual education
Helping English Language Learners Succeed
Shell Educational Publishing

Matt Englar-Carlson, assistant professor of counseling, and Mark A. Stevens — editors
In the Room with Men: A Casebook of Therapeutic Change
American Psychological Association

Sheryl T. Fontaine, professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Collaborative Writing in Composition Studies
Wadsworth

Timothy D. Green and Abbie H. Brown, associate professors of elementary and bilingual education
The Essentials of Instructional Design: Connecting Fundamental Principles with Process and Practice
Merrill Prentice Hall

Lynne S. Gross, professor of radio-TV-film, and Edward J. Fink, chair and associate professor of radio-TV-film
Telecommunications: An Introduction to Electronic Media
McGraw-Hill

William W. Haddad, chair and professor of history, and Jacqueline Ismael
Barriers to Reconciliation: Essays on Iraq and the Palestine/Israel Conflict
University Press of America

Michael H. Horn, professor of biological science, Larry G. Allen and Daniel J. Pondella II — editors
The Ecology of Marine Fishes: California and Adjacent Waters
University of California Press

Juan Ryusuke Ishikawa, assistant professor of modern languages and literatures, and Ayano Hattori — translators
La Oveja Negra y Demás Fábulas by Augusto Monterroso
Shoshi-Yamada

Karen S. Ivers, chair and professor of elementary and bilingual education, and Ann Barron
Multimedia Projects in Education, 3rd edition
Libraries Unlimited
With Ann Barron, Nick Lilavois and Julie Wells
Technologies for Education: A Practical Guide, 5th edition
Libraries Unlimited

Ellen N. Junn, associate dean of the College of Health and Human Development and professor of child and adolescent studies, and Chris Boyatzis — editors
Child Growth and Development, Annual Editions, 13th edition
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Barbara J. Keesling, lecturer in psychology
Sexual Healing
Hunter House Publishers

Jeffrey A. Kottler, chair and professor of counseling
Divine Madness: Ten Stories of Creative Struggle
Wiley Publishing
With Jon Carlson
The Client Who Changed Me: Stories of Therapist Personal Transformation
Brunner/Routledge PublishingWith Paul W. Jones
Understanding Research: Becoming a Competent and Critical Consumer
Prentice-Hall Publishing

Deborah J. Lawrence, associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
Writing the Trail
University of Iowa Press

George A. Marcoulides, professor of information systems and decision sciences, and Tenko Raykov
A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling, 2nd edition
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

John Mathews, emeritus professor of mathematics, and Russell W. Howell
Complex Analysis For Mathematics and Engineering
Jones and Bartlett Publishers

Steven N. Murray, dean of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Richard Ambrose and Megan Dethier
Monitoring Rocky Shores
University of California Press

Truyen D. Nguyen, assistant professor of human services
Many Paths, One Purpose: Career Paths for Social Work & Human Services Majors
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers

Clifford G. Peale, professor of modern languages and literatures, and William Manson — editors
La Luna de la Sierra
Juan de la Cuesta — Hispanic Momographs
A Lo Que Obliga el Ser Rey
Juan de la Cuesta — Hispanic Momographs
El Rey Naciendo Mujer
Juan de la Cuesta — Hispanic Momographs
La Corte del Demonio
Juan de la Cuesta — Hispanic Momographs

Nancy Porras-Hein, assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies, and Julie E. Stokes, associate professor of Afro-Ethnic studies
La Familia Chicana
Kendall/Hunt Publishing

John C. Reinard, professor of human communication studies
Communication Research Statistics
Sage Publications

Debra J. Rose, professor of kinesiology, and Robert W. Christina
A Multilevel Approach to the Study of Motor Control and Learning, 2nd edition
Benjamin Cummings Publishing

Hallie Y. Slowik and Ruth Yopp-Edwards, professors of elementary and bilingual education
Literature-based Reading Activities, 4th edition
Allyn & Bacon

Ephraim P. Smith, vice president for academic affairs and professor of accounting, Philip J. Harmelink and James R. Hasselback
2007 CCH Federal Taxation
CCH Inc.

Nancy Snow, associate professor of communications
“The Arrogance of American Power”
Rowman & Littlefield

Raphael J. Sonenshein, professor of political science
Los Angeles: Structure of a City Government
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

Stella W. Ting-Toomey, professor of human communication studies, and John G. Oetzel — editors
The Sage Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice
Sage Publications

Jim Volz, professor of theatre and dance
The Back Stage Guide to Working Regional Theater
Back Stage Books/Watson Guptill International Publishing

Barbara A. Weightman, professor of geography
Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia, 2nd edition
John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Kathleen K. Wright, professor of accounting
The California Income Tax Manual
Commerce Clearing House