Meredith College Faculty on the Bookshelves
- Assistant Professor of Biology Erin Lindquist is the co-author of "Common Trees of Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve Costa Rica/Árboles Comunes de la Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco" The 379-page field guide describes over 100 species of woody plants in both Spanish and English, and with scientific illustrations. It is frequently used by students, researchers, land managers, and ecotour guides. Lindquist's coauthors are previous undergraduate research assistants of hers-- Fabricio Camacho Céspedes of Costa Rica and Gini Knight of Wisconsin. It is published by INBio, Costa Rica's National Institute of Biodiversity.
- Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures Astrid Billat is the author of a textbook, “Three Centuries of Spanish Short Stories.”
- Professor of English Rebecca Duncan is a co-editor of “Voices of Moroccan Youth: Creative Writing by and for Students of English.” Published in Morocco by Marsam Publishers, the book presents the work of Lucy Melbourne, professor of English at St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, in collaboration with a group of writers and university professors in several Moroccan universities.
- Associate Professor of History Dan Fountain is the author of “Slavery, Civil War, and Salvation: African American Slaves and Christianity.” The book was published by LSU Press.
- Professor Emerita of History Carolyn Happer is the co-author of “Chosen for Destruction: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor.” The book tells the life story of Morris Glass, Happer’s co-author.
- Professor Emeritus of Psychology Jack Huber completed “Encouragement Makes Good Things Happen” in 2010. The book is the first English translation of encouragement trainer Theo Schoenaker’s “Mut Tut Gut,” which is bestseller in Germany.
- Jeane Joyner, research associate in Meredith College’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, is the co-author of “INFORMative Assessment: Formative Assessment to Improve Math Achievement.” A resource for K-6 mathematics educators, the book provides a foundation of formative assessment used to guide instructional decision-making.
- Professor of Foreign Languages & Literatures Brent Pitts completed a critical edition of a thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse poem Revelacion in 2010.
- Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures Veronique Machelidon edited and translated a play by Algerian writer Rachid Boudjedra. Machelidon’s published translation is titled “Underground, Unknown, Unseen. Immigrant Coal Crackers in France. A North-South Retable.”
- Assistant Professor of Communication Michiko Yamada is the author of two books, “A Lucrative Double-standard on Pop Culture: Western celebrities and Japanese TV commercials,” and “Double Consciousness as a Fantasy Theme: Japanese ‘ladies’ comics’ and sexual fantasy,” both published by VDM Verlag
