Counseling
As the centerpiece of an all-male peer education program designed to challenge masculine stereotypes about sexual assault, The Men's Program (Routledge, 2005) by Assistant Professor of Higher Education John D. Foubert '90 focuses on empowering young men to become active participants in the prevention of rape. Now in its third edition, the text has been effective in developing programs at many colleges and universities.

Drama
Assistant Professor of Theatre Francis Tanglao-Aguas' Palanca Award-winning play, when the purple settles (Bathala Press, 2006), is the second in his DEkolonyaSIYA trilogy. The play explores the aftermath of martial rule in the Philippines from the perspective of a Fil- ipino-American on the verge of fatherhood.

Education
Assistant Professor of Government Paul Manna looks at more than 40 years of national education policymaking in School's In: Federalism and the National Education Agenda (Georgetown University Press, 2006). He asserts that although the federal government's influence over American schools has indeed increased, we should neither overestimate the expansion of federal power nor underestimate the resiliency and continuing influence of the states.

In Supporting Play: Birth Through Age Eight (Delmar Learning, 2005), Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education Dorothy Justus Sluss explores the importance of play as a natural part of educating young children. Her book was written to support the work of teachers who want to know more about play and the implementation of play-based programs. Areas covered include classical and current theories, play for children with special needs and outdoor play, among others.

Fashion
From the tango-inspired dress of Argentina and guerilla chic in Buenos Aires to swimwear on Copacabana Beach and the rainbow colors that adorn Mayan women, Latin America has long inspired designers throughout the world. Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Regina A. Root's The Latin American Fashion Reader (Berg Publishers, 2005) assesses Latin America's influence on fashion, examining the significance of textiles and dress to Latin American culture and the reasons behind it.

Geology
Petrology (WH Freeman, 2006), co-authored by Brent E. Owens, associate professor of geology, along with professors from Virginia Tech and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, covers all three major rock groups: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. This third-edition text features a new chapter on volcanism, including a section on extraterrestrial volcanism, as well as new appendices (one on isotopes and one on trace elements) and an enhanced photo program.

History
Spanish Culture Behind Barbed Wires (Bucknell University Press, 2004) by Francie Cate-Arries, associate professor of Hispanic studies, received an honorable mention in the Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for Outstanding Book in Latin American or Spanish Literature and Culture. The book tells the story of Spanish Civil War refugees held in internment camps in France during the period immediately following the end of the war in Spain and throughout the initial stages of World War II.

Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law Davison M. Douglas has written Jim Crow Moves North: The Battle over Northern School Segregation, 1865-1954 (Cambridge University Press, 2005). This history of various efforts to desegregate northern schools during the 19th and early 20th centuries explores two dominant themes: the role of law in accomplishing racial change and the ambivalence in the northern black community over the importance of school integration.

Caribbean Rum (University Press of Florida, 2005), written by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Frederick H. Smith M.A. '94, draws on histor-ical archaeology and Caribbean economic history to explain why the rum industry arose in the islands, how attitudes toward alcohol consumption have affected the region's people and how rum production has evolved from a small colonial activity to a multibillion-dollar industry. It also examines the social and sacred uses of rum and identifies the forces that shaped alcohol use in the Caribbean.

In Describing Greece: Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Assistant Professor of Classical Studies William Hutton provides the first book-length literary study of Pausanias' Periegesis Hellados, the most important example of nonfiction travel literature in ancient Greece. The book examines Pausanias' material and evaluates his authorial choices.

Picturing Death in Classical Athens (Cambridge University Press, 2005) by Chancellor Professor of Classical Studies John H. Oakley is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on attic white leky-thois, funerary vases placed in and on Athenian graves. This richly illustrated volume closely examines the four major types of scenes: domestic pictures, the mythological conductors of the soul, the prothesis (wake) and visits to the grave, explaining the social, historical and cultural reasons these images were chosen.

Law
Exploring topics such as paternity, adoption, custody, visitation and termination of parental rights, The Relationship Rights of Children (Cambridge University Press, 2006) by Cabell Research Professor of Law James G. Dwyer presents an analysis of what rights children should possess in connection with state decision-making about their personal relationships. The text concludes that the law should give children rights equivalent -- though not identical -- to those enjoyed by adults.

Haynes Professor of Law Paul Marcus is the co-author of two new editions of casebooks: Criminal Procedure (LexisNexis, 2005) and Cases and Materials on Copyright (LexisNexis, 2006). The first stresses the interplay of constitutional principles and practical considerations confronting both prosecution and defense attorneys. Major subject areas explored in this sixth edition are arrest and search and seizure; right to counsel; and confessions. The latter covers areas of law that are fundamental to the practice of copyright and entertainment litigation, including the right of privacy, defamation, right of publicity and unfair competition.

Literature
Professor of English Terry L. Meyers' three-volume set, Uncollected Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne (Pickering & Chatto Publishers, 2004), takes a new look at Swinburne, the man who challenged his Victorian contemporaries in the second half of the 19th century. Through 450 previously unpublished letters, the texts give new details about virtually all Swinburne's literary undertakings and expands on previously published biographic information. Meyers' texts also include an appendix that updates the only other published collection -- that of Cecil Y. Lang from the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Materials Science
Michael J. Kelley, professor of applied science and applied research program manager at Jefferson Lab, is co-editor of Ultrafast Lasers for Materials Science (Materials Research Society, 2005). The text contains 27 papers from a symposium by the same name and is organized into four sections: fundamentals, materials processing, photo-transformation and micro- and nano-fabrication. Ultrafast laser materials processing and synthesis of nanostructures are emphasized throughout the publication.

Math
Discrete-Event Simulation (Pearson Education Inc., 2006), co-authored by Lawrence M. Leemis, professor of mathematics, and the late Stephen K. Park, professor of computer science, presents an introduction to computational and mathematical techniques for modeling, simulating and analyzing the performance of various systems by using simulation. Discrete-event simulation is a form of computer-aided model-building and problem-solving; the goal is insight: a better understanding of how systems operate and respond to change.

Politics
Ronald B. Rapoport, John Marshall Professor and chair of the department of government, has written Three's a Crowd: The Dynamic of Third Parties, Ross Perot, and Republican Resurgence (University of Michigan Press, 2005). Co-authored by Walter Stone of the University of California, Davis, the text examines the effects of Perot's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, showing readers how they epitomized the influence of third parties on American politics, produced the Republican party's 1994 resurgence and shaped major-party competition in elections since.

Public Policy
Players in the Public Policy Process (Cambridge University Press, 2005), by Life of Virginia Professor of Business Administration Herrington J. Bryce, focuses on the nonprofit organization as a social capital asset and agent in all phases of the public policy process. Placing the nonprofit in a principal-agent framework, the text emphasizes topics such as the moral hazards and benefits of organizational self-interest and the role of social service organizations as managers of adverse social risks.

Religion
The Reluctant Parting: How the New Testament's Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book (Harper San Francisco, 2005) is the new work by Julie Galambush, associate professor of religious studies. Raising the question "What would it mean to read this Christian scripture as it was meant to be read -- as a collection of Jewish books?," she identifies the Jewish goals of the New Testament authors and sheds new light on the common roots of modern Judaism and Christianity.

David L. Holmes, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religious Studies, is the author of Religion of the Founding Fathers (Oxford University Press, 2006). In this text, Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of America's founding fathers, beginning with an informative account of the religious culture of the late colonial era and then examining the individual beliefs of a variety of men and women who loom large in U.S. history.

Sociology
Awesome Families: The Promise of Healing Relationships in the International Churches of Christ (Rutgers University Press, 2005), by Assistant Professor of Sociology Kathleen E. Jenkins, explains how and why so many individuals -- primarily from middle- to upper-middle-class backgrounds -- were attracted to the International Churches of Christ. Noting that the group was founded on principles of enforced community, explicitly authoritative relationships and therapeutic ideals, Jenkins argues that members were commonly attracted to the structure and practice of family relationships advocated by the church.

Jennifer Bickham Mendez, associate professor of sociology, has written From the Revolution to the Maquiladoras: Gender, Labor and Globalization in Nicaragua (Duke University Press, 2005). A part of the publisher's American Encounters/Global Interactions series, the book is an ethnographic account of the efforts of Nic-araguan women to organize female workers in the country's free trade zones and improve conditions in maquiladora factories, often in collaboration with international feminist and labor groups.