News Release
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February 6, 2006
Take it From the Prose: BSU Writers Produce More Than 300
Pieces of Scholarly Work in a Single Year
Albertsons Library to honor faculty authors with reception this
Thursday
From Les Alm to Barbara Zubik-Kowal, they wrote more than 300 pieces of
scholarly work in a year’s time.
The subject matter is vast, the writing voluminous. From female infanticide
in India to addiction among Native Americans, from reconstructive knee
surgery to engineering design, from math education to workplace violence,
Boise State authors have written books and articles that not only influence
research in their fields but also sway public opinion.
From September 2004 through August 2005, 142 Boise State University authors
— scientists, journalists, poets, historians, biographers and
others—combined to write or co-write 39 books, 52 book chapters and 162
journal articles. The total also includes 48 papers that were presented and
published at professional conferences in North America and in countries as
far away as Croatia, India, Lithuania and Spain.
Included in the list is the artwork of Boise State art professor Anika
Smulovitz, which was reprinted in three publications.
Their topics range from current issues such political science professor
Alm’s “Borderland Patterns of Scientific Identity: Canada, the United States
and Acid Rain” to more esoteric subjects such as math professor
Zubik-Kowal’s “Error Bounds for Spatial Discretization and Waveform
Relaxation Applied to Parabolic Functional Differential Equations.”
Alm, Zubik-Kowal and 140 of their colleagues will be recognized from 3-5
p.m. Feb. 9 at Boise State’s Albertsons Library, which will host the first
Faculty Author Recognition reception. The event will be held in the McCain
Room on the second floor of the library. An exhibit featuring the books and
articles published by faculty is on display on the first floor of the
library.
Books include philosophy professor Andrew Schoedinger’s “Where Have All Our
Values Gone?” communication professor Renu Dube’s “Female Infanticide in
India,” nursing professor Mary Ann Towle’s “Comprehensive Nursing Care,” and
public policy professor Jim Weatherby’s “Governing Idaho: Politics, People
and Power.”
The bibliography and authors list are available online at the library’s Web
site,
http://library.boisestate.edu/faculty/. For more information
contact Barbara Glackin of the Albertsons Library at 426-5902.
Contact: Barbara Glackin, Albertsons Library (208) 426-5902,
BarbaraGlackin@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Bob Evancho, University Communications, (208)
426-1643, bevanch@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007