The Write Stuff

In addition to being dedicated teachers, Lewis & Clark faculty are also active scholars. Preparing research for publication enables faculty to remain on the leading edge of their disciplines. Here is a sampling of faculty books published in recent years.

How Young Ladies Became Girls: The Victorian Origins of American Girlhood, by Jane Hunter, professor of history

Intent in Islamic Law: Motive and Meaning in Medieval Sunni Fiqh, by Paul Powers, assistant professor of religious studies

Giotto’s Harmony: Music and Art in Padua at the Crossroads of Renaissance, by Nora Beck, professor of music

Socrates’ Divine Sign: Religion, Practice, and Value in Socratic Philosophy, by Nick Smith, Miller Professor of Humanities

Catarino Garza’s Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border, by Elliott Young, associate professor of history

The Evolution of Presidential Polling, by Robert Eisinger, associate professor of political science

Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953, by Susan Glosser, associate professor of history

Proof Without Words II: More Exercises in Visual Thinking, by Roger Nelsen, professor of mathematics

A Morbid Fascination: White Prose and Politics in Apartheid South Africa, by Richard Peck, professor of international affairs

Economics and the Environment, by Eban Goodstein, professor of economics

Buried Communities: Wordsworth and the Bonds of Mourning, by Kurt Fosso, associate professor of English