Notable new books by 91̽�� faculty members include studies of military cultural education programs and equitable collaboration between schools and families. Also, National Endowment for the Humanities support for a coming book on an 18^th century India poet, and a National Jewish Book Award.

Volume of essays co-edited by Naomi Sokoloff wins 2019 National Jewish Book Award for anthologies, collections

A book co-edited by , 91̽��professor of Hebrew and comparative literature, has won a 2019 National Jewish Book Award for anthologies and collections from the .

“),” edited by Sokoloff with of Washington University, is a volume of scholars, writers and translators discussing the changing status of Hebrew in the United States. The book was published by 91̽�� Press in June 2018.

The book features a diverse group of distinguished contributors discussing the questions, publisher notes state: “Why Hebrew, here and now? What is its value for contemporary Americans? To what extent is that sta­tus affect­ed by evolv­ing Jew­ish iden­ti­ties and shift­ing atti­tudes toward Israel and Zion­ism? Will Hebrew pro­grams sur­vive the cur­rent cri­sis in the human­i­ties on uni­ver­si­ty cam­pus­es? How can the vibran­cy of Hebrew lit­er­a­ture be con­veyed to a��larg­er audience?”

The Jewish Book Council established the in 1950. Winners of the 2019 awards, across 18 categories, will be honored at a ceremony March 17 in New York.

To learn more, contact Sokoloff at naosok@uw.edu.

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Heidi Pauwels receives National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for book on ‘India’s 18^th century Mona Lisa’��

, professor in the Department of Asian Languages & Literature, has been awarded a $45,000 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to work on her planned book, “The Voice of India’s 18th Century Mona Lisa: Songs by Rasik Bihari of Kishangarh.”

The book will explore the poetry and life of an 18^th-century woman known as , or Rasik Bihari, who was an elegant court performer and favorite of the Indian crown prince Sāvant Singh (1699-1764) of , a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. She turns out to have been a composer in her own right under the pseudonym of Rasik Bihari.

Pauwels, who also coordinates the department’s South Asia Program, recently wrote a book about Singh. “” was published in 2017 by 91̽�� Press.

The fellowship was announced Jan. 14, part of a NEH of $30.9 million in grants supporting 188 humanities projects in 45 states. Read more on the Simpson Center for the Humanities .

To learn more, contact Pauwels at hpauwels@uw.edu.

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Ann Ishimaru pens book on equitable school-family collaboration

Teachers College Press has published “,” by , associate professor in the 91̽��College of Education. The book examines the challenges and possibilities of creating more equitable forms of collaboration among nondominant families, communities and schools.

“As we’ve been trying to make changes to the long-standing and persistent racial inequities that exist in our schools and really transform education, my argument is that we’ve overlooked a vital source of expertise and leadership — and that resides in the families and communities of students themselves,” Ishimaru said in an .

The book is drawn on Ishimaru’s work as principal investigator of the UW-based and the project over more than a decade. The book describes core concepts for equitable collaboration and provides multiple examples of effective practices.

Listen to a College of Education-produced with Ishimaru. To learn more, contact Ishimaru at aishi@uw.edu.

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Paula Holmes-Eber co-edits book on building military cultural competence

As recent international conflicts have shown, the military officer of today must be both warrior and diplomat, combatant and humanitarian worker, soldier and peacekeeper. An anthology coedited by , affiliate professor in the Jackson School of International studies, explores how today’s militaries can prepare their leaders for such complex roles.

“,” edited by Holmes and Kjetil Enstad of The Norwegian Defence University College, compares research on the successes and failures of military cultural education and training programs in seven countries: The United States, Canada, Argentina, Norway, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

“Warriors or Peacekeepers” will be published in March by Springer. To learn more, contact Holmes-Eber at pholmese@uw.edu.

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Justin Jesty’s ‘Arts and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan’ honored

“,” a 2018 book by , associate professor of Japanese language and literature, has been awarded the by the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, known as ASAP for short.

The book, a cultural history of post-World War II Japan, was published in September 2018 by Cornell University Press. The award was announced in late 2019.

To learn more, contact Jesty at jestyj@uw.edu or visit his .

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Neile Graham is both a longtime administrator with the College of Built Environments and a published poet — and she has a new book of poetry out.

MoonPath Press published “,” Graham’s fourth poetry collection, in November. On the publisher’s website she describes the volume as “an idiosyncratic tour of Scotland, where a mile’s walk contains remnants from the Stone Age through to the present … (T)hese poems explore how the layers of time in these evocative sites reverberate through our own journeys.”

As Graham told 91̽��News in a 2007 profile, Scotland has played a large role in her life, and she has visited there several times. The volume of poems is inspired by those travels.

Graham’s poetry and other writing has been published in American, British and Canadian literary journals and anthologies. Her three previous poetry collections are “,” (Brick Books, 1994), “,” (Buschekbooks, 2000) and “She Says: Poems Selected and New,” a spoken word collection first issued by Alsop Review Press in 2007, and then by the author.

Graham in October marked three decades serving as program operations specialist for College of Built Environment programs in architecture, historic preservation and urban design. She also has been a director with the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop for many years and is stepping down from that at end of 2019.

To learn more, visit her website, .

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A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns …

Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 91̽��faculty in the last year — and a reminder of some recent favorites.

O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book “,” published by Penguin Press. Publishers Weekly wrote: “O’Mara’s extraordinarily comprehensive history is a must-read for anyone interested in how a one-horse town birthed a revolution that has shifted the course of modern civilization.” The New York Times called it an “accessible yet sophisticated chronicle.” �� for a 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award.

Seattle stories: 91̽�� Press is republishing 91̽��English professor ‘s well-loved 1976 reflections on his city, its history and its possible futures, “.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly called the book “an exhilarating critique of Seattle’s birth, growth, sickness, health, promise and fulfillment. Any serious student of Seattle or of recent urban history will now read Roger Sale, and with good reason.” Sale, who taught at the 91̽��for decades, died in 2017. The new edition has an introduction by Seattle writer Knute Berger.

Mindful travel: How can travelers respectfully explore cultures with lower incomes, different cultural patterns and far fewer luxuries? Anu Taranath, lecturer in English and the Comparative History of Ideas program, explores such questions in “,” published by Between the Lines. Taranath has led student trip to India, Mexico and other locations. “Mindful travel in an unequal world,” she says, is about “paying attention, and noticing positionality in relation to each other. It’s about understanding that we are all living in a much longer history that has put us in different positions of advantage and disadvantage, and equipped us with very few tools to talk about it.”

Salish Sea fishes: , curator emeritus of fishes at the Burke Museum and a professor emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, teamed with James Orr of the Alaska Fisheries Center for “,” the first-ever documenting of all the known species of fishes that live in the Salish Sea. Published by 91̽��Press, this three-volume set represents the culmination of 40 years of work and features striking illustrations by and details about 260 species of fish, complete with the ecology and life history of each species.

Watras plays Schumann: , professor of viola, offers new music and a masterwork by composer in “Schumann Resonances,” a CD released on Seattle’s Planet M Records. Schumann’s is the centerpiece and artistic jumping-off point for the CD, which is inspired by fairy tales and folklore, and features 91̽��faculty colleagues and . The music and culture blog An Earful wrote: “Besides having a burnished tone and monster technique, violist Watras has a gift for contextualizing the music of the past … with ‘Schumann Resonances,’ Watras continues to prove herself a curator, performer and composer of unique abilities.”

Solo cello, Icelandic composers: Assistant professor of music and cellist has a new release on the Sono Luminus label titled “,” which features music for solo cello by several Icelandic composers and a return to an earlier composition, “Solitaire.” In liner notes, writes: “This project is a compilation of pieces by composers that not only share my mother-tongue and culture, in language and music, but also bring their unique perspective and expression in their compositions … I couldn’t have asked for more generous artists to come into my life and allow me to explore my voice through their music.”

Fanfiction examined: Fan fiction has exploded in popularity in recent years. In their book, “,” and examine fanfiction writers and repositories and the novel ways young people support and learn from each other through participation in online fanfiction communities. Davis is an associate professor in the 91̽��; Aragon is a professor in the . Published by MIT Press.

Here are a few other notable 2019 titles from 91̽��Press.

Seawomen, Icelandic waters: “ by Margaret Willson, affiliate professor of anthropology and a faculty member in the Canadian Studies Center has been released in a paperback edition. The book, first published in 2016, was a finalist for a Washington State Book Award.

Asian American voices: A new, third edition of “,” published in 1974 and co-edited by , 91̽��professor of English. The New York Times Book Review : “The stories are … strewn with new insights buried in the flesh of the narrative; they illuminate areas of darkness in the hidden experiences of a people who had been little more than exotic figments of someone else’s imagination.”

Haag remembered: A paperback edition of “,” which explores the career of the founder of the 91̽��Department of Landscape Architecture, best known in Seattle for his . Written by 91̽��architecture professor , who said Haag’s legacy is found in the places he designed, which “inspire students to think beyond what they know … they ignite civic engagement and public service, for Rich’s most important work was in the public realm.”

Staff discounts: 91̽��Press is offering a 40% discount on all titles during the holidays. Staff and faculty get a 10% discount year-round when ordering through their website using the code WUWE.

• Joanne De Pue, School of Music communications director, assisted with this story.

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An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called .

Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new book series. The study of race and ethnicity, she said, will be “the unifying characteristic” of all manuscripts in the series.

“I am especially interested in highlighting research that has real-world implications and speaks to the political moment,” she said. “A central focus of this series will be to connect this type of research that happens in the academy to public discussions.”

Despite confusion now reigning in United States politics, she said, it’s clear that scholars, students and the public want “rigorous and accessible manuscripts that combine an analysis of the political system with a focus on racial politics.”

Francis studies American politics, race, the development of constitutional law, black politics and the post-Civil War South, and wrote the 2014 book .

Will this series truly stand alone as the only one dedicated to those themes?��

“Yes. Currently, there is not a single book series centered on the diverse subfield of race and ethnicity in political science from a major university press. There are series on ‘social movements’ and ‘political behavior’ and ‘migration,’ as well as many on ‘American politics,’ where most of the scholarship of race and politics is subsumed.

“The absence is stunning and represents a great opportunity, especially in an era when mainstream journalists and well-established political scientists have called for analyses to rethink the role of race and ethnicity.”

That said, Francis mentioned “one notable exception” — the Oxford University Press series “Transgressing Boundaries,” focusing on black politics. But even in 2019, she said, the discipline of political science has no series focusing more broadly on race and ethnicity.

The rise of Donald Trump to the presidency, she said, “and the increasing power of authoritarian regimes abroad (Brazil, Italy, Venezuela)” have in fact increased the need for scholarship that investigates the role of race and equity in politics.”

When will readers begin seeing titles? And what will the process be for you?

“Readers should expect to see titles during fall of 2020 but it will be an incremental rollout with about two to three titles next year and about four to five titles the subsequent three years.

“With my curation of the series, I want to make sure that all of the manuscripts are diverse in terms of what groups they focus on and their methodologies. The goal of this series is focused on publishing important original research on race and�� ethnicity that will be of wide interest to students, scholars and the larger public.”

The series aims to “shed light on previously understudied topics and groups.” What are examples?

Francis cites understudied topics such as political disinformation between and about racial groups; problems of race and measurement; racial capitalism; ethnicity and national security; religion and race; black women voters; surveillance; racial regimes in Western democracies; and settler colonialism.

You mention seeking work that speaks to the current political moment. How can academic books react more nimbly to current events?

The most frequent complaint she hears from colleagues about academic publishing, Francis said, is how long it can take from submission to publication of articles and books. Amid a broader discussion on institutional norms, she said, many publishers have committed to a shorter peer review process.

“The Elements series presents a revolutionary approach to an academic book, publishing with its projected 12-week production process after final acceptance. This swift timeline will ensure that important work does not languish and instead will make certain important scholarship is quickly disseminated to colleagues, students and the public.

“The shorter publication timeline opens up many opportunities for scholars of race and politics. Reignited old issues such as white supremacists marching and new topics, including the border wall and the historic number of women of color in Congress, have highlighted the pressing need for scholarship to speak to the quickly changing landscape of race and ethnicity in the United States and abroad.”

The election of Trump, Francis said, underscores how central race and ethnicity are to any analyses of the political system.

“Scholarship will not match the speed of Trump’s tweets,” Francis said, “but the accelerated timeline for review and publication will allow audiences to better understand the quickly shifting political climate.”

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Other book notes:

“Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery” honored: The latest book by , 91̽��professor of English, has received one award and an honorable mention for another from the .

Weinbaum’s “,” has been awarded the , given to a monograph that addresses women and labor issues from intersectional perspectives. There is a $2,000 cash award. The book, published in March by Duke University Press, also received an honorable mention for the association’s Gloria E. Anzaldúa prize, for feminist contributions to women of color/transnational scholarship.

“American Sabor” shares best history award: “” by Marisol �������í�Dz�-�Ѿ������Ի岹, Shannon Dudley and Michelle �Ჹ�������-�ʲ�����á��, has of best historical research in recorded rock and popular music for 2019 from the . Sharing the history award with “American Sabor” is “Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946,” a second biography of the famous actor and crooner, by Gary Giddins.

is an affiliate assistant professor and a professor, both of ethnomusicology, in the School of Music. is a professor of gender, women and sexuality studies, and adjunct professor of music. Before it became a book, “American Sabor” was an exhibit at the Experience Music Project, now the Museum of Pop Culture, in 2007.

Robin Stacey history book honored twice: 91̽��history professor has received two honors for her book on Welsh history, “,” which was published in 2018 by University of Pennsylvania Press.

The University of Wales has awarded Stacey its annual . One of three annual awards from the university, it is named for and funded by a bequest from Hull, who taught at Harvard University. And Jesus College, part of the University of Oxford, has named Stacey recipient of its annual , named for a renowned and archivist.

“My thanks to everyone involved,” Stacey said, “including the specialists at the University of Pennsylvania Press who did such a good job with its production.”

Recent notable books by 91̽�� faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a 91̽��anthropologist’s book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and 91̽��Press brings out paperback editions of three popular titles.

Alexandra Harmon’s ‘Reclaiming the Reservation’ examines effects of 1978 Supreme Court decision on tribal sovereignty

A new book by , 91̽��professor of , explores the legal history of Indigenous nations claiming regulatory power over their reserved homelands — and the “promises and perils” of relying on the U.S. legal system in such matters.

Harmon’s “” was published in July by 91̽�� Press.

In the 1970s, Harmon writes, the Quinault and Suquamish tribes, among dozens of Indigenous nations across the United Stated, asserted their sovereignty by applying their laws to all people on their reservations, and this included arresting non-Indians for minor offenses.

“Tribal governments had long sought to manage affairs in their territories, and their bid for all-inclusive reservation jurisdiction was an important, bold move, driven by deeply rooted local histories as well as pan-Indian activism,” Harmon wrote. “They believed federal law supported their case.”

However, this effort ended with a 1978 that non-Indians were not subject to tribal prosecution for criminal offenses. “The court cited two centuries of U.S. legal history to justify their decision but relied solely on the interpretations of non-Indians,” Harmon writes.

In “Reclaiming the Reservation,” Harmon looks at the histories of Quinault, Suquamish and other tribes to explore the roots of their claims of regulatory power in their reserved homelands. She also shows how tribes have responded in the decades since 1978, “seeking and often finding new ways to protect their interests and assert their sovereignty.”

“Harmon brilliantly explains how tribal nations have sought to assert sovereignty through the extension of civil and criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians living within the boundaries of their nations,” wrote reviewer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “‘Reclaiming the Reservation’ is precisely the kind of history that the field desperately needs.”

For more information, contact Harmon at aharmon@uw.edu.

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Katie Davis, Cecilia Aragon find mentoring lessons in the world of fan fiction

Fan fiction has exploded in popularity in recent years, with more than 1.5 million amateur writers — most in their teens or twenties — publishing 7 million stories and 176 million reviews on a single online site, Fanfiction.net, alone.

In their new book, “,” and examine fanfiction writers and repositories and the novel ways young people support and learn from each through participation in online fanfiction communities. Davis is an associate professor in the 91̽��; Aragon is a professor in the .

They find that “these sites are not shallow agglomerations and regurgitations of pop culture but rather online spaces for sophisticated and informal learning.”

Aragon and Davis call this novel system of interactive advice and instruction “distributed mentoring,” and describe its attributes — each supported, they write, by an aspect of networked technologies.

The two authors combine qualitative and quantitative analyses in a nine-month study of three fanfiction sites, and also analyze the “lexical diversity in the 61.5 billion words on the Fanfiction.net site.”

They consider how distributed mentoring could improve not only other online learning platforms but also formal writing instruction in schools.

“” was published this month by MIT Press.

For more information, contact Aragon at aragon@uw.edu or Davis at kdavis78@uw.edu.

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Seawomen and Seattle architects: Paperback editions coming from 91̽��Press

91̽�� Press will release paperback editions of three popular UW-related books in September.

• “,” by . This is the paperback version of a second edition published in 2014. The book was first published in 1994. This edition includes four additional profiles. Ochsner, a 91̽��professor of architecture, said the book seeks to show “the wide variety of kinds of architectural achievement and the extraordinary diversity of those who contributed to making Seattle’s built environment.”
• “” explores the career of the founder of the 91̽��Department of Landscape Architecture, best known in Seattle for his . Author and 91̽��architecture professor said Haag’s legacy is found in the places he designed, which “inspire students to think beyond what they know … they ignite civic engagement and public service, for Rich’s most important work was in the public realm.”
• “” uses extensive historical and field research to document the women who have withstood the trials of fishing in Iceland from the historic times of small open rowboats to today’s high-tech fisheries. A finalist for the 2017 Washington State Book Award in general nonfiction/history, the book is by , affiliate associate professor of anthropology, also with the Canadian Studies Arctic Program.

Other book notes:

Honor for Sareeta Amrute’s ‘Encoding Class’: The has given its top book honor in social sciences for 2019 to “,” by 91̽��associate professor of anthropology. The group presented the award to Amrute at its annual conference, in Leiden, the Netherlands. “Encoding Class” was published in 2016 by Duke University Press.

Joanna Russ, who taught at UW, remembered in biography: “Experimental, strange, and unabashedly feminist, ‘s groundbreaking science fiction grew out of a belief that the genre was ideal for expressing radical thought,” states from fellow sci-fi writer . Russ was a Hugo and Nebula award-winning writer who from 1977 to 1991; her work is widely taught and studied. In 2006, editors of the 91̽��alumni magazine Columns named Russ’s 1975 novel “” among the top .

Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has 91̽�� history professor on a busy national book tour this summer. The book, “,” was published this month by Penguin Press and is receiving many positive reviews.

“The Code” takes the reader from the post-World War II beginnings of computer technology to the garages and dorm rooms of the emerging computer titans, through the dot.com boom and bust and up to the social media-saturated present.

O’Mara explores the power dynamics — and deeply ingrained misogyny — that kept women from full participation in this tech revolution. And she reminds readers that Silicon Valley’s boom was via grants from the federal government.

Publishers Weekly said the book “puts a gloriously human face on the history of computing in the U.S.,” and calls it “a must-read for anyone interested in how a one-horse town birthed a revolution that has shifted the course of modern civilization.”

Critic and New Yorker writer Ken Auletta, who wrote a history of Google, called “The Code” a “vital and important” book.

“With the deftness of a novelist and the care of a scholar, (O’Mara) guides the reader on an exciting journey — from the pioneers who birthed Silicon Valley, to often overlooked government dollars that served as its spur, to portraits of both famed individuals like Jobs and Gates and of those who deserved to be famous, in an industry that both inspires and horrifies.”

In an interview posted by Penguin Press, O’Mara is asked why the tech revolution exploded in California rather than New York, Boston or even Houston. The West Coast was the right place, and the early Cold War the right time, she said, for people to seize such an entrepreneurial opportunity — and the area’s relative geographic isolation helped, too.

“Far removed from the era’s capitals of politics and finance, the sleepy valley was able to create a tech Galapagos of distinctive business species,” she said. “Startups, law firms, marketing operations, and more — bound by tight personal and professional connections.” Add to that the waves of highly creative and capable immigrants who ventured to the valley, “and you have a region unlike any other.”

Asked about the relationship between Silicon Valley and the Cold War race to the moon — days now from the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11’s historic landing — O’Mara said until researching the book she hadn’t realized the “enormous” role the space race played in the valley’s history.

“The Apollo program became the first and largest customer for newly created integrated circuits and other small electronics the valley built, really jump-starting the semiconductor industry,” she said. That also set the area apart from other tech hubs like Los Angeles and Seattle, “which built things like airplanes, on a large scale, while the valley built small.”

Social media has amplified hate and polarized people; O’Mara was asked if the idealism of Silicon Valley computers changing the world was always “an illusion” or if it could still be realized.��

O’Mara said when she began work on “The Code” five years back, “it was hard to puncture the resolute techno-optimism about Silicon Valley — not just in the valley, but in media and political circles as well.

“Now the pendulum of popular and political opinion has swung so violently in the other direction that it can be hard to see the good that tech has done. But it has.

We are walking around with supercomputers in our pockets, and the gift cards in our wallets … have more computing power than the rockets that sent American astronauts to the moon.�� Even fractious and fractured social media platforms have elevated new voices, held the powerful accountable, and connected people across time and space.”

Asked if reviewing the history of Silicon Valley encourages her to think that big tech may yet help solve complex world problems, she said that individual and collective human action is where change comes from, and Silicon Valley “had amassed … an extraordinary well of human talent, of people who truly do want to change the world for the better.

“They can do that if they reckon with their history—and understand that solutions won’t come only from better tech, but from recognizing interconnections between government and tech, between old and new economy sectors, between technical and non-technical people.”

History, she said, “makes me an optimist. When you study history, you understand that nothing is inevitable, and nearly everything is changeable.”

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Recent notable books by 91̽�� faculty members explore how the U.S. government has historically used credit to create opportunity, how “reproductive slavery” has left lasting ramifications, and how technology design benefits from human values.

Information School’s Friedman, Hendry co-author ‘Value Sensitive Design’

and , faculty members in the 91̽��, have co-authored the new book “

With technology affecting all aspects of life and the growing concerns over privacy, security and inclusion, the authors ask: “How should designers, engineers, architects, policymakers, and others design such technology? Who should be involved and what values are implicated?”

Value Sensitive design “brings together theory, methods and applications for a design process that engages human values at every stage.” And its methods, they write, “in short, catalyze moral and technical imaginations for design and engineering.”

With heightened awareness of bias in artificial intelligence systems and its negative social and economic impacts, the authors add: “Value sensitive design stands out as an approach that helps position engineers and technologists to get on the front end of these problems before systems are developed and deployed.”

The book offers 17 concrete methods for value sensitive design, they write, and demonstrates the effectiveness of the approach “through case studies from large-scale public transportation to security for implantable medical devices.

Friedman and Hendry cite social media and artificial intelligence as examples of technologies that would benefit from value sensitive design. Social media companies, in favoring young adult users, “tend not to consider other key stakeholders such as children and the elderly,” and AI systems are often inscrutable “black boxes” of automatic decision making.

“Value sensitive design offers concrete approaches and methods for broadening the focus of AI systems, away from a singular focus on efficiency to responsible innovation and such values as fairness and lack of bias, diverse stakeholder inclusion, and most broadly social justice.”

“Value Sensitive Design: Shaping Technology with Moral Imagination” was published in May by MIT Press.

For more information, contact Friedman at batya@uw.edu or Hendry at dhendry@uw.edu

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‘American Bonds’: Creating opportunity through government credit

In her book “,” 91̽��associate professor of sociology explores how the United States government has long used financial credit programs to create economic opportunities for American citizens.

Though federal housing finance policy and mortgage-backed securities became well known in the 2008 financial crisis, publisher’s notes for “American Bonds” say, government credit has been part of American life since the nation’s founding.

“From the 1780s, when a watershed national land credit policy was established, to the postwar foundations of our current housing finance system, ‘American Bonds’ examines the evolution of securitization and federal credit programs.”

Since westward expansion, Quinn argues, the U.S. government has used financial markets to manage the nation’s social divides, and politicians and officials of all political stripes have used land sales, home ownership and credit “to provide economic opportunity without the appearance of market intervention or direct wealth redistribution.”

Government credit programs supported the growth of industries, helped with disaster relief, foreign policy and military efforts “and were promoters of amortized mortgages, lending abroad, venture capital investment and mortgage securitization.”

“American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation” is being published this month by Princeton University Press.

For more information, contact Quinn at slquinn@uw.edu.

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‘State of being stateless’: Juliet Shields co-edits volume on migrants in 18^th, 19^th centuries

, 91̽��professor of English, is co-editor, with of Central Michigan University, of a book of essays titled “.” Publishers notes say the volume “initiates transnational, transcultural and interdisciplinary conversations about migration in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.”

Migrants have often existed “historically in the murky spaces between nations, regions or ethnicities.” The essays “traverse the globe, revealing the experiences — real or imagined” of such migrants, and “explore the aesthetic and rhetorical frameworks used to represent migrant experiences during a time when imperial expansion and technological developments made the fortunes of some migrants and made exiles out of others.”

“These frameworks continue to influence the narratives we tell ourselves about migration today and were crucial in producing a distinctively modern subjectivity in which mobility and rootlessness have become normative.”

“Migration and Modernities” was published in January by Edinburgh University Press.

For more information, contact Shields at js37@uw.edu

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Biocapitalism, black feminism and the ‘commodification of the human reproductive body’

In her book, “,” 91̽��English professor examines “the continuing resonances of Atlantic slavery in the cultures and politics of human reproduction that characterize contemporary biocapitalism.”

Biocapitalism is a form of racial capitalism that relies on the commodification of the human reproductive body, its parts and its biological processes. It is dependent on what Weinbaum calls the “slave episteme — the radical logic that drove four centuries of slave breeding in the Americas and Caribbean.”

Weinbaum uses texts from Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” to Octavia Butler’s dystopian fiction, from Marxist theory to histories of slavery and legal cases of surrogacy to show how “the slave episteme continues to affect reproduction today, especially through the use of biotechnology and surrogacy.”

Black feminist contributions from the 1970s through the 1990s, she argues, “constitute a powerful philosophy of history — one that provides the means through which to understand how reproductive slavery haunts the present.”

“The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery” was published in March by Duke University Press.

For more information, contact Weinbaum at alysw@uw.edu.

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History professor Bet-Shlimon writes of Kirkuk in new book ‘City of Black Gold’

, 91̽��assistant professor of history, tells of Iraq’s most multilingual city and the historic heart of its powerful petroleum industry in her new book, “.”

It was 1927 when a foreign company first struck oil in Kirkuk, which had for millennia been home to a diverse population. “City of Black Gold,” publisher’s notes say, “tells a story of oil, urbanization and colonialism in Kirkuk — and how these factors shaped the identities of Kirkuk’s citizens, forming the foundation of an ethnic conflict.

“Ultimately, this book shows how contentious politics in disputed areas are not primordial traits of those regions, but are a modern phenomenon tightly bound to the society and economics of urban life.”

“City of Black Gold” was published in May by Stanford University Press.

For more information, contact Bet-Shlimon at shlimon@uw.edu

The first book documenting all of the known species of fishes that live in the Salish Sea is now available.

“” is a three-volume book and is the culmination of more than 40 years of research by authors Theodore W. Pietsch, of the Burke Museum and 91̽�� professor emeritus of , and James W. Orr, a scientist with the and a former graduate student of Pietsch’s and affiliate professor and curator of fishes at the Burke Museum.

The 260 fish species recorded in the book is a new record for the Salish Sea, representing a 20% increase from the last survey about 40 years ago.

In 2015, Pietsch and Orr published an initial report as part of their research for this book, updating the last compilation of Salish Sea fishes from almost four decades ago, which provided brief descriptions, but no illustrations. The��“Fishes of the Salish Sea” is part of current efforts to protect and restore the Salish Sea, an inland waterway shared by Washington and British Columbia, which includes Puget Sound.

“It’s quite astonishing to think that people haven’t really known what’s here in any detail,” Pietsch said. “In preparing this book, we’ve really turned over every stone to make sure we have every fish species ever recorded from our inland marine waters.”

Beginning with jawless hagfishes and lampreys and ending with the distinctive Ocean Sunfish, Pietsch and Orr present the taxa in phylogenetic order, based on classifications that reflect the most current scientific knowledge. Illustrated taxonomic keys featuring striking illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri facilitate fast and accurate species identification.

Included in the “Fishes of the Salish Sea” book:

• Comprehensive accounts of 260 fish species
• Brilliant color plates of all species
• Illustrated taxonomic keys for easy species identification
• In-depth history of Salish Sea research and exploration

This comprehensive three-volume set details the ecology and life history of each species, as well as recounts the region’s rich heritage of marine research and exploration.

“Fishes of the Salish Sea” will be useful for scientists, anglers, educators and others in identifying Salish fishes, tracking the distribution and abundance of known species, assessing the health of their habitat and determining when these populations might be in danger of disappearing.

“We’ve provided a baseline of the fishes in the Salish and areas needed for future studies,” Orr said. “The first step in understanding an ecosystem is to identify the elements within it. No matter how closely related, each species has its own life history trajectory ― its development, reproduction and ecology ― that makes its contribution to an ecosystem unique and, if lost, irreplaceable.”

Pietsch and Orr scoured multiple sources to determine whether each species listed in the book lives or was known to live in the Salish Sea region. Their primary source was the vast of the��Burke Museum — which contains more than 12 million specimens — and they looked also at other major fish collections along the West Coast, including those at the University of British Columbia, the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, B.C., and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Each species described in the book had to have a corresponding specimen or a good-quality photograph to ensure its existence, past or present. The Burke Museum contains archived specimens of nearly all of the 260 species.

The book is available at Seattle-area bookstores and is also available for purchase through the 91̽�� Press��.

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For more information, contact Pietsch at��twp@uw.edu.

To request a review copy of “Fishes of the Salish Sea,” please contact publicity manager M’Bilia Meekers at 206-221-4994 or��mmeekers@uw.edu.

Recent notable books by 91̽�� faculty explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.

Mindful travel, thoughtful engagement in an unequal world

What is it like to travel through parts of the world that are socioeconomically different from home? How can travelers navigate the challenges, opportunities — and sometimes powerful emotions — of respectfully exploring cultures with lower incomes, different cultural patterns and far fewer luxuries?

, a senior lecturer in the 91̽�� Department of English and the Comparative History of Ideas program, explores such questions in her new book, “.” Taranath has led student trips specializing in human rights themes to India, Mexico and other locations, and has her own company on racial equity.

“Many of us want to connect with people unlike us, and we know that’s a good thing — it’s good for our democracy, good for our souls, good for our communities,” Taranath said. “But we’re also not sure how to do so, because of the persistent inequities in race, economics and global positioning.

“And having good intentions and knowing how to connect are two different things.”

The book, she said, is informed by her many travels with 91̽��students and the ways she sees them wrestle with ideas like: What does it actually mean to be global citizens, to be mindful of these inequalities and to act accordingly?

“We often soak in guilt and soak in shame for all that we have, especially if we come from a very privileged background and are going into communities that have little or none of what we have. How could you not feel guilty? How could you not start feeling really uncomfortable?”

“Beyond Guilt Trips” starts at home and takes readers through stories where Taranath — both narrator and a central character in the telling — and students and others are finding their way through that guilt. What happens on the far side of such feelings, she asks. “And what else might we find?”

Her advice? A mix of persistence and humility. “You have to stay in it to get through it — that’s the first thing. We live in an exceptionally distracted time, and whenever there is an uncomfortable moment of feeling we are quick to swipe it away, to move out of it.”

But try to resist that, Taranath advises. And try to understand that “mindful travel in an unequal world isn’t about getting on a plane to go somewhere — it’s about paying attention, and noticing positionality in relation to each other. It’s about understanding that we are all living in a much longer history that has put us in different positions of advantage and disadvantage, and equipped us with very few tools to talk about it.”

Taranath added that these lessons are not only for travel.

Such conversations, she said — about having or not having, or enjoying opportunity or not — “these are not just questions you experience when you are abroad in Nepal or in Honduras. They are questions our students should be grappling with, all the time, here, in the community they are in.”

“Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World” — with illustrations by Seattle-based artist , was published in May by .

For more information, contact Taranath at anu@uw.edu.��

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‘Daily Labors’ explores world of men seeking work daily on Brooklyn street corner

A new book by , 91̽��assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies, examines the experiences of African American and Latino day laborers who look for work daily at an intersection of streets in Brooklyn. “” was published in April by Temple University Press.

Pinedo-Turnovsky spent nearly three years talking with men seeking work as day laborers. Her book considers them as active participants in their social and economic life, publisher’s notes say.

“They not only work for wages but also labor daily to institute change, create knowledge, and contribute new meanings to shape their social world. ‘Daily Labors’ reveals how ideologies about race, gender, nation, and legal status operate on the corner and the vulnerabilities, discrimination, and exploitation workers face in this labor market.”

For more information, contact Pinedo-Turnovsky at cpt4@uw.edu.

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Activist educators through US history

A new book co-edited by two graduates of the 91̽��College of Education doctoral program presents case studies of teacher activism throughout the history of the United States.

“” was edited by Tina Y. Gourd, who is now an instructor in the College of Education and Jennifer Gale de Saxe, now an instructor at Victoria University of Wellington.

“Through a lens of teacher agency and resistance,” publishers notes states, “chapter authors explore the stories of individual educators to determine how particular historical and cultural contexts contributed to these educators’ activist efforts.”

Several other 91̽��education alumni also contributed chapters to the book; 91̽��education professor wrote the foreword. Read an from the college about the book, which also includes an audio interview. Part of the Routledge Research in Education series, “Radical Educators” was published in late 2018.

For more information, contact Gourd at gourdt@uw.edu.

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Other book notes:

“Postracial Resistance” book honored: Ralina Joseph’s latest book, “” has received the 2019 ICA Outstanding Book award from the International Communication Association. Joseph is an associate professor of communication. She received the award at the association’s 69th annual conference in Washington, D.C. in May. Read an interview with Joseph.

“Jewish Salonica” in Greek: A Greek translation of “Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece” by , 91̽��professor of Sephardic studies and history, was released in mid-March. Naar visited Salonica, Greece, for a book launch event also featuring prominent local scholars. The book was in 2016 by Stanford University Press. Naar also participated in a series of programs noting the 76^th anniversary of the start of deportations of Jews from Salonica to the death camp in Auschwitz. Naar is an affiliate of the in the .

Summer reading: New York Times co-chief art critic Holland Cotter listed “,” published by 91̽�� Press and written by Harvard’s Philip J. Deloria., among interesting books for summer reading. Sully was a self-taught Dakota Sioux artist and the great-granddaughter of 19^th century artist Thomas Sully. The praises “semi-abstract celebrity ‘portraits,’ which combine a modernist spirit and Native American aesthetics.”

Debunking anti-vaccine myths: , author of “,” debunks 10 common arguments used by anti-vaccine activists in , which published his book in December 2018. Sanford is an associate professor of family medicine and global health with the 91̽��School of Medicine.

“Given the vehemence and organization of anti-vaxxers, their battle with traditional providers will probably continue for the foreseeable future,” Sanford writes. “it is important that those of us who believe in the benefits of vaccines speak our minds. If the pro-vaccine majority are passive, the anti-vaccine minority will determine the national and international tone and policy.”

A new space race is underway, characterized by a growing number of government and private players and three intersecting trends: democratization, commercialization and militarization. But what does that mean for international geopolitics and safe — perhaps even collaborative — exploration beyond Earth?

, 91̽�� professor of international relations, is lead guest editor for a addressing such issues published online this month in the American Journal of International Law under the title “.”

The essays stemmed in part from a Pekkanen convened at the 91̽��in December 2018 that gathered academics and industry professionals to discuss these and other “critical contemporary challenges to space law and policy.” Topics discussed that day included the regulation of private entities in space and mining beyond Earth, liability law for space industries and legal ramifications of “traffic management” in space.

Pekkanen is the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor with the Jackson School. Her own essay, “,” led the package, further defining her view of the three trends affecting this new race.

• Democratization means space activities are expanding to a growing number of states and nonstate actors and “the emergence of lesser-known states intent on capturing industrial benefits.” As more participate, disagreements are likely to intensify over whether space is a “global commons.”
• Commercialization brings challenges to designing governance of space because of “entrepreneurs intent on profiting from space businesses all the way to off-world settlements.” Companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin have long been involved with space technology; the difference now, Pekkanen wrote, is such private entities are moving forward with their own initiatives — spacecraft and satellites, reusable rockets, robotics, off-world settlements and more.
• Militarization, Pekkanen wrote, requires “a far more nuanced lens on the balance between governments and businesses.” The main challenge arises from the fact that 95 percent of space technologies developed have “dual uses in the commercial and military realms.” The growing danger of space debris also can create security risks — a topic Pekkanen has and spoken about on several occasions.

“With interest in dedicated space units rising, the narrative today has shifted from mere space situational awareness to battlespace awareness,” Pekkanen added.

“As a result, countries face an increased danger of aggression or even open conflict in outer space. These realities raise important legal and policy concerns about militarization versus weaponization of space technologies.”

As these trends are taking place in an era of treaty “decline and exit,” Pekkanen said, it remains a “supreme challenge” to design appropriate global space governance.

Jackson School doctoral candidate Seonhee Kim was project coordinator for the 91̽��gathering. Opening remarks were given by Mario Barnes, dean of the 91̽��School of Law. Several faculty from law and Earth and space sciences attended.

The symposium and related work are part of the project, funded by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

Other authors were Tanja Masson-Zwaan of Leiden University; of Keio University; Paul Larsen, former adjunct professor with the Georgetown University Law Center; Brian Israel, former general counsel for Planetary Resources, now at ConsenSys; P. J. Blount, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg; of Emory University School of Law; and Matt King of the Headquarters Air Force Operations and International Law Directorate, U.S. Air Force.

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For more information, contact Pekkanen at 206-543-6148 or smp1@uw.edu.