Recent notable books by 91探花 faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a 91探花anthropologist鈥檚 book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and 91探花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 , 91探花professor of , explores the legal history of Indigenous nations claiming regulatory power over their reserved homelands 鈥� and the “promises and perils” of relying on the U.S. legal system in such matters.

Harmon’s “” was published in July by 91探花 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 鈥� most in their teens or twenties 鈥� 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 91探花; 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 鈥� 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 91探花Press

91探花 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 91探花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 91探花Department of Landscape Architecture, best known in Seattle for his . Author and 91探花architecture professor said Haag’s legacy is found in the places he designed, which “inspire students to think beyond what they know 鈥� 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 91探花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 91探花alumni magazine Columns named Russ’s 1975 novel “” among the top .

A novelist’s thoughts on storytelling, a geologist’s soil restoration strategy, an environmentalist’s memoir, a celebration of Latino music influences, a poet’s meditations on her changing city 鈥�

Yes, and a best-selling author’s latest work, a podcast reborn as a book, a collaboration of world-class violists and even tales of brave Icelandic seawomen 鈥� at this festive time of year, 91探花 faculty creations can make great gifts for the Dawg on your shopping list.

Here鈥檚 a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 91探花talents in the last year or so 鈥� and a reminder of some perennial favorites.

Charles Johnson, “.” Johnson, National Book Award-winning author of “” and longtime professor of English, discusses his art in a book stemming from a year of interviews. “There is winning sanity here,” the New York Times wrote: “Johnson wants his students to be ‘raconteurs always ready to tell an engaging tale,’ not self-preoccupied neurotics.” Published by .

Marisol Berr铆os-Miranda, Shannon Dudley and Michelle Habell-Pall谩n, ““ An extraordinary exhibit at the Smithsonian and Seattle’s Experience Music Project (now Museum of Pop Culture) comes to life as a book, detailing Latino influence on American popular music from salsa to punk, Chicano rock to the Miami sound. Berrios-Miranda is an affiliate associate professor of ethnomusicology, Dudley an associate professor of music and Habell-Pall谩n an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. It’s a dual-language volume 鈥� English on the right side, Spanish on the left. And as a bonus the authors have created an American Sabor on iTunes and Spotify; the book flags specific songs with a playlist icon. Published by 91探花 Press.

David R. Montgomery, “.” Montgomery, a professor of Earth and space sciences, won praise for his popular 2007 book “.” Several books later he returned in 2017 with this view of environmental restoration based on three ideas 鈥� “ditch the plow, cover up, grow diversity.” said Montgomery’s well-expressed views “will convince readers that soil health should not remain an under-the-radar issue and that we all benefit from embracing a new philosophy of farming.” Published by .

Margaret Willson, Willson is an affiliate associate professor of anthropology and the Canadian Studies Arctic Program. In her years working as a deckhand she came across historic accounts of a woman sea captain known for reading the weather, hauling in large catches and never losing a crew member in 60 years of fishing. “And yet people in Iceland told me there had been few seawomen in their past, and few in their present,” she said. “I found this strange in a country of such purported gender equality. This curiosity led to the research and all that came from it.” Published by .

Estella Leopold, “.” Leopold is professor emeritus of biology and the youngest daughter of , who wrote the 1949 classic of early environmentalism, “.” She returns to scenes of her Wisconsin childhood in this follow-up, describing her life on the land where her father practiced his revolutionary conservation philosophy. Published by .

David Shields, “.” Shields is a professor of English and the best-selling author of many books, starting with his 1984 novel “.” In 2017 he brought out this collection of essays that the New York Times called “a triumphantly humane book” and him “our elusive, humorous ironist, something like a 21^st century Socrates.” The paper’s praise continued: “He is a master stylist 鈥� and has been for a long time, on the evidence of these pieces from throughout his career. . . All good writers make us feel less alone. But Shields makes us feel better.” Published by .

Joseph Janes, “.” The year 2017 saw Janes’ popular podcast “” become a book under a slightly different title. Janes is an associate professor in the Information School who writes here about the origin and often evolving meaning of historical documents, both famous and less known. Some of his favorite “documents” are Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s fictional list of communists, the Fannie Farmer Cookbook and the backstory to what’s called the Rosie the Riveter poster. Published by .

Frances McCue, Well-known Seattle poet, teacher and self-described “arts instigator,” McCue is a senior lecturer in English. She was a co-founder of Hugo House, a place for writers, and served as its director for 10 years. Those experiences fuel this book of poems about the changing nature of the city. “This is Seattle. A place to love whatever’s left,” she writes. Published by .

Scott L. Montgomery, “.” Scientific research that doesn鈥檛 get communicated effectively to the public may as well not have happened at all, says geoscientist Montgomery in this second volume of a popular 2001 book. A prolific writer, Montgomery is a lecturer in the Jackson School of International Studies. “Communicating is the doing of science,” he adds. “Publication and public speaking are how scientific work gains a presence, a shared reality in the world.鈥澛� Published by .

Odai Johnson, “.” The true cultural tipping point in the run-up to the American Revolution, writes Johnson, a professor in the School of Drama, might not have been the Boston Tea Party or even the First Continental Congress. Rather, he suggests, it was Congress’ 1774 decision to close the British American theaters 鈥� a small act but “a hard shot across the bow of British culture.” Published by .

Here are some recordings from 2017 involving faculty in the 91探花School of Music:

Melia Watras, “.” Music professor Watras offers a collaboration from of world-class violists performing and sharing their own compositions with each other. Her own playing has been described in the press as “staggeringly virtuosic.” Richard Karpen, School of Music director, is among several guests. The title comes from the number of strings on the instruments used: two violas, one violin, and the 14-string viola d’amore. .

Cuong Vu 4-Tet, “.” A live collaboration between Vu, 91探花Jazz Studies chair, and renowned jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, who is an affiliate professor with the School of Music. Recorded in 2016 at Meany Theater, Vu and Frisell were joined by artists in residence Ted Poor on drums and Luke Bergman on bass. Released on .

Craig Sheppard, “.” Sheppard, longtime professor of music and a world-class pianist, plays sonatas and mazurkas by Frederic Chopin recorded live at Meany Theater in February 2017. The Seattle Times said of an earlier Chopin concert of Sheppard’s that his playing featured “exquisite details 鈥� it was playing that revealed layer after layer of music in each piece, as if one were faceting a gemstone. Released on .

Here are some other notable recent UW-authored books:

• Research on poverty and the American suburbs in “,” by Scott Allard, professor in the Evan School of Public Policy & Governance.
• Literature meets science to contemplate the geologic epoch of humans in “,” co-edited by Jesse Oak Taylor, associate professor of English.
• A popular science exploration of machine learning and the algorithms that help run our lives in “,” by Pedro Domingos, professor of computer science and engineering.
• A close look at four of America’s electoral adventures in “” by Margaret O’Mara, professor of history.
• A fully revised second edition of Earth and space sciences professor Darrel Cowan’s popular 1984 book, “.” This 378-page paperback is filled with details about Washington state geology.
• The story of a city’s transition from the Ottoman Empire to Greece in “” by Devin Naar, professor of history and Jewish studies.
• A city that “thinks like a planet” is one both resilient to and ready for the future that the changing Earth will bring, says Marina Alberti, professor in the College of Built Environments in “.
• Todd London, professor and director of the School of Drama, follows the professional theater experiences of 15 actors from the 1995 class of Harvard’s American Repertory Theater in “.”
• Dr. Stephen Helgerson, a 91探花School of Public Health alumnus and physician in preventive medicine for four decades, uses the novella form to tell of the influenza epidemic’s arrival in his state in “.”
• On the 500^th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, an exploration of faith that results in the common good in 鈥�,鈥� co-authored by Steve Pfaff, professor of sociology.
• Calm down from holiday 鈥� and tech-induced stresses 鈥� by thinking mindfully with “” by communication professor David Levy.

Finally, still-popular and pertinent books from a few years back include the second edition of “” by Jeffrey Ochsner, professor of architecture; “” by Randlett with Frances McCue; “” by Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences; and the ever-popular “” by Bill Holm, professor emeritus of art history. All of these were published by , which has many other great titles.

When 8-year-old filmmaker Celia Jensen decided to make a film about the demise of Seattle’s Gum Wall 鈥� with her father, Matt Jensen, capably assisting 鈥� she looked to the 91探花for an expert to interview and found .

And though Ochsner is otherwise busy being a professor of architecture and associate dean for academic affairs in the , he was happy to help.

In the short film, Ochsner is interviewed in his Architecture Hall office. He tells Celia he thinks people come to the Gum Wall “to get a chance to do something that in any other location would be forbidden 鈥� and so it is as if you left your mark.”

Celia’s film, “The Secret Life of a Gum Wall,” will be shown as part of the “” group of films at the Seattle-based National Film Festival for Talented Youth.

Celia, now 9, has made and submitted other films, and in 2014 was the youngest filmmaker ever selected by the festival, which is for those under 21.

The screening will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the theater, at 511 Queen Anne Ave. North. It’s open to the public and are $10-$12.

is a 91探花 professor of architecture and associate dean for academic affairs in the . He edited both editions of “.” Ochsner answered a few questions for 91探花Today.

Q: The 1994 publication of “Shaping Seattle Architecture” marked the 100th anniversary of the American Institute of Architects in Seattle. What was the reason for a second edition now, 20 years later?

A: The 1994 edition was reprinted in 1998, but has been out of print since about 2006. It would have been possible to reprint again, but since 1994 there has been 20 years of new research that the editorial board and I wanted to include. In addition, in the two decades since the first edition we have gained more historical perspective on the second half of the 20th century and we wanted to include more architects who contributed to Seattle’s built environment in that time period. We also wanted to include updates and new illustrations in some of the 1994 essays.

Q: This edition includes profiles of four architects not in the original edition. How did you decide which architects to include in the new edition?

A: Working with 91探花Press, we determined that we could include a few additional essays as well as updates to the 48 essays in the previous book. The editorial board and I engaged in a lengthy discussion about whom to include.

In the 1994 edition, we included in the essay; in this edition Ivey gets his own essay, which also allows us to include more of Ayer’s later work. was still active in 1994, but once he retired from practice we felt we had to include him because he was so important.

was a similar case 鈥� as founder of the 91探花landscape architecture program and as a key figure in the development of landscape architecture in this region. And was a leading figure, a successful practitioner who has won numerous accolades and also served as chancellor of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows.

Q: Also new to the second edition is an essay on architects and suburban housing before and after World War II. How differently does an architect work when creating a design that will be repeated many times in subdivisions?

A: The 1994 edition tended to emphasize the roles architects played as creators of custom designs for individual clients. However, architects also played roles in shaping what is sometimes called “production housing” 鈥� designs that are repeated with variations in single-family residential subdivisions.

These designs are often produced taking account of the specific needs of the developer and may be offered as prototypes that are examples of the kinds of houses a developer intends to build. Readers may be surprised to see the number of different Seattle architects who, at one point or another in their careers, worked with developers or builders designing this kind of housing.

Q: The book has a substantial reference section at the back. What does this section embrace, and how has it been updated since 1994?

A: The editorial board and I believed updating the appendices was especially important as a way of keeping the book as a useful reference. More changes were made there than to any other part of the book. The “sources of information” for each of the architects now includes publications that appeared in the last 20 years. The address lists have been corrected and updated (including removal of buildings that were destroyed).

The biggest changes are found in short entries for “additional architects” who were significant in Seattle’s history: In 1994 we included about 85 additional architects 鈥� now we have more than 250, including many who practiced in the second half of the 20^th century. Finally, the appendix by David Rash titled “Researching Seattle’s Architectural Past” has been completely updated and expanded to include digital resources.

One thing that may not be immediately apparent is the number of architects included who have 91探花connections. With the expansion of the “additional architects” appendix, a very long list of 91探花faculty and graduates is now included.

Q: What lessons might a reader learn about the changing nature of architecture and design from this book?

A: The editorial board and I wanted to show the wide variety of kinds of architectural achievement and the extraordinary diversity of those who contributed to making Seattle’s built environment. The book includes over 600 photographs, so it really shows a wide range of what has been done by the architects of Seattle.