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5/12/08 — Judith Haynes retired from Linfield College at the end of fall semester 2007, and started her own business, Haylo Education Solutions, LLC (http://www.hayloes.com) in January 2008. Haylo assists students and teachers with their education issues. They help teachers catch up with the twenty-first century by modifying or preparing their curriculum to be presented on-line in an inter-active, easy to use format. They also help people who teach or make presentations as part of their work, but haven't been trained in teaching techniques. Consultations are done on-line or in person, in classroom or workshop settings, or on a one-to-one basis.

4/9/08 — TAA Executive Director Richard Hull published the second edition of Ethical Issues in the New Reproductive Technologies by Prometheus Books in 2005, as a revised, updated, and expanded version of the first edition, published in 1990 by Wadsworth. An electronic edition of the book, self-published by Hull, is available through his website, http://www.richard-t-hull.com.

Hull also published an article in Free Inquiry (vol 28, nos 2&3), entitled, "Can We Survive? The Changes Required to Deal Effectively With Global Warming," with co-authors Stephen Paley and George K. Oister. He is also completing, with coauthors Paley and Oister, an academic version of the two-part article, that will appear in a volume edited by Paul Kries and Randall Osborne, Global Community, Global Security, which will be published in 2008 by Editions Rodopi.

4/4/08 — Matt Stevens was interviewed by the journal of the Design-Build Institute of America, Design-Build Dateline, about his book, Managing a Construction Firm on Just 24 Hours a Day. Read the interview: Click here

1/11/08 — Jerry D. Wilson, the author of nine physics or physical science textbooks, recently published a trade book, Best of the Curiosity Corner, a compilation articles from newspaper columns he wrote for 26 years. Visit the book's website: Click here

11/1/07 — TAA member Kimberly Davies recently published her first textbook, "The Murder Book: Examining Homicide," with Prentice Hall.

9/11/07 — At the Hollywood Book Festival 2007, TAA member Helen Gordon earned an award for best book in the category of historical fiction for her novel, Voice of the Vanquished: The Story of the Slave Marina and Hernan Cortes. The contest was judged on the basis of the author's story-telling ability plus the potential for the novel to translate into other media such as a movie or television series.

9/11/07 — TAA member Matt Stevens will speak on a panel on project profitability at the 2007 Engineering News-Record's Construction Business Forum to be held in Washington, D.C. October 23-24, 2007. Stevens is the author of "Managing a Construction Firm on Just 24 Hours a Day," published by McGraw-Hill.

8/1/07 — TAA member Matt Stevens' book, Managing a Construction Firm on Just 24 Hours a Day, published by McGraw-Hill, was reviewed by ENR.com (Engineering News-Record): Click here

4/3/07 — TAA member Nick J. Sciullo's article, "Conversations with the Law: Irony, Hyperbole and Identity Politics or Sake Pase? Wyclef Jean, Shottas, and Haitian Jack: A Hip-Hop Creole Fusion of Rhetorical Resistance to the Law," will be the lead article in the summer issue of "Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law."

12/10/06 — Mara D. Neusel recently published a new textbook, Invariant Theory, Student Mathematical Library, Vol 36, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI.

11/29/06 — Nick J. Sciullo, President & CEO of Nick J. Sciullo Consulting, LLC, had his article entitled, "'This Woman's Work' in a 'Man's World'" A Feminist Analysis of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, recently selected for publication in the Winter Edition of the Whitter Law Review.

9/26/06 — Jean Lukesh's history textbook, The Nebraska Adventure, has been selected as the 2006 Nebraska Book Award winner for the Children/Young Adult category. The Nebraska Book Awards will be presented at the Nebraska Book Festival on Saturday, October 7, at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. Lukesh's book won a Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from TAA in 2005. "This textbook has really been a winner for me, and winning the TAA Texty Award started this whole domino effect," said Lukesh, in an e-mail to TAA. "I can't thank TAA enough."

7/31/06 — Christopher R. Harris, a visual journalism author, was just accepted as a member of the advisory committee of the usePlus organization (www.useplus.org) which has been set-up to standardize usage definitions for photographers worldwide. The terms "one-time" use, "exclusive" use and others often vary on a worldwide basis. Fees are often determined by the types of "usage" in publication.

4/26/06 — Frank C. Wilson, a mathematics instructor at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, recently published "Finite Mathematics" (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) and "Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus" (Houghton Mifflin, 2006). The books are written in easy-to-read language and focus on teaching mathematics in the context of real-life applications. The series' innovative Make It Real projects motivate students to model data from their personal lives and to use the models to better understand the world. Wilson's "Brief Applied Calculus" will be published in 2007 and "Applied Calculus" in 2008. Wilson's picture book, "Measure Up! A Bug Contest", was published by Innovative Kids in 2003.

4/10/06 — Stan Gibilisco, who writes nonfiction books about science, mathematics and technology, recently published the 4th edition of "Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics" (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006), and the first edition of "Technical Math Demystified" (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006). Gibilisco has authored several titles for the McGraw-Hill "Demystified" library of home-schooling and self-teaching volumes, along with more than 20 other books and dozens of magazine articles. Learn more about his work at http://www.sciencewriter.net

4/10/06 — Jean A. Lukesh, author of "The Nebraska Adventure" (the second edition of which came out in February 2005, and is going into its fourth printing), will receive the Moonshell Literary Award, given by the Moonshell Arts and Humanities Council, and an honorary Admiralty in the Nebraska Navy (to be given at the Nebraska state capital during a banquet at the 75th anniversary ceremony of the Nebraska Navy) this month. She is considering retiring from full-time teaching to spend more time writing. She has been asked to co-write a 150th anniversary book for her city and county (Grand Island, Nebraska), and some newspaper articles. She also has several more books she wants to write.

4/10/06 — Marilyn "Winkie" Fordney, recently published the 9th edition of "Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office." The book also has a workbook, instructor's manual, CD for student, CD for instructor, Evolve website, and TEACH for the instructor with CD. She lectured in March 2006 at a professional meeting of the American Association of Medical Assistants in Ventura, California. An article about her Fordney Foundation for dance sport for ages 6 to 25, appeared in the January-February 2006 issue of "CMA Today" (Certified Medical Assistant Today), a national professional journal.

3/06 — Mary Kay Switzer, a communication author and associate professor of communication at Cal Poly Pomona, was elected vice president of the Matrix Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting education through its affiliation with the accreditation assessment via AEJMC, and to upholding/promoting the First Amendment. Other news regarding Switzer:

2/13/06 — Helen Heightsman Gordon, Ed. D., a professor of English at Bakersfield College, wrote The Secret Love Story in Shakespeare's Sonnets, a ground-breaking re-interpretation of Shakespeare's sonnets presuming they were written by Edward De Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, using the pen name of William Shake-speare. The book is available from Xlibris Corporation: www.xlibris.com/bookstore

1/08/06 — Christopher R. Harris, a professor of electronic media communication at Middle Tennessee State University, started a blog for digital journalists (photo and print journalists) at http://www.digitalprof.wordpress.com

12/06/05 — Richard Hull has recently published the second edition of his textbook reader, Ethical Issues in the New Reproductive Technologies, with Prometheus Books. He also has published the work as an e-book under his own copyright that he markets directly to those wanting a downloadable version: see it at www.richard-t-hull.com . Hull has also just published volume 6 of his Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1901-2000 series, covering the 1950s and containing biographies and photos, as well as the addresses, of the 30 individuals that served as presidents of the three divisions of APA during this decade. He was Contributing Editor to John R. Shook, ed., Dictionary of Modern American Philosophy (four volumes), just published by Thommes Continuum, and he contributed the chapter on Reproductive Technology in Alan R. Soble, ed., Sex from Plato to Paglia, two volumes just being published by Westwood Press in late November.

12/06/05 — Robert Martinengo (Ventura, CA) has published an article in the new issue of Accessible Content magazine about textbooks and students with disabilities. View the article at: http://www.accessiblecontent.com/samples/atpc/

Sheila Gibbons published an editorial on the Womens E-News.org website entitled, "Hurricane Coverage Blew Open Image of Women." Gibbons is co-author of "Taking Their Place: A Documentary History of Women and Journalism," which received a Textbook Excellence Award from TAA. Read it at http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2477/context/archive

Frederic H. Martini (anatomy & physiology) Human anatomy and physiology author Frederic Martini wrote the seventh edition of "Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology" and the second edition of "Martini's Atlas of the Human Body". He also co-wrote "A&P Applications Manual", the fifth edition of "Human Anatomy", and the first edition of "Clinical Issues in Anatomy". All have March release dates. The fourth edition of "Fundamentals of A&P" is currently in production.

Frank Wang. Former Saxon Publisher president Frank Wang's essay, "Reflections on 10 Years in Educational Publishing" was published in the March 23, 2005 issue of "Education Week" in its Commentary section. Read the essay at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/03/23/28wang.h24.html

Dr. Arthur J. Deikman, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, wrote Them and Us: Cult Thinking and the Terrorist Threat, published by Bay Tree Publishing, 2003. The book expands on his 1990 study, The Wrong Way Home, a landmark analysis of cult behavior in American society.

Mary Ellen Lepionka has founded Atlantic Path Publishing (Gloucester, MA) a publishing house specializing in reference and trade books for academic authors on textbook writing, editing, and publishing. Its new title for 2003 is Writing and Developing Your College Textbook. Forthcoming in 2004 is Writing and Developing College Textbook Supplements.

Mary Kay Switzer (communications), received an "Everyday Hero" award from the Riverside County, California YWCA. The award is presented to someone who demonstrates a commitment to rejecting bigotry and promoting tolerance and respect.

Frederic H. Martini (anatomy & physiology) University of Hawaii, Michael J. Timmons (anatomy & physiology) Morraine Valley Community College, and Robert Tallitsch (anatomy & physiology) Augustana College (with illustrations by Wm. Ober MD and Claire Garrison RN), wrote the fourth edition of Human Anatomy, (Prentice Hall) May 2002. Packaged with an Atlas of the Human Body, by the same authors, with photographs by Ralph Hutchings.

Frederic H. Martini (anatomy & physiology) University of Hawaii, and Edwin Bartholomew, (with illustrations by Wm. Ober MD and Claire Garrison RN) wrote the third edition of Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, (Prentice Hall) late July 2002. Packaged with an Applications Manual by Martini, Bartholomew and Kathleen Welch, MD.

Frederic H. Martini (anatomy & physiology) University of Hawaii, Michael J. Timmons (anatomy & physiology) Morraine Valley Community College, and Robert Tallitsch's (anatomy & physiology) Augustana College (with illustrations by Wm. Ober MD and Claire Garrison RN) Human Anatomy 4e textbook won two awards at the NY Book Fair for cover design and interior design. The book also won a William Henry Fox Talbot award (Talby) for excellence in visuals from the Society of Academic Authors.

Dale Layman (biology) was selected as Man of the Year for 2003 by the American Biographical Institute; International Scientist of the Year 2003 by the International Biographical Centre, in Cambridge, England; and was recently admitted as a Cavalier-Knight in the World Order of Science, Education and Culture, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, and sponsored by the European Academy of Informatization (EAI).

Robert Christopherson (physical geography), wrote the fourth edition of Elemental Geosytems, coming out May 9, the fifth edition of Geosystems (2003), and the fifth edition of his lab manual Applied Physical Geography (2003) (Prentice Hall). The new book includes a unique set of 30 student animations, satellite loops, field trip notebooks, and content tutorials on CD, with a supporting web site.

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