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"Junk in the Trunk": Body Shaming in Women's Soccer

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Abstract The Los Angeles Raptors, a team with the American Women’s Indoor Soccer League (AWISL), have a new coach. When he says some inappropriate things about the bodies of the Latinas on the team, the women band together to try to right the wrong. But no one seems willing to take the problem se...

My Sketchpad

Author(s): Sandy Guinn

My Sketchpad was written as a result of my students’ inability to properly engage with a blank sketch book. Students clearly struggled with the numerous blank pages that were calling out for content. It became clear that it was too big of a leap to expect students to engage with an empty sketchpad a...

A Lexicon of Religious Facts and Figures

Author(s): John Knox

A Lexicon of Religious Facts and Figures provides an overarching summary of religious theories, terms, events, and important people in Christian History, from the first century through postmodernity. The story of the ancient and contemporary Jesus movement is categorically imparted to readers, chapt...

Living Inspiration: A Text/Workbook for Applied Ethics, Public Speaking, Human Relations and Creative Good

Author(s): Nancy Erbe

Living Inspiration introduces the leadership skills that all employees seek in graduates with student reflection and skill development teaching and learning activities.  Students of humanities and peace studies/peacebuilding use to guide inner peacebuilding (mental health).  It is a popular text for...

Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal

Author(s): William Magrino

The NEW 5th edition of Business and Professional Writing: From Problem to Proposal is built around a single concept - that students learn professional writing through ownership of their ideas. This text equips students with the real-world skills that today’s employers seek.Business and Professional ...

The Making of Modern Japan, third edition

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Analyzing the dynamics of historical change, this concise and readable text discusses the major forces in Japan's development from 1600 to the present day, including samurai officialdom, industrialization, militarism, and social values. The focus is not on political details but rather on the dynamic...

Building a Case for Centered Patient-Physician Communication: Standardizing Genuine Interaction in the Medical Context

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Sample Rhetorics of health and medicine—both official and vernacular rhetorics—often enter into dialogue with one another during patient-provider interactions. During the patient intake interview, for example, vernacular rhetorics used by patients to describe personal experiences of health interf...

Social Change and Religious Faith

Author(s): Cynthia A Hawkinson, Alden L Weight

Social Change and Religious Faith is a thorough discussion of religious faith as a motivator (the “why”: trigger, driver or force) of social change within the hearts and minds of the change agents (the “who”: individuals, groups of people, or organizations). Why do people such as Dr. Martin Luthe...