Jessica Falcone, ESIA MA ’02, has been awarded the Edward C. Dimock Prize in the Indian Humanities for her manuscript, Battling the Buddha of Love: A Cultural Biography of the Greatest Statue Never Built. Battling the Bhudda examines the controversial plans and practices of the Maitreya Project, which has long endeavored to offer a multi-million […]
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Alumna Pens Children’s Book
Marian Lee, CCAS BA ’76, has published the children’s book, The Lioness of Brumley Hall and Her Most Unusual Grandchildren (CreateSpace). The book was published under Lee’s pen name, Augusta Pearson Benners. In the book, the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchildren takes on a new meaning due to the existence of numerous magical […]
Alumnus, now GW Faculty, Publishes Predictive Analytics Book
Anasse Bari, SEAS MS ’10, CERT ’12, PhD ’12, a faculty member in GW’s computer science department, recently celebrated the publication of his book Predictive Analytics For Dummies. Bari co-authored the book with fellow alumnus, Mohamed Chaouchi, SEAS MS ’05, and software engineer Tommy Jung. Predictive analytics is a branch of data mining that helps […]
Alumna Publishes Book on Losing Weight and Healthy Living
Uchechi Wosu, SMHS MD ’02, Milken Institute SPH MPH ’02, has published the book Straight Talk From the Doctor: Your doctor’s step by step guide to living a healthy life (AuthorHouse). Wosu, practicing physician in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area, wanted to write a book that would help her patients and readers at large […]
Alumnus to Publish Crime Novel
Rich Zahradnik, CCAS BA ’82, will publish the crime novel Last Words (Camel Press) in November 2014.
Alumna Publishes Sixth Book of Poetry
Claudia Chapline, CCAS BA’53, has published her sixth book of poetry, Bird Watch (Red Comma Editions). Ten percent of book sales will be donated to Point Blue Conservation Science. To order a copy, contact: Red Comma Editions P.O. Box 1117 Stinson Beach, CA 94970 Point Reyes Books and Book Passage, Corte Madera. To learn more […]
GSEHD Alumna Pens Self-Improvement Book
Sydney Savion, GSEHD EdD ’09, has published a new book, Bliss: Unleashing Happiness in Your Mind, Body and Spirit (Stillpoint Media). Released in December 2013, Bliss “captures a practical approach for marching towards a magnified emotional state of joy, fulfillment and happiness, in your daily life.” A native of Virginia, Savion currently lives Texas and […]
Alumna Publishes “Images of America” Book
Barbara Taylor, GSEHD MA ’76, has published the book, High Point, which is part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series. The Images of America series chronicles the history of small towns and downtowns across the country, as told by local authors. Taylor’s book features High Point, NC. Established in 1859, the city was located […]
CCAS Alumnus Releases New Children’s Book
Frank Eldridge Anderson, CCAS BA ’95, has published the new children’s book, Jimi Wifi and the Train of Time (Trafford Publishing). Anderson co-authored the book with Ghada Ahmed. Train of Time teaches children how people kept time before digital clocks were invented via Jimi and Grandma Rhyme, who, according to the author, “represents the modern […]
Alumnus Publishes New Collection of Poems
Yahia Lababidi, CCAS BA ’96, an Egyptian-American poet, has published the book, Barely There (WIPF and STOCK). Lababidi describes the book as “a collection of short poems, touching on the life of the spirit and, to a large extent, inspired by the constraints of Twitter.” Lababidi was recently featured in a segment on National Public Radio, where […]