~CLASS AUTHORS~
It’s Good to Be a Woman: Voices from Bryn Mawr, Class of ‘62, by Alison Baker,
Publishing Works, 2007. The book tells the stories of women who came out of Bryn
Mawr at the time when women’s roles and opportunities were changing. Follow these
optimists as they navigate the turbulence of the time, confront crisis, and build lives
and careers.
Voices of Resistance: Oral Histories of Moroccan Women, by Alison Baker, State
University of New York Press, 1998. Alison’s website is http://www.alisonbaker.info/.
Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, edited by Mary Ann Cohen and Jack
M. Gorman, both of the The Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Oxford University Press,
September 2007. Using a biopsychosocial approach, the book offers insight into the
interface between the psychiatric, medical, and social dimensions of HIV and AIDS, now
that the illnesses have been transformed into serious but chronic conditions. At the
same time, the textbook examines the epidemic from the viewpoints of public health
and public policy experts. Link to Oxford University Press.
Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques, by Shelby L. Berger and Alan R. Kimmel,
Academic Press, 1987. The book is a compendium of methods for cutting and pasting
DNA, and describes how to find a gene and what to do with it after it’s been isolated.
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection at the University
of California, San Diego, by Mary Beebe, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2001.
When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth, by
Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber, Princeton University Press, 2005.
The Mummies of Urumchi, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton and
Macmillan, 1999.
Women’s Work—The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth and Society in Early
Times, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton, 1994.
Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze
Ages, with Special Reference to the Aegean, by E.J.W. Barber, Princeton
University Press, 1991.
Archaeological Decipherment, by E.J.W. Barber, Princeton University Press, 1974.
Critical Coverage of Public Health and Government, a chapter by Abigail Trafford
in A Field Guide for Science Writers , Oxford University Press, 1997.
Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, by Abigail Trafford,
HarperCollins, 1982/1994.
My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades after Fifty, by Abigail Trafford,
Basic Books, 2005. Abbie writes about the longevity revolution.
As Time Goes By, by Abigail Trafford, Basic Books, 2009.
Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama Fur Trader’s
Daughter, 1912-1914, by May Jordan and edited by Elisa Moore Baldwin, University of
Alabama Press, 1999. The journal of a twenty-three-year-old backwoods woman
provides a unique picture of rural life in southwestern Alabama in the early twentieth
century—wilderness travel, social customs, folkways, religion, and the routine of the fur
trade.
Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture Power, and the Acting Subject, by
Sherry B. Ortner, Duke University Press, 2006.
New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of ‘58, by Sherry B.
Ortner, Duke University Press, 2003.
Life and Death on Mount Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering, by
Sherry B. Ortner, Princeton University Press, 1999.
The Fate of “Culture”: Geertz and Beyond, edited by Sherry B. Ortner, Unviersity
of California Press, 1999.
Making Gender: the Politics and Erotics of Culture, by Sherry B. Ortner, Beacon
Press, 1996.
Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory, co-edited by
Sherry B. Ortner, N.B. Dirks, and G. Eley, Princton University Press, 1994.
High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism, by Sherry B.
Ortner, Princeton University Press, 1989.
Sexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality, co-edited
by Sherry B. Ortner and Harriet Whitehead, Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Sherpas through their Rituals, by Sherry B. Ortner, Cambridge University Press,
1978.
Looking Together at Student Work: A Companion Guide to Assessing Student
Learning, by Tina Blythe, David Allen and Barbara Schieffelin Powell, Teachers
College Press, Columbia University, 1999. The authors, whose work at Harvard Project
Zero, the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
has placed them at the forefront of new assessment strategies, have created a
practical, user-friendly guide to provide educators with strategies and resources for
working together to examine and discuss student work.
The Pension Book: What You Need to Know to Prepare for Retirement, by
Karen Willner Ferguson, Arcade Publishing, 1997. This is the softcover version of
Pensions in Crisis, published in 1996.
A Far Cry: Poems of Childhood and Psychoanalysis, by Heddy Fairbank Reid,
Finishing Line Press, 2007. A chapbook of poetry that alternates between poems of
memory and the psychoanalytic process that takes us on a literary journey.
The Soul in Balance, with photographs by Alexandra Korff Scott ‘60, meditations
chosen by Heddy Fairbank Reid, and new testament texts chosen by Isabelle Scott. To
see some pages from the book, go to the Soul in Balance website.
Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples, by Susan Johnson, Naiad Press,
1990,
When Women Played Hardball, by Susan Johnson, Seal Press, 1994.
For Love and For Life: Intimate Portraits of Lesbian Couples, by Susan Johnson,
Naiad, 1995.
Lesbian Sex: An Oral History, by Susan Johnson, Naiad, 1996.
A Jury of Her Peers, by Elaine Showalter, Knopf, 2009. A comprehensive history of
American women writers from 1650 to 2000.
Publishing Works, 2007. The book tells the stories of women who came out of Bryn
Mawr at the time when women’s roles and opportunities were changing. Follow these
optimists as they navigate the turbulence of the time, confront crisis, and build lives
and careers.
Voices of Resistance: Oral Histories of Moroccan Women, by Alison Baker, State
University of New York Press, 1998. Alison’s website is http://www.alisonbaker.info/.
Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry, edited by Mary Ann Cohen and Jack
M. Gorman, both of the The Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Oxford University Press,
September 2007. Using a biopsychosocial approach, the book offers insight into the
interface between the psychiatric, medical, and social dimensions of HIV and AIDS, now
that the illnesses have been transformed into serious but chronic conditions. At the
same time, the textbook examines the epidemic from the viewpoints of public health
and public policy experts. Link to Oxford University Press.
Guide to Molecular Cloning Techniques, by Shelby L. Berger and Alan R. Kimmel,
Academic Press, 1987. The book is a compendium of methods for cutting and pasting
DNA, and describes how to find a gene and what to do with it after it’s been isolated.
Landmarks: Sculpture Commissions for the Stuart Collection at the University
of California, San Diego, by Mary Beebe, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2001.
When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth, by
Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber, Princeton University Press, 2005.
The Mummies of Urumchi, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton and
Macmillan, 1999.
Women’s Work—The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth and Society in Early
Times, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton, 1994.
Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze
Ages, with Special Reference to the Aegean, by E.J.W. Barber, Princeton
University Press, 1991.
Archaeological Decipherment, by E.J.W. Barber, Princeton University Press, 1974.
Critical Coverage of Public Health and Government, a chapter by Abigail Trafford
in A Field Guide for Science Writers , Oxford University Press, 1997.
Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, by Abigail Trafford,
HarperCollins, 1982/1994.
My Time: Making the Most of the Bonus Decades after Fifty, by Abigail Trafford,
Basic Books, 2005. Abbie writes about the longevity revolution.
As Time Goes By, by Abigail Trafford, Basic Books, 2009.
Where the Wild Animals is Plentiful: Diary of an Alabama Fur Trader’s
Daughter, 1912-1914, by May Jordan and edited by Elisa Moore Baldwin, University of
Alabama Press, 1999. The journal of a twenty-three-year-old backwoods woman
provides a unique picture of rural life in southwestern Alabama in the early twentieth
century—wilderness travel, social customs, folkways, religion, and the routine of the fur
trade.
Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture Power, and the Acting Subject, by
Sherry B. Ortner, Duke University Press, 2006.
New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of ‘58, by Sherry B.
Ortner, Duke University Press, 2003.
Life and Death on Mount Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering, by
Sherry B. Ortner, Princeton University Press, 1999.
The Fate of “Culture”: Geertz and Beyond, edited by Sherry B. Ortner, Unviersity
of California Press, 1999.
Making Gender: the Politics and Erotics of Culture, by Sherry B. Ortner, Beacon
Press, 1996.
Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory, co-edited by
Sherry B. Ortner, N.B. Dirks, and G. Eley, Princton University Press, 1994.
High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism, by Sherry B.
Ortner, Princeton University Press, 1989.
Sexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality, co-edited
by Sherry B. Ortner and Harriet Whitehead, Cambridge University Press, 1981.
Sherpas through their Rituals, by Sherry B. Ortner, Cambridge University Press,
1978.
Looking Together at Student Work: A Companion Guide to Assessing Student
Learning, by Tina Blythe, David Allen and Barbara Schieffelin Powell, Teachers
College Press, Columbia University, 1999. The authors, whose work at Harvard Project
Zero, the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
has placed them at the forefront of new assessment strategies, have created a
practical, user-friendly guide to provide educators with strategies and resources for
working together to examine and discuss student work.
The Pension Book: What You Need to Know to Prepare for Retirement, by
Karen Willner Ferguson, Arcade Publishing, 1997. This is the softcover version of
Pensions in Crisis, published in 1996.
A Far Cry: Poems of Childhood and Psychoanalysis, by Heddy Fairbank Reid,
Finishing Line Press, 2007. A chapbook of poetry that alternates between poems of
memory and the psychoanalytic process that takes us on a literary journey.
The Soul in Balance, with photographs by Alexandra Korff Scott ‘60, meditations
chosen by Heddy Fairbank Reid, and new testament texts chosen by Isabelle Scott. To
see some pages from the book, go to the Soul in Balance website.
Staying Power: Long Term Lesbian Couples, by Susan Johnson, Naiad Press,
1990,
When Women Played Hardball, by Susan Johnson, Seal Press, 1994.
For Love and For Life: Intimate Portraits of Lesbian Couples, by Susan Johnson,
Naiad, 1995.
Lesbian Sex: An Oral History, by Susan Johnson, Naiad, 1996.
A Jury of Her Peers, by Elaine Showalter, Knopf, 2009. A comprehensive history of
American women writers from 1650 to 2000.
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