The book I selected for my Meaningful Read is The Crime of Punishment by Karl Menninger. I picked up this paperback book for $1.95 (new!) several decades ago when I was a college student and considering what shape my career path would take. I experienced the book as a fascinating and eye-opening leap into the Read More…
Author: Serin Anderson
Message for faculty regarding Library support for course materials
As you wrap up this Winter quarter and start preparing for the next, the Library wants you to know that we are working hard to adjust to the rapidly changing news regarding COVID-19. To that end, we wanted to clarify steps that we will be taking to support access to course materials. COURSE TEXTBOOKS The Read More…
Recommended reading: “The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction”
When I began studying the sociology of reproduction, I was fascinated by Emily Martin’s “The Woman In The Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction”. Since reading it for the first time as a graduate student, I have returned to it again and again as it has provided the infrastructure for so many of my ideas Read More…
Recommended reading: “The Code-Breakers: the comprehensive history of secret communication from ancient times to the internet”
The late 60s and early 70s were a very turbulent time in American politics and culture. I was 12 years old in 1970 and my impressions of that time are indelible: the war in Vietnam, Armstrong walking on the moon, Watergate, and various riots in American cities. These affairs were all extremely tangible and you Read More…
Recommended reading: “Feminism and Evolutionary Biology”
“I read this edited volume as a young graduate student in a seminar with my thesis advisor, Dr. Judy Stamps. I’ve chosen this book in part because it had a meaningful impact on the questions I ask in my own science – launching my research program into female reproductive decisions and their transgenerational impacts on Read More…
Recommended reading: “Kaffir Boy”
“I was 10 years old when my mom and I read this memoir of life in apartheid South Africa. My elementary school curriculum had included the typically white-washed history of civil rights heroes, so this was my first exposure to the idea that civil rights were neither complete nor universal. My idea of blackness was Read More…
Recommended reading: “The Glass Bead Game”
“The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse was suggested to me as I was graduating from High School by one of my first mentors, the Reverend Joseph Jordan. Hesse’s book was rejected for publication in Nazi Germany because of his anti-fascist views. I have returned to the concepts that the book handles … systems of Read More…
Recommended reading: “Siddhartha”
“This book is one of my favorite books. It takes us through the life of a person as he struggles with his idea about what life should be. Though set in ancient times, his struggles and the victories are still relevant. At some level we are still searching for the same things. I like the Read More…
Recommended reading: “The Music Lesson: A spiritual search for growth through music”
Meaningful reads is a recommended book series commemorating the promotion and tenure of faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma. Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, newly promoted or tenured faculty are invited to share a book with thoughts on why the book was meaningful to their career or life. In the last week before Read More…
Recommended reading: “Siddhartha”
Meaningful reads is a recommended book series commemorating the promotion and tenure of faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma. Beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, newly promoted or tenured faculty are invited to share a book with thoughts on why the book was meaningful to their career or life. “I have chosen “Siddhartha” by Read More…