2019-2020 Series

The 2019-2020 Series Included:

The Eternal Present of Sport: Rethinking Sport and Religion (Temple University Press 2017) by Daniel A. Grano

The Eternal Present of Sport considers the importance of religious images and ideas in contemporary sport controversies including performance enhancement, the head-trauma crisis, and pay-for-play in collegiate athletics.

The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance (Oxford University Press 2018) by Steven G. Rogelberg

Most companies and leaders view poor meetings as an inevitable cost of doing business. Rogelberg shares proven practices and techniques that can help managers and employees enhance the quality of their meetings.

Shakespeare and Ecofeminist Theory (Blooomsbury Arden Shakespeare 2017) by Jennifer Munroe

Shakespeare and Ecofeminist Theory is a wholly original study articulating ways in which we can better understand the world of Shakespeare’s plays and the relationships between men, women, animals, and plants that we see in them.

American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions (SUNY 2017) by Suzanne M. Leland with Eric Heberlig, David Swindell

American Cities examines decisions by contemporary American cities to bid on and host the quadrennial major political party conventions, the planning that goes into the decision to bid on conventions, and the logistical efforts necessary for those that actually win the bid. PLEASE NOTE: This event was postponed due to the coronavirus shutdown, it will be available in video format later this spring. Watch your email or check back here for an announcement when the video is posted.