Summer Reading History

2011 — “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” (1997) by Anne Fadiman

2010 — “Zeitoun” (2009) by Dave Eggers

Faculty Panelists:
Patrick Spencer, Professor of Geology
Jocelyn Hendrickson, Assistant Professor of Religion
Jacqueline Woodfork, Assistant Professor of History

2009 – “The Last Town on Earth” (2006) by Thomas Mullen, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction.

Faculty Panelists:
Tim Kaufman-Osborn, provost and dean of the faculty (moderator)
Nadine Knight, assistant professor of english
Jason Pribilsky, associate professor of anthropology
Jim Russo, associate professor of chemistry and health professions adviser

2008 – “The Complete Perspolis” (2004) by Marjane Satrapi, award winning author and director.

Faculty Panelists:
Shampa Biswas, associate professor of politics (moderator)
Kendra Golden, associate professor of biology
Elyse Semerdjian, assistant professor of history
Zahi Zalloua, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures (French)

2007 – “The Devil’s Highway” (2004) by Luis Alberto Urrea, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Illinois – Chicago.

Faculty Panelists:
Lori Bettison-Varga, provost and dean of the faculty (moderator)
Julie Charlip, associate professor of history
Nohemy Solórzano-Thompson, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures (Spanish)
Kevin Pogue, professor of geology

2006 – “On Beauty and Being Just” (2001) by Elaine Scarry, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University.

2005 – “Homebase” (1979) by Shawn Wong, Professor of Creative Writing and Asian American Studies at University of Washington.

2004 – “A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League” (1999) by Ron Suskind.

2003 – “The Things They Carried” (1990) by Tim O’Brien.

2002 – “The Battle for God” (2001) by Karen Armstrong.

2001 – “Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” (1997) by Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA.

2000 – “The Things They Carried” (1990) by Tim O’Brien.

1999 – “Enemy of People” (1882 play) by Henrik Ibsen.

1998 – “The Visit” (1956 play) by Friedrich Durrenmatt.