L Griffin: 27 books
Identity Research and Communication
Intercultural Reflections and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
The concept of identity has steadily emerged in importance in the field of intercultural communication, especially over the last two decades. In a transnational world marked by complex connectivity as well as enduring differences and power inequities, it is imperative to understand and continuously...
This Bridge We Call Communication
Anzaldúan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
This Bridge We Call Communication: Anzaldúan Approaches to Theory, Method, and Praxis explores contemporary communication research studies, performative writing, poetry, Latina/o studies, and gender studies through the lens of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories, methods, and concepts. Utilizing different...
Mediastinal Tumors
Update 1995
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Primary mediastinal tumors are relatively rare. The relative incidence of these tumors indicates that neurogenic tumors are the most common tumor seen constituting 21 % of all cases, thymomas 19%, lymphomas 12.5%, germ cell tumors 10%, primary carcinomas 4.6%, mesenchymal tumors 6%, endocrine tumors...
The Valiant Hearts Romance Collection
9 Stories of Love Put to the Test
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Join brave women who take on wars, social injustices, and westward expansion, living to find love and build a legacy in these nine stories of historical romance. From Virginia west to Oregon, meet Lucy, a nurse; Helen, a bookkeeper; Permelia, a farmer; Birdie, a seamstress; Francie, a writer; Collette,...
Sweet Surprise Romance Collection
9 Contemporary Romances Served with Delightful Desserts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
If it is true that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then what better way to entice the typical male than with a delightful dessert? But, when it comes to romance, the sweetest treats are no match for God’s timing. Nine modern ladies set out on culinary journeys that lead to the recipe...
In the Shadows of the Net
Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
The much-anticipated second edition of the breakthrough book about recovering from online sexual addiction.
As the Internet becomes a more powerful, imposing force in our lives, indeed becoming difficult to avoid, the potential for related problems also increases. This includes troubles of...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai
Planting the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This book honors the advocacy of Dr. Wangari Maathai, acclaimed environmentalist and the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dr. Maathai was a gifted orator who crafted messages that imagined new possibilities for human agency and social justice and who inspired action to protect...
Michelle Obama
First Lady, American Rhetor
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor is an edited anthology that explores the persona and speech-making of the country’s first African American first lady. The result of these thought-provoking essays is an interdisciplinary text that explores the First Lady from a rhetorical and cultural...
by Godfried Asante, Claudia Bucciferro, Brad Crownover
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Critical Articulations of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation engages scholarly essays, poems, and creative writings that examine the meanings of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. Each chapter in this volume critically, yet creatively, interrogates the notion...
Black Women and Popular Culture
The Conversation Continues
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential implications of those images, messages, and roles. Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues...
Adventures in Shondaland
Identity Politics and the Power of Representation
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Shonda Rhimes is one of the most powerful players in contemporary American network television. Beginning with her break-out hit series Grey’s Anatomy, she has successfully debuted Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, For The People, and Station 19. Rhimes’s work...
Mentoring Undergraduate Students
ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 43, Number 1
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Take a critical look at the theory and recent empirical research specific to mentoring undergraduate students. This monograph:
Explains how mentoring has been defined and conceptualized by scholars to date,
Considers how recent mentoring scholarship has begun to distinguish mentoring from other...
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