Professor Charlotte Smith, an up-and-coming young entomologist, decided to write a textbook for the always-popular, upper-level course on spiders. After putting out a few feelers, she submitted a proposal to Six Legs Press, a leading publisher of  books about insects. Six Legs loved the proposal and offered Professor Smith a contract. Charlotte was so abuzz with excitement—”tenure, here I come!” she yelled—that she signed the contract without even reading it.
Kennamer authors 2nd edition of textbook
TAA member Mike Kennamer authored the 2nd edition of Intravenous Therapy for Prehospital Providers (Jones and Bartlett Publishing Company, 2013). “The previous…
TAA VP Steven Barkan publishes new textbook
TAA Vice President Steven Barkan has published a new version of his textbook, Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World,…
Vice President’s Message
The student newspaper at the University of Illinois, The Daily Illini, recently ran a story on an issue that I’ve…
Eberhardt publishes in Journal of Virology
TAA member Meghan Eberhardt was published as first author of a study entitled “Vaccination against a Virus-Encoded Cytokine Significantly Restricts…
Robison publishes new book on work-life balance
TAA member Susan Robison, a former professor of psychology and department chair at the Notre Dame of Maryland University, has…