Author: Stephen H. Blackwell
Most famous as a literary artist, Vladimir Nabokov was also a professional biologist and a lifelong student of science. By exploring the refractions of physics, psychology, and biology within his art and thought, this book demonstrates how aesthetic sensibilities contributed to Nabokov’s scientific work.

Author: Robert J. Norrell
Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr., has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. A century ago, in the era of Jim Crow, Booker T. Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. In this compelling biography, Norrell reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality.

Author: Nathan J. Kelly
This book revolves around one central question: Do political dynamics have a systematic and predictable influence on distributional outcomes in the United States? Utilizing data as well as theoretical insights, Kelly shows that income inequality is a fundamental part of the U.S. macro political system.

Editors: Fran Ansley and Jon Shefner
In recent decades, Latino immigration has transformed communities and cultures throughout the southeastern United States-and become the focus of a sometimes furious national debate. This book examines Latino migration at the local, state, national, and binational levels.

Wayne T. Davis, dean of the College of Engineering, has been elected vice chair and chair-elect of the American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Engineering Research Council for 2009-2010. Davis will serve a two-year term in the post.