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Cases and Stories of Transformative Action Research builds on its companion book, Principles and Methods of Transformative Action Research, by describing and analyzing dozens of examples of successful action research efforts pursued in the past five decades by students and faculty of the Western Institute for Social Research.

By Jenny Shank (MEngl'00) (Texas Review Press, 245 pages; 2021) Buy the Book In Mixed Company Jenny Shank reveals moments of grace and connection between people of her hometown, Denver, through stories that contrast the city during its oil-bust era of economic troubles and court-ordered crosstown busing for racial desegregation...

Principles and Methods of Transformative Action Research delves into both general principles and specific methods for basic steps in the action research process—asking questions, gathering and analyzing data, communicating findings, and pursuing action.

By J. Dirk Nies (Chem'74), with Carmen Morales Nies (Floriescent Press, 184 pages; 2019) Floriescence is a groundbreaking, visionary synthesis of science, ethics, and aesthetics crafted to promote well-being in the 21st century. Its robust, comprehensive, multidimensional framework of fact and value - the Floriescent SEAview - affords a vantage...

If you want to live an extraordinary life, one in which your heart, mind, and spirit are in sync, you have to make space for your soul. You have to leave, in order to come back to yourself. It is time to go on retreat.

Worried about climate change? Beyond Carbon Neutral contains a wealth of information to help turn innovative concepts into reality.

Emotional Robots is a graphic novella set in a world in which advanced robots successfully compete with humans—in sports, music, and art—in pursuit of emotional intelligence.

A brilliant merging of personal experience and world-changing, historical significance in a hamlet that held the line against Russia.

Graham Gardner’s story, written through the eyes of his father, speaks of the enormous legacy left by a boy who never spoke. A story that raises provocative questions about the “invisible lines of connection” that make us human.

The Young Woman's Guide to Starting a Fulfilling Career By Nancy Wilhelms (Art'71) (WestGroupone, Inc. DBA Smoke Tree Press, 184 pages; 2021) Buy the Book Spilling into a technology-dependent job market impacted by economic, environmental and social change, today's female college graduates confront a wide variety of challenges in starting...