Derek Bruff Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Higher education consultant. Visiting associate director at @um_cetl. Former director, @vandycft. Producer, Intentional Teaching newsletter and podcast.

Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers
Kevin Kelly
@sched One resource to check out: "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" by @Katie__Linder @KevinKelly0 and @ThomasJTobin, https://t.co/UkZqXeY6Ny. #POD21 #altac
Paperback, 2020
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom
Kelly A. Hogan
Very excited to see this new book, Inclusive Teaching, from @DrMrsKellyHogan and @vijisathy! Congrats on publication! https://t.co/kbNmUFXv9G
Paperback, 2022
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dawn
Octavia E. Butler
My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World
David Sax
Just watched this trailer for "The Future Is Analog," an upcoming book from David Sax: https://t.co/HoOF2viqn9. He clearly had a different experience than I did in 2020. I didn't find work or school less social during the pandemic, just differently social.
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration
Rebecca Heisman
My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93
Paperback, 2025
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
Reading more of “Ungrading” this morning. Multiple references to @DanielPink’s “Drive” and the motivational effects of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Those are reasons why #StudentsasProducers can be so powerful. https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9446
Paperback, 2011
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)
Susan D. Blum
Reading more of “Ungrading” this morning. Multiple references to @DanielPink’s “Drive” and the motivational effects of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Those are reasons why #StudentsasProducers can be so powerful. https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/9446
Paperback, 2020
$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
There Is No Cloud It's Just Someone Else's Computer: 120 Pages I 6x9 I Graph Paper 5x5 I Funny Software Engineering, Coder & Hacker Gifts
Funny Notebooks
@jimgroom @ReclaimHosting Jim Groom, channeling Tim Owens: There is no cloud, it's just someone else's computer.
Paperback, 2019
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Anthony Abraham Jack
Guest @tony_jack is asst professor of education at @hgse and author of "The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students." @missy_f7 is executive director of the @GSPhoyas at Georgetown U. I'm grateful to have them on the pod to share their wisdom! https://t.co/ZavlEKByhg
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis
Bryan Alexander
My current reading list: Remembering and Forgetting by Michelle Miller, Dawn by Octavia Butler (h/t @ImaginWorldsPod), The People's Plaza by @brotherjones_, Flight Paths by @r_heisman, Universities on Fire by @BryanAlexander https://t.co/SVj1jYVt93
Hardcover, 2023
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book