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Women in Higher Ed 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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Book Cover for: Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

Moveable Type is WIHE's bookshelf of the best new titles to know. This month, editor @A2Arnett reviews "In Viral Justice, Dr. Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) Explores the Plagues Facing American Society" https://t.co/FoyS27eAs4

Paperback, 2024

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement, Cathleen D. Cahill

Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement

Cathleen D. Cahill
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

Looking back on the #BestOfWIHE in 2022! In January, @LoisElfman wrote about Dr. Cathleen D. Cahill and her book, Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement (2020). https://t.co/Xt96yxgJaJ

Paperback, 2021

$34.95Member price:$33.20 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another, Rebecca D. Cox

College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another

Rebecca D. Cox
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

In "Facing Their Fears: Helping Students Overcome the 'College Fear Factor,'” @karenraycosta shares insights from Dr. Rebecca D. Cox's The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another https://t.co/Q4qpc1d2SQ https://t.co/Gl55yEu6Ja

Paperback, 2011

$24.00Member price:$24.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

@lmnocee @zeichnerkm @teddipasketty Upton Sinclair=The Jungle. If you have an interest in California history, check out the story of his 1934 candidacy for governor. Also the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike in labor history.

Paperback, 2022

$27.74Member price:$13.87 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Linden Hills, Gloria Naylor

Linden Hills

Gloria Naylor
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

@gwendolynb Good lord! Gloria Naylor was one of my favorite authors! She was part of the Vintage Contemporaries paperbacks in the 80s that every young hipster had to have. Linden Hills still haunts me!

Paperback, 1986

$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence, Anita Hill

Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence

Anita Hill
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This would definitely be worth attending if you are in the area - Believing Women: Anita Hill in Conversation @ Chicago Humanities Festival, UIC Dorin Forum https://t.co/zYay0D7Xy1

Paperback, 2022

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

@lmnocee @zeichnerkm @teddipasketty Upton Sinclair=The Jungle. If you have an interest in California history, check out the story of his 1934 candidacy for governor. Also the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike in labor history.

Paperback, Mass Market, 2015

$5.95Member price:$2.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Cats, Just Pictures!

Cats

Just Pictures!
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

It was the pictures of his cats that did it. I just subscribed to Everything Is Horrible https://t.co/YNtMPNYZpj

Paperback, 2017

$18.50Member price:$9.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Jungle, Upton Sinclair

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

@lmnocee @zeichnerkm @teddipasketty Upton Sinclair=The Jungle. If you have an interest in California history, check out the story of his 1934 candidacy for governor. Also the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike in labor history.

Hardcover, 2018

$18.39Member price:$16.55 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Trans* in College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion, Z. Nicolazzo

Trans* in College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion

Z. Nicolazzo
Women in Higher EdWomen in Higher Ed

Loved seeing that @GeiselLib is featuring Z Nicolazzo's Trans* in College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion as #PrideMonth e-book. WIHE talked with Z about the book in 2017: https://t.co/qSLbTfwMIy https://t.co/QsS2v5ZG42

Paperback, 2016

$36.99Member price:$35.14 + Free shipping5% off