Published Works by SJSU Honorees

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  Affect, Learning, and Teacher Education: Getting Stuck in Social Justice

  Erica Colmenares

  Professors Colmenares and Jarvie share insights from their book. Affect, Learning, and Teacher Education: Getting Stuck in Social Justice, which inquires into student teachers’ “stuck moments”—moments of felt crisis—as they occur within the context of a university-based social justice teacher education (SJTE) program. By considering what stuck moments do, and do to, student teachers, the book reimagines SJTE in ways that are both responsive to ‘stuckness’ and disruptive of discourses of learning that dominate the field. Through a critique of the affective workings of learning, the authors consider how these discourses can prove counterproductive for the work of teaching for social justice. This insightful and stimulating volume will be of use to scholars, researchers, and students with interests in curriculum studies, affective approaches to education and SJTE.

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  Defining and Defying Borders: Tracing Hispanism across Literary Magazines

  Vanessa Marie Fernández

  Tracing heated exchanges between Spanish and Latin American intellectuals across journals, magazines, and newspapers, Defining and Defying Borders details how borders and boundaries were contested within a medium that simultaneously crossed borders and defined boundaries. Vanessa Marie Fernández shows how print media is an invaluable medium that offers scholarship a more nuanced perspective of the complex postcolonial relationship between Spain and Latin America that shaped aesthetic production during the early twentieth century. Presenting inclusive paradigms that are at once able to transcend borders, acknowledge national boundaries, and account for empire, Defining and Defying Borders reveals print media’s importance in postcolonial literary and cultural production.

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  7000 Miles

  Amy Glazer

  Follows Jo, a passionate pilot who is inspired by her grandmother's mysterious legacy, is she Amelia Earhart, as she now must decide what is more important, protecting the innocence of those you love or famed success.

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  Ciencia Zapoteca: Agricultura y Alimentación en la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca

  Roberto J. González

  Zapotec farmers in the northern sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, are highly successful in providing their families with abundant, nutritious food in an ecologically sustainable fashion, although the premises that guide their agricultural practices would be considered erroneous by the standards of most agronomists and botanists in the US and Europe. In this book, Roberto J. González convincingly argues that in fact Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science, which has had a reciprocally beneficial relationship with external farming and food systems since the sixteenth century. González bases his analysis upon direct participant observation in the farms and fields of a Zapotec village. By using the ethnographic fieldwork approach, he is able to describe and analyze the rich meanings that campesino families attach to their crops, lands, and animals. González also reviews the history of maize, sugarcane, and coffee cultivation in the Zapotec region to show how campesino farmers have intelligently and scientifically adapted their farming practices to local conditions over the course of centuries. By setting his ethnographic study of the Talea de Castro community within a historical world systems perspective, he also weighs the local impact of national and global currents ranging from Spanish colonialism to the 1910 Mexican Revolution to the North American Free Trade Agreement. At the same time, he shows how the sustainable practices of "traditional" subsistence agriculture are beginning to replace the failed, unsustainable techniques of modern industrial farming in some regions.

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  Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society (10th ed)

  Resa Kelly

  The goal of the American Chemical Society’s Chemistry in Context is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majors, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues facing science and the world. The non-traditional approach of Chemistry in Context reflects today's technological issues and the chemistry principles within them. Climate change, renewable energy, alternate fuels, nutrition, and genetic engineering are examples of issues that are covered in Chemistry in Context.

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  Advancing Sexual Consent and Agential Practices in Higher Education: Toward a New Community of Practice

  Jason Laker

  This book provides an in-depth exploration of sexual consent communication and negotiation practices among students and efforts to prevent and respond to sexual coercion and violence within North American higher education institutions. Developed as an author-written text with additional sections containing invited chapters from researchers and practitioners, it delves into complexities of communication around sexual consent, examining how factors such as identity, early learning experiences, societal norms, and coercive elements influence interactions among young adult postsecondary students. The book helps to inform educational policies and professional practices to promote sexual agency and undo sexual coercion and assault on campus.

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  Isabella Whitney: Poems by a Sixteenth-Century Gentlewoman, Maid, and Servant

  Shannon Miller

  Edited collection of all poems by or attributed to Isabella Whitney, a young lady who travelled to find work in London in the 1560s where she published two poetry miscellanies. Her poetry speaks to issues of class and gender in the growing publishing world of London, and the challenges for a woman to enter into this space. The volume and commentary highlight Whitney's engagement with writers from Ovid to Gascoigne to Surrey as she actively engages classical and contemporary writers in her own writings.

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  HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust: 6th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

  Abbas Moallem

  This proceedings, HCI-CPT 2024, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place from June 29 - July 4, 2024 in Washington DC, USA.Two volumes of the HCII 2024 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT Conference. The first focuses on topics related to Cyber Hygiene, User Behavior and Security Awareness, and User Privacy and Security Acceptance. The second focuses on topics related to Cybersecurity Education and Training, and Threat Assessment and Protection.

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  Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, Nice, France 24-27 July 2024

  Abbas Moallem

  The Human Factors in Cybersecurity track focuses on theoretical and applied frameworks that help to understand better human behaviors in cybersecurity, privacy, and trust.

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  Psychology of Aging: A Biopsychosocial Perspective (2nd Edition)

  Erin Woodhead

  This book provides an overview of the psychology of aging for graduate or advanced undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines who are pursuing clinical, research, or academic careers in aging. Aging is explored in a biopsychosocial perspective, with an emphasis on the diversity of aging experiences. Typical changes in physical health and the brain are discussed, as well as physical health conditions common among older adults. Psychological topics include relationships, mental health, personality, cognitive changes, and neurocognitive disorders. Work and retirement, death and dying, and legal and ethical issues are also explored, with a concluding chapter on the social context of aging.

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  Introduction to Quantum Computing: From a Layperson to a Programmer in 30 Steps (2nd ed)

  Hiu Yung Wong

  This textbook introduces quantum computing to readers who do not have much background in linear algebra based on the self-study experience of the author as an engineer. The author targets undergraduate and master students who are willing to spend about 60 -90 hours seriously learning quantum computing. This book is also suitable for self-study and teaching videos for each chapter and more than 200 exercises with answers are provided. Readers will be able to write their program to simulate quantum computing algorithms and run on real quantum computers on IBM-Q. Moreover, unlike books that only give superficial, “hand-waving” explanations, this book uses exact formalism so readers can continue to pursue more advanced topics based on what they learn from this book.

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  Anticultism in France: Scientology, Religious Freedom, and the Future of New and Minority Religions

  Donald A. Westbrook

  This Element introduces readers to the problem of anticultism and antireligious movements in France. The first section offers an overview of anticultism in France, including the paradoxical place of modern French secularism (laïcité) that has shaped a culture prejudiced against minority religions and new religions (sectes or 'cults') and impacted Europe more broadly. This includes state-sponsored expressions, in particular MIVILUDES, an organization funded by the French government to monitor cultic or sectarian deviances. The second section takes up the case of the American-born Church of Scientology, tracing its history in the country since the late 1950s and how it has become a major focus of anticultists in France. The Element concludes with reflections on the future of new and minority religions in France. A timeline provides major dates in the history of anticultism in modern French history, with a focus on items of relevance to Scientology in France.

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  Data Science Inscription of the Jyotirlingas! Volume 2

  Chandrasekar Vuppalapati

  A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam is a devotional representation of Hindu Deity. The word is made up of Sanskrit 'jyotis' which means 'radiance' and linga, also spelled lingam, which means ‘sign’ or “distinguishing symbol”. Hinduism defines Jyotirlingam as the radiant sign of the Almighty. In our data scientific view, nonetheless, Jyotirlinga represents the embodiment of time series. It exhibits stationarity and a multi-model pattern of naturally occurring time series, a classical data science pattern that has a causative relationship with historical events, world macroeconomics, agriculture, and other worldly events. Volume 2 has delved into the significance of six prominent Jyotirlingas - Rameshwaram, Nageshvara, Kashi Vishwanath, Trimbakeshwar, Kedarnath, and Grishneshwar - and explored their spiritual and scientific aspects. Through an interdisciplinary analysis that incorporates a range of fields, from statistics to environmental engineering, from historical perspectives to data science, we have gained invaluable insights into the patterns and trends that shape these sacred symbols. By embracing the fusion of modern science and traditional spiritual practices, we have the potential to unlock new levels of understanding and enlightenment, bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge.

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  Assessing Policy Effectiveness Using AI and Language Models: Applications for Economic and Social Sustainability

  Chandrasekar Vuppalapati

  This volume uses advanced machine learning techniques to analyze government communication to evaluate policy effectiveness. The book develops policy effectiveness foundation models by cohorting historical budget policies with statistical models which are built on well reputed data sources including economic events, macroeconomic trends, and ratings and commerce terms from international institutions. By signal mining policies to the economic outcome patterns, the book aims to create a rich source of successful policy insights in terms of their effectiveness in bringing development to the poor and underserved communities to ensure the spread of wealth, social wellbeing, and standard of living to the common denomination of society rather than a selected quotient. Enabling academics and practitioners across disciplines to develop applications for effective policy interventions, this volume will be of interest to a wide audience including software engineers, data scientists, social scientists, economists, and agriculture practitioners.

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  Design Concepts in Information Retrieval: Creating User-centered Systems, Search Engines, and Sites

  Virginia Tucker

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  They Shut Me Up

  Cassandra Myers

  A debut mystery novel Myers describes as “The Godfather meets Agatha Christie with a dash of Seinfeld,” THEY SHUT ME UP tells the story of the murder of John Callaghan, the boss of an Irish-American crime family in San Francisco.

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  Cross-Tradition Engagement on the Laws of Logic: Approaching Identity and Reference from Classical Chinese Philosophy to Modern Logic

  Bo Mou

  This monograph book explains how, through cross-tradition engagement, insights/engaging treatments from the Chinese philosophical tradition can work with relevant resources from modern logic and contemporary philosophy to enhance our understanding of two basic principles of logic: the law of identity and the law of non-contradiction. Through showing how this work can make significant contributions to the jointly concerned fundamental issues of identity and reference, this book appeals to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy (as a general way of doing philosophy through cross-tradition engagement toward world philosophy). [99 words]

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  Practical Battery Design and Control

  Naoki Matsumura

  Battery technologies play a vital role in day-to-day life. With the continued growth of the battery market, there is an increasing demand for a comprehensive text such as this, that encompasses aspects of chemistry, materials science, and artificial intelligence. Aimed at early-to-mid career battery engineers, this book addresses common problems that are likely to be encountered on the job, including how to extend battery longevity with machine learning algorithms. Designed to help readers obtain practical knowledge through intuitive explanations and broad coverage of battery topics, this one-of-a-kind book is a must have resource for practicing battery engineers throughout their career.

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  La Lluvia y la Sequía

  Christopher Luna-Mega

  "La Lluvia y la Sequía" is a field recording sound collage in which Christopher Luna-Mega explores the intrusion of the urban in the rural, drought, rain, and a week in the lives of a San Joaquín Valley ranch, in Central Valley, CA. "La Lluvia y la Sequía" continues Luna-Mega’s career-long trajectory of utilizing environmental sound as a primary component of musical fabric, both in orchestral-instrumental and electronic media. Different techniques of microphone recording, sound processing, instrumental performance, and collage are combined to create an intimate portrait of a place, both stark and inviting. Commissioned by the Rural Situationism record label.

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  Braided [Un]Be-Longing

  Rosanna Alvarez

  Braided [Un]Be-Longing is an intricately woven cultural journey across space and time. The debut poetry collection by Rosanna Alvarez offers a poetic glimpse into the collective excavation of journeying toward belonging and reads like a complicated love letter to community, family, and culture. A 2023 finalist for the International Latino Book Awards, the book has been honored with two awards: a silver medal for The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award and a bronze medal for Best Cover Design. Hailed as "a poetic gem" and "a healing echo," the collection continues to spark conversations about our collective liberation.

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  Binh Danh: The Enigma of Belonging

  Binh Danh

  Binh Danh was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the US in 1979. Early in his career, Danh pioneered printing images directly onto plant matter, activating the plants’ chlorophyll with sunlight. Using this process, Danh printed images associated with the war in Vietnam onto the leaves of tropical plants and grasses. Danh has traveled across the American West for almost a decade, making daguerreotypes of scenic. Danh imbues this scenery with his distinctly personal perspective—an attempt to negotiate his connection as a Vietnamese American with the landscape and history of the United States. This monograph features two volumes, bringing together bodies of work and a separate book of essays and memorabilia that contextualizes Danh's work.

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  Mexican Philosophy for the 21st Century: Relajo, Zozobra, and Other Frameworks for Understanding Our World

  Carlos Alberto Sánchez

  Mexican philosophy has been relegated for far too long to the margins of philosophy's global scene. This book brings it front and centre by demonstrating that its figures, methods, and texts, supplement, enrich, and broaden the scope and depth of both philosophy and our everyday understanding. Powered by a commitment to use Mexican philosophy to navigate the perplexing world we inhabit, Sánchez challenges the blanket application of Eurocentric philosophy to our 21st-century concerns. This is an essential starting point for Latin American philosophy scholars and anyone approaching Mexican philosophy for the very first time.

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  The Mindful Interview Method: Retrieving Cognitive Evidence

  Gil Zamora

  The Mindful Interview Method: Retrieving Cognitive Evidence has been written to assist public and private sector investigators in gathering reliable information from eyewitnesses. It’s a resource that offers the reader evidence-based techniques to enhance gathering reliable evidence and reveals the assessment component that measures the reliability of cognitive evidence. It is notable that eyewitness interview training is cursory at best, and most often nonexistent. This book aims to inspire a change in how we distinguish interrogations of suspects from interviewing eyewitnesses that are often victims and initial witnesses to certain events.

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  Feedback for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: New Perspectives, Practices, and Possibilities

  Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg

  Educators Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg show you how to plan, enact, and reflect on feedback practices within lessons and across units using an accessible, comprehensive, and innovative framework that illuminates the path towards equity and excellence for all. With evidence-based research and real classroom examples, Feedback for Continuous Improvement in the Classroom answers: What is formative feedback? How does it influence student outcomes and teacher pedagogy? Why are well-defined learning goals, aligned with rich tasks and progress guides, essential to making feedback truly formative? What are essential facets of teacher, peer, and self-driven feedback? How does feedback work best in whole-class, small group, or individual configurations? What can make written, spoken, and nonverbal feedback modalities more effective—for all? How can focusing on feedback improve learning across all subject matter disciplines? Prompts for self-reflection, videos, vignettes, and scaffolds throughout help readers see how effective feedback can be embedded into classrooms and school communities committed to discovery, growth, and deeper learning.

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  The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication, Second Edition

  Rona Tamiko Halualani and Thomas K. Nakayama

  The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication stands as the premier collection of contemporary and relevant readings that define, delineate, and inhabit what it means to “do critical intercultural communication.” This handbook features the latest research and contributions from leading scholars in the field, covering core theoretical, methodological, and applied works that give shape to the arena of critical intercultural communication studies. This is the only handbook to cover the state and nature of critical intercultural communication studies.