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  Nobody Wants Us

  Stephen Morewitz

  The documentary film, Nobody Wants Us, examines the impact of the Steamship Quanza controversy in September 1940 on U.S. immigration policy. Based on oral history interviews with Steamship Quanza survivors, analysis of archival documents from ship records, U.S Federal Court in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. National Archives, U.S. State Department, and U,S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization, Nobody Wants Us shows how the U.S. State Department closed the visa program for political refugees and others fleeing Nazi Europe as a direct result of Steamship Quanza controversy

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  Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play

  Stephen Morewitz

  Clinical and Psychological Perspectives on Foul Play examines a wide range of factors that can influence how police determine foul play in possible homicide cases and in other possible crimes. It develops a new theory of uncertainty at micro, meso, and macro levels to explain how law professionals arrive at this decision. Specifically, it examines the extent to which uncertainty in these situations can be influenced by media coverage, family and community pressures, socioeconomic factors, demographic elements of victims, as well as police knowledge and resources. The latest research from the Foul Play Project and the Missing Persons Project are employed to support the recommendations in this book and to point the way toward further research in this area.

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  Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem

  Victoria Rue

  Maryam: A Woman of Bethlehem is based on thirty interviews with Christians and Muslims who live and work in Bethlehem, Palestine; among them students, theologians, grandmothers, and activists. The interviewees speak of Mary as a protectress, a Palestinian mother, a childhood devotion, and icon of resistance. Performed at Dar Annadwa in Bethlehem, the play toured eight towns in Occupied Palestine, prompting reflection about the diverse perspectives of Mary and the un-interrogated role of gender in Palestinian religious, cultural and political life. The play is performed by two actresses who play twenty-two characters. The published play is in English and Arabic.

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  Scenic Design for "The Language Archive"

  Andrea Bechert

  The Language Archive, written by Julia Cho, tells the whimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a linguist fighting to preserve the dying languages of far-flung cultures, only to neglect the promise and passion of his own. The scenic design for this beautiful piece flows seamlessly throughout the many locations within the play as elements glide on and off the stage. Interesting artifacts, pops of color and a rainbow of light panels are compartmentalized in monochromatic floor to ceiling stacks which line the stage, reflecting the inability of people to speak their hearts and relate to each other.

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  Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation and Re-Entry Students

  Ngoc-Yen Tran and Silke Higgins

  Supporting Today’s Students in the Library: Strategies for Retaining and Graduating International, Transfer, First-Generation, and Re-Entry Students centers on how academic libraries are addressing the unique struggles of international students, transfer or commuter students, first-generation students, and re-entry or older-adult students. The book, purposefully chosen as an edited volume to represent a large variety of voices, focuses on strategies for retaining and graduating these student populations by exploring methods for overcoming barriers, discussing best practices for engaging students in research and information literacy topics, as well as providing a variety of services that support students beyond the classroom environment.

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  Moving Sounds: A Cultural History of Car Radio

  Phylis West Johnson and Ian Punnett

  Moving Sounds explores the unique animating symbiosis that develops whenever previously unrelated technologies become intertwined and form a mutually invigorating relationship. When "car" and "radio" became permanently inculcated, it changed how both cars and radio were designed and experienced. Moving Sounds is the first book-length study exploring the relationship between the car and the radio.

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  Secondary Impressions

  Aaron Lington, Victoria Lington, and Pablo E. Furman

  Secondary Impressions is an album performed and produced by Aaron Lington on baritone saxophone. This album, released on the Seattle-based Origin Classical record label features four contemporary classical works for baritone saxophone and piano. Collaborative artists on this album include San José State University faculty members Victoria Lington on piano and Pablo Furman as recording and mixing engineer. Music critic George W. Harris says of the album "[it is] ambitious in its simplicity and virtuosity."