What have you been reading lately, professor?

Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Sept 7, 2006

WHO: DR. WALTER C. FLEMING: DEPARTMENT HEAD AND PROFESSOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

BOOK: Four Souls, BY LOUISE ERDRICH. THE STORY OF A NORTH DAKOTA OJIBWE WOMAN, FLEUR PILLAGER, WHO JOURNEYS FROM THE RESERVATION TO MINNEAPOLIS TO CONFRONT THE MAN WHO STOLE HER LAND.

WHY: "EDRICH IS UNSURPASSED AS A STORYTELLER WHO CREATES THESE BELIEVABLE NATIVE AND EURO-AMERICAN CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS."

WHO: DR. PENIEL E. JOSEPH: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AFRICANA STUDIES, SUNY-STONY BROOK

BOOK: IN SEARCH OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, NEW PERSPECTIVES ON A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT, AN ANTHOLOGY COMPILED BY JAMA LAZAROW AND YOHURU WILLIAMS.

WHY: "THIS BOOK ATTEMPTS TO HISTORICIZE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL GROUPS OF THE 1960S. IT TRIES TO BE EVEN-HANDED AND SCHOLARLY AND RESIST THE NOTION OF DEMONIZING THE PANTHERS OR TURNING THEM INTO ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEROES."

WHO: DR. JUAN COLE: PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

BOOK: THE ONE PERCENT DOCTRINE, BY RON SUSKIND, AN EXAMINATION OF THE "WAR ON TERROR" THROUGH THE EYES OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.

WHY: "I READ 1T BECAUSE IT DREW BACK THE VEIL ON THE PHILOSOPHY GOVERNING VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY'S AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO TERRORISM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND FOREIGN POLICY."