The Florida State University community celebrated its faculty members who have gone through the rigors of having a book, score or CD published in 2020 and 2021 during FSU Authors Day on March 21.
FSU Authors Day celebrates FSU faculty who have published books, scores or CDs in the past year. Focusing on topics ranging from the history of the ancient town of Antioch to operationalizing culturally relevant leadership learning, this year’s published works represent endless hours of research and learning as well as sacrifice, dedication and grit. They also showcase the diversity and variety of scholarship at FSU.
This year’s reception took place at the Robert B. Bradley Reading Room in Strozier Library. Authors from both 2020 and 2021 were both invited to attend, but only the works published in 2021 were on display. FSU Provost Jim Clark delivered opening remarks.
“To write a book or compose an entire album and see it through to publication or release takes incredible drive and determination. And you did it while navigating all the challenges of the ongoing global pandemic,” Clark said. “This is a huge accomplishment, and your success reflects well on Florida State University. You should all be very proud.”
FSU faculty produced more than 60 academic press, trade, textbooks, workbooks, or e-books as well as edited collections, original creative work and CDs in 2021 and 55 such publications in 2020.
For more information about FSU Authors Day and FSU Libraries, visit lib.fsu.edu.
An attendee browses a book during FSU Authors Day 2021. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Bruce Thyer, distinguished research professor in the FSU College of Social Work, poses with his book "Combat Social Work: Applying the Lessons of War to the Realities of Human Services." (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Janet Kistner, Vice President for Faculty Development and Advancement, peruses a book at FSU Authors Day 2021. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) FSU Provost Jim Clark, right, talks with faculty during FSU Authors Day 2021. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Gale Etschmaier, dean of FSU Libraries, browses a book during FSU Authors Day 2021. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Stacey Rutledge, associate professor in the College of Education, published "Steps to Schoolwide Success: Systematic Practices for Connecting Social-Emotional and Academic Learning" in 2020. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Yelena McLane, assistant professor in the Department of Interior Architecture and Design and Jill Pable, professor and chair of the Department of Interior Architecture and Design, pose with their book "Homelessness and the Built Environment: Designing for Unhoused Persons." (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Professor of English Maxine Montgomery published " New Critical Essays on Toni Morrison's God Help the Child: Race, Culture, and History" in 2020. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) Professor of English Maxine Montgomery published "The Postapocalyptic Black Female Imagination" in 2021. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl) (Left to right) Department of History Chair Edward Gray, Associate Professor Annika Culver, Professor Jennifer Koslow and Professor Bob Gellately. (FSU Communications/Mei Hornkohl)
