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Student Assistance Programs (SAP): Concepts, Methods and a Theory of Organization

Francis Williams, professor of Criminal Justice
Student assistance programs are designed to identify, assess, and refer youth who are exhibiting problem behaviors to both internal and external resources. They provide a link between community resources and schools to help meet the needs of students and their families. In his book, Williams examines three SAP models implemented in 18 New Hampshire schools from an organizational perspective, assesses their performance, and shares the lessons learned.

Teaching Adventure Education Theory: Best Practices

Edited by Bob Stremba and Christian Bisson, professor of Adventure Education
This text offers activities instructors can use to assist future adventure educators, outdoor leaders, and group facilitators in making the connections between adventure theory and practice. “The purpose of this book was to encourage our colleagues to create classroom experiences as involving as their outdoor experiences,” notes Bisson, a professor of adventure education who edited the text with former PSU adventure education faculty member Robert Stremba.

Media and the Apocalypse

Edited by Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, chair and professor of Communication and Media Studies, and Annette Holba, professor of Communication and Media Studies
This anthology, which includes chapters written by co-editors Hart and Holba, considers media representations of apocalypse narratives and is intended to serve as a resource examining end-times representations. “Everyone seems to be talking about the apocalypse nowadays, and such discussions are expected to increase in frequency as the year 2012 [the end of the Mayan calendar] approaches,” says Hart. “This anthology explores popular media representations pertaining to the presumably forthcoming apocalypse, in a range of intriguing media offerings that includes the music of Bob Dylan, the films of David Lynch and Gregg Araki, the Left Behind series of novels, and the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors, Second Edition

Julie DeGalan and Bryon Middlekauff, professor of Geography and Environmental Planning
Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors helps students and recent college graduates explore their career options in environmental studies by providing tips on assessing their skills, creating a résumé and cover letter, researching careers and networking, and interviewing. It also provides detailed profiles of jobs, along with the basic skills necessary to be considered for them.

Social Problems: An Introduction To Critical Constructionism, Third Edition

Robert Heiner, assistant chair of the Department of Social Science and professor of Anthropology-Sociology
Intended to be a brief and inexpensive alternative to the usual textbooks used in social problems courses, this book employs one theoretical perspective that emphasizes the role played by the media and the rest of the corporate world in perpetuating many social problems. While the book is intended primarily for sociology students, Heiner says others “will find it an easy read and quite relevant to current political affairs.”

Study Guide To Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach

Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman, and Clarissa M. Uttley, professor of Early Childhood Studies
This study guide for Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, which is frequently used in human development and psychology courses, provides students with chapter outlines, learning objectives, practice tests, and more. According to Uttley, “The study guide was created to be student-focused and provides current information and resources to strengthen student engagement with coursework and application to both professional and personal experiences.”

A Thirst That's Partly Mine

Elizabeth Ahl, chair of the Department of English and professor of English
Ahl’s chapbook, which won the 2008 Slapering Hol Press chapbook competition, is a collection of poetry about human interaction with the natural world. “I’m thrilled to see my poems arranged in such a beautiful book,” Ahl says. “The letterpress cover and hand-binding, along with several other special details, make the book a pleasure to look at and hold.”