The MSU Authors Collection is an important part of the University Archives' holdings because the works in this collection document the intellectual heritage of the university and the contributions of MSU faculty, staff, students, and alumni to contemporary scholarship.
Beginning in 2008, the University Archives has hosted a biennial reception honoring MSU faculty, staff and emeriti faculty authors who had written and/or edited monographs, musical scores or recordings, films or videos. This digital collection showcases the books, scores, recordings, films or videos created by faculty and staff at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Where appropriate and where copyright allows, full-text versions are made available of certain MSU Authors' works.
For more information about the MSU Authors Collection, visit https://library.mnsu.edu/archives/collections/university-archives/msu-authors/ .
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The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture: A Sociology of the Senses
Phillip Vannini, Dennis Waskul, and Simon Gottschalk
"The Senses in Self, Culture, and Society is the definitive guide to the sociological and anthropological study of the senses. Vannini, Waskul, and Gottschalk provide a comprehensive map of the social and cultural significance of the senses that is woven in a thorough analytical review of classical, recent, and emerging scholarship and grounded in original empirical data that deepens the review and analysis. By bridging cultural/qualitative sociology and cultural/humanistic anthropology The Senses in Self, Culture,
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Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota
Gwen Westerman and Bruce White
Much of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.–Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the state’s boundaries. But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota. Drawing on
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The School Counselor's Mental Health Sourcebook: Strategies to Help Students
Richard Auger
"The ASCA National Model urges school counselors to know every student and broaden their knowledge of mental health disorders. With more students in need of mental health services than ever before, the timing is ideal for a guide that equips staff to meet these challenges. The School Counselor's Mental Health Sourcebook provides tools for keeping students on track, including: Methods for addressing many disorders, including anxiety and autism Intervention strategies that work Effective ways to
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Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities
Betty A. Bergland and LoriAnn Lahlum
The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the form of O. E. Rølvaag’s fictionalized heroine Beret Holm, who made the best of life on the frontier but whose gaze seemed ever fixed on her long-lost home. The true picture is more complex. In an area spanning the Midwest and rural West and urban areas such as Seattle,
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Listening and Note-Taking
Gwen C. Berry, Donald D. Deshler, and Jean B. Schumaker
Describes a strategy to help students identify and record important information during a lecture in core subject courses as well as skill-based classes
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Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching: A Problem-Solving Approach
Carrie Chapman
This practitioner's guide to building quality collaborative relationships through critical conversations explores three co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school-improvement initiatives. In Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching, the authors describe four sets of proven protocols that foster dramatic improvements in the way educators communicate with their colleagues for the benefit of student learning. These protocols fit into three categories--nonnegotiable conversations (recommended for all partners), special occasion protocols (to use in specific situations), and 'in a
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Critical Conversations in Co-teaching: A Problem-Solving Approach
Carrie Chapman and Cate Hart Hyatt
This practitioner's guide to building quality collaborative relationships through critical conversations explores three co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school-improvement initiatives. In Critical Conversations in Co-Teaching, the authors describe four sets of proven protocols that foster dramatic improvements in the way educators communicate with their colleagues for the benefit of student learning. These protocols fit into three categories--nonnegotiable conversations (recommended for all partners), special occasion protocols (to use in specific situations), and 'in a
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Religious Misperceptions: The Case of Musims and Christians in France
Stephen Michael Croucher and Daniel Cronn-Mills
In the wake of numerous historical and current geopolitical, social and economic events/tragedies, misunderstandings have emerged and proliferated about Islam and Christianity. Inadequate media coverage, lack of interpersonal understanding/knowledge, and deep-seeded prejudices have led to the communication of various misconceptions. These misconceptions have ranged from how Islam and Christianity began, to confusion over how and even if governments and society should protect the rights of religious groups.
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Stupid Fast
Geoff Herbach
Just before his sixteenth birthday, Felton Reinstein has a sudden growth spurt that turns him from a small, jumpy, picked-on boy with the nickname of "Squirrel Nut" to a powerful athlete, leading to new friends, his first love, and the courage to confront his family's past and current problems.
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A Graphical Approach to Algebra and Trigonometry
John Hornsby, Margaret L. Lial, and Gary K. Rockswold
A Graphical Approach to Algebra and Trigonometry illustrates how the graph of a function can be used to support the solutions of equations and inequalities involving the function. Beginning with linear functions in Chapter 1, the text uses a four-part process to analyze each type of function, starting first with the graph of the function, then the equation, the associated inequality of that equation, and ending with applications. The text covers all of the topics
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A Graphical Approach to Precalculus with Limits: A Unit Circle Approach
John Hornsby, Margaret L. Lial, and Gary K. Rockswold
A Graphical Approach to Precalculus with Limits: A Unit Circle Approach illustrates how the graph of a function can be used to support the solutions of equations and inequalities involving the function. Beginning with linear functions in Chapter 1, the text uses a four-part process to analyze each type of function, starting first with the graph of the function, then the equation, the associated inequality of that equation, and ending with applications. The text covers
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The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
William E. Lass
This book places the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux within the broad framework of state and national history.
In 1851 the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Dakota Indians signed the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, which along with the subsequent Treaty of Mendota, with the Mdewakanton and Wahpekute bands of Dakota, ceded to the United States most of southern and central Minnesota.
This study considers the national and regional background of the Treaty
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The Last Full Measure of Devotion: The Civil War West of the Mississippi
Karl A. Matz
Covers the events of the Civil War west of the Mississippi between 1854-1865 in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Fugitive Anne: A Romance of the Unexplored Bush
Mrs. Campbell Praed and Melissa Purdue
Abused by her drunk husband, Anne Bedo fakes her death and ventures through unexplored country with the Aboriginal youth Kombo. Together with the Danish explorer Eric Hansen she discovers an ancient Mayan race deep in the Australian wilderness.
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Models for Implementing Response to Intervention: Tools, Outcomes, and Implications
Edward S. Shapiro, Naomi Zigmund, Teri Wallace, and Doug Marston
This book examines the implementation of three empirically supported response-to-intervention (RTI) models in four different school districts. The book addresses the complexity of putting RTI into place in the elementary grades, showing how the process actually took place and what impact it had on school climates and student learning and behavior. --from publisher description.
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Reminiscing: A Book of Remembrances
C. Robert Utermohlen and Harold D. Burch
Memories of life and events in the Mankato, Minnesota area collected with the assistance of the Mankato Area Lifelong Learners (MALL).
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Time for Action: Stop Teaching to the Test and Start Teaching Skills
Scott D. Wurdinger
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the future of education in the U.S. It was written for students, parents, educators, administrators, and policy makers because it will require effort from all these individuals to create meaningful change in the education system. This book discusses why the education system needs to change now, and provides practical examples of teaching approaches, school models, and assessment systems that can move the education system forward in
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Truancy Prevention and Intervention: A Practical Guide
Lynn Bye, Michelle E. Alvarez, Janet Haynes, and Cindy E. Sweigart
Research has shown that truancy is frequently associated with juvenile crime and dropping out of school altogether. With the high dropout rate in the U.S. and the No Child Left Behind Act holding schools accountable for their dropout rates, it is essential for school social workers to contribute to their schools' improvement plan in meeting annual yearly progress benchmarks. This book, by well respected researchers and practitioners who have extensive experience with truancy, covers best
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Response to Intervention: A Guide for School Social Workers
James P. Clark and Michelle Alvarez
Response to Intervention (RtI) is at the heart of evidence-based practice in schools. Though written into federal special education legislation, it is a general education process consisting of a three-tiered framework for organizing a comprehensive and differentiated system designed to ensure educational success for all students. The focus in this book is on meeting the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students. School social workers are key stakeholders who need to be skilled in designing,
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Brazilian Immigration and the Quest for Identity
Catarina Fritz
This book is a detailed study of the lives of a group of young Brazilians living in the greater Boston area, the majority of whom entered the country illegally. It explores the extent to which their origins in a more racially fluid environment affects their adaptation to a society with a much more rigid form of racial categorization. In what ways does their adaptation to the racial hierarchy influence their lives in the United States
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Battered Mothers' Informal Social Networks: A Qualitative Exploration
Annelies Hagemeister
An analysis of informal social network interaction of battered women with children based on interviews with mothers who survived abuse by their husbands or boyfriends.
