Seeing, touching, hearing, tasting, and smelling are the incredible sensors of the Human body and anthropologists, who dedicate their lives to finding out what makes a human. This meandering volume takes us to the pivotal questions of the newly emerging field of sensory anthropology, bringing up personal memories, experiences, and imaginations, and giving insight not only into the factual lives of people but into how they feel their lives. And, undoubtedly, it also shows us how we, anthropologists, perceive and describe multiconnected human relations and environmental issues through our lenses."

Gábor Máté, ethnologist, geographer Department of European Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology University of Pécs, Hungary

Unwrapping Racism: Dealing with Differences," is so important and such a wonderful resource. This book provides a framework for how we might better understand and more effectively respond to differences regarding race in particular. Most importantly throughout, the book offers the reader a series of critical questions to ponder and reflection activities such that the reader is an active participant in their own learning and can become an agent of change. As a college president, this book is a valuable resource for institutional leaders, faculty and student affairs professionals focused on ensuring our institutions are places where every member of our community feels seen, affirmed and supported, and is freely able to express the range of ideas that are the foundation of a liberal arts education.”

Lori S. White, President, DePauw University

I was eager to read this volume because my understanding of decolonization was largely intuitive based on knowledge that all of North America was colonized, with devastating effect on Indigenous populations. The authors of the chapters brought me to a greater understanding of the role of colonization on the culture and values of higher education institutions across the continent. I have much more to learn. The history of colonization continues to create barriers, but there are open pathways and possibilities for change. This book is purposefully arranged in groups aligned with the Toward a Liberated Learning Spirit model encouraging the reader to be open to viewing higher education from new perspectives. Each author brings to light structures, biases, and expectations deeply embedded in North American higher education."

Dr. Angela R. Linse, Pennsylvania State University

Featuring a new framework that includes work by activists, artists, and academics, this expertly edited collection draws on autoethnographic approaches, disability studies, and mad feminist discourse to center mad subjectivities and disrupt traditional structures of academia. In this way, ‘Madwomen’ reclaims the derogatory term “madness” and reveals ways in which women have been empowered by both their anger and their so-called disability, allowing them to think outside of rigid patriarchal frameworks and offer reparative alternatives. In so doing, this collection reveals that literature and art indeed have a social role to play—that they are, by virtue of their own madness, social justice agents informed by cultural circumstances and embodied experience alike."

Dr. Aimee Pozorski, Professor of English Central. Connecticut State University

The critical anthology ‘Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier,’ edited by Amy H. Sturgis and Emily Strand, will surprise and inform readers from beginning to end. […] Divided into three sections, “Exploring the Series and Films,” “Exploring the Ideas,” and “Exploring the Multimedia Storytelling,” this collection features deep dives into characters like Jonathan Archer and Seven of Nine, as well as broader investigations of the political, imperial, ecological, and linguistic systems at work on the futuristic Final Frontier. […] The anthology provides a rich, coherent understanding of how the series’ creators, writers, actors, and fans have worked together to develop the most popular and challenging speculative fiction series of our era. Ultimately, and in the best tradition of science fiction, these critical essays on ‘Star Trek’ provide insight not only into this franchise but into our present, very human selves—our struggles, our prejudices, and our dreams."

Dr. Kathryn N. McDaniel, Andrew U. Thomas Professor of History