Southwestern Magazine | Spring 2019

Summer Reads Looking for a book to read during the dog days of summer? We recommend the following 2018 publications from our Southwestern faculty and alumni. THE BLOOMSBURY HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND NATURE: THE ELEMENTS LAURA HOBGOOD, PROFESSOR AND ELIZABETH ROOT PADEN CHAIR IN RELIGION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, AND WHITNEY BAUMAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, EDS.—BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC This handbook shows that human concern and engagement with material existence are present in all sectors of the global community, regardless of religious tradition. It challenges the traditional methodological approach of comparative religion and argues that globalization renders a comparative religious approach to the environment insufficient. MAKING UP YOUR OWN MIND: THINKING EFFECTIVELY THROUGH CREATIVE PUZZLE-SOLVING EDWARD B. BURGER, PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS—PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS This book was inspired by the innovative focus on intellectual growth at Southwestern through our Paideia curriculum. Like the course on which it was based, the book encourages individuals to embrace practices of effective thinking that will allow them to flourish and become even better versions of themselves. CHALLENGES OF THE UNSEEN WORLD: A LABORATORY COURSE IN MICROBIOLOGY RICHARD MEYER, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND STACIE A. BROWN, DIRECTOR OF FIRST-YEAR BIOLOGY LABORATORIES—AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY You are at an exciting gateway into the world of microorganisms. With nothing more than basic lab equipment, you will learn to isolate, grow, and identify the bacteria that live all around us. You will learn some of the fundamental skills found in every microbiologist’s toolkit while solving a series of public health–related challenges that many professionals encounter in their work. Faculty 46 SOUTHWESTERN O N T H E S H E LV E S