Recent Faculty Publications - February 2021

Recent Faculty Publications - February 2021

LaNitra Berger, faculty member in the Department of History and Art History and senior director of Mason's Office of Fellowships in the Office of Undergraduate Education, edited Social Justice and International Education, which brings together educators, scholars, and practitioners who are doing innovative work to promote social justice, confront inequality, and foster social responsibility in a global context. The book does not operate on a singular definition of social justice; rather, the authors describe their own definition and how it has guided their work. The book explores research, social justice in practice, and different perspectives from practitioners across the field.

Theodore Dumas, associate professor in the Department of Psychology and with Mason’s Institute for a Sustainable Earth, has published If Food Could Talk: Stories from Thirteen Precious Foods Endangered by Climate Change, which highlights thirteen important foods that will likely disappear in the very near future due to climate change. The book discusses the origins of these foods and their cultivation histories, as well as their spiritual, socioeconomic, and nutritional impacts.  Each section ends with traditional and nontraditional recipes, and the book highlights intervention strategies to serve as an introductory manual to save these foods.