Member SpotlightThe Textbook & Academic Authors Association's Member Spotlight program highlights members and their accomplishments. If you are interested in being highlighted or nominating another member for the spotlight, please complete this form. By participating you agree to have your information included on the TAA website, in the enewsletter, on the blog, and on the association's social media pages. Member Spotlight: Dr. Joseph ‘Rocky’ Wallace
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His most recent publications are Rotational motion and gravitation (along with properties of matter) DPP Vol-3 and Oscillations and waves DPP Vol-5. Learn more Member Spotlight: Talya N. Bauer
Her most recent publications are Fundamentals of Human Resource Management: People, Data, and Analytics; Human Resource Management: People, Data, and Analytics; Organizational Behavior: Bridging Science and Practice; Essentials of Organizational Behavior: Bridging Science and Practice; and Psychology and Work: Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Learn more Member Spotlight: Margarita Huerta
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His most recent publications include Calculus for the AP Course, 3rd Edition, College Algebra, 11th Edition, Algebra & Trigonometry, 11th Edition, Precalculus, 11th Edition, and Trigonometry, 11th Edition. Learn more
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Her most recent publication is Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata: From Research Design to Final Report, published by Sage in 2019. Over the course of her career as a consultant in the field of international development and later as an academic, Daniels has published over 50 academic articles, book chapters, and consulting reports for international agencies. Learn more Member Spotlight: Paul M. Vitanyi
His most recent publication is the fourth edition of An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications published by Springer. Learn more Member Spotlight: Jamie Pope
Her most recent publication is the second edition of Nutrition for a Changing World (Scientific American and Macmillan Learning) published January 2019. Earlier in her career, she was author or co-author of several popular press books in the weight management arena. Learn more Member Spotlight: Joseph Godlewski
His most recent publication is Introduction to Architecture: Global Disciplinary Knowledge, published by Cognella in 2019. Learn more Member Spotlight: Braja Das
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TAA Member Dr. Joseph 'Rocky' Wallace is an Associate Professor, Education, Campbellsville University and is a textbook author in the education and leadership disciplines. His latest publication is Service in the Trenches: School Principals Share True Stories of Servant Leadership and he is currently working on a third book by his team of higher ed authors here in Kentucky--the theme of school safety. 
TAA Member Daniel G Bachrach is Professor of Management and Robert C. and Rosa P. Morrow Faculty Excellence Fellow at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business and is an academic author in the management discipline with additional academic writing in the areas of transactive memory systems and team performance. His latest publication is Exploring Management, 7e. 
TAA Member Pamela Gordon is lecturer at Norwalk Community College teaching classes in art appreciation and humanities and a textbook author in the art discipline. Her latest publication is Art Matters: A Contemporary Approach to Art Appreciation (Oxford University Press, 2020). 
TAA Member Corey S Shdaimah is the Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and an academic author in the social work and policy implementation disciplines. Her latest publication is Social Welfare Policy in a Changing World. 
TAA Member Cason Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Iowa State University and a textbook and academic author in the theater, music studies, dance studies, media studies, critical reinterpretation of the canon, and contemporary performance practices disciplines. His latest publication is The World at Play: Performance from the Audience’s Perspective. 
TAA Member Ron Larson is a Professor Emeritus, Penn State University and a textbook author in the mathematics discipline. His latest publications are Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2. 
TAA Member Edward S. Neukrug is Chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Old Dominion University. His latest book is Contemporary Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy. He is currently working on a new book, Introduction to Clinical Mental Health Counseling. 
TAA Member Rick Mullins, Professor of Chemistry at Xavier University, Department of Chemistry. He just published his first book, Organic Chemistry: A Learner-Centered Approach. He is currently working on creating solved assessment YouTube videos to accompany the textbook. 
TAA Member Kim Mogilevsky is the CEO of Analytic Orange, Inc. and a textbook author in the social studies discipline. Her most recent publication is Florida History Makers: Myself, My School, My Community. She is currently working on more Florida History Makers social studies textbooks for grades 1-5. 
TAA Member Derek Crews is an Associate Professor of Management at and a textbook and academic author in the Human Resources discipline. His most recent publication is Mastering Human Resource Management, Version 1.0, published by FlatWorld. He is currently working on a new textbook with FlatWorld, Principles of Talent Development. 
TAA Member Charles (Chuck) B Corbin is a Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, College of Health Solutions and a textbook author writing in the disciplines of education, physical fitness, and health. His most recent publication is 
Judi is a Professor Emerita, Biology & Health Sciences and a textbook author writing in the disciplines of biology, anatomy & physiology, medical terminology, pathophysiology. Her most recent publications are Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, 11e (textbook); Digesting Foods and Fads; and Sins Against Science: How Misinformation Affects Our Lives and Laws. 
Brian is a Professor of Environmental Science and both a textbook and academic author writing in the disciplines of environmental science and human disease and anatomy. His most recent publication is Phytoremediation: In-Situ Applications. 
Prs is a freelance IIT JEE physics professor and is both a textbook and academic author in the physics discipline.
Talya is a Cameron Professor of Management at Portland State University and is a textbook author in the management discipline.
Margarita is an Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and writes in the English Learner Education discipline.
Michael is a retired, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics who continues his textbook authoring career in the mathematics discipline.
Lisa is a Professor of Economics and International Studies, and is both a textbook and academic author in the economics and statistics disciplines.
Paul is a professor emeritus at the University of Amsterdam, CWI fellow at the Netherlands National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), and is both a textbook and academic author in the computer science discipline.
Jamie is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University and is a textbook author in the nutrition discipline.
Joseph is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University and is both a textbook and academic author in the architecture discipline.
Braja is the Dean Emeritus, College of Engineering & Computer Science, CSU, Sacramento and is both a textbook and academic author in the engineering discipline. 
Katy is the Founder of 
Paul is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University and is both a textbook and academic author in the health sciences discipline.
Melissa is a PhD candidate and is an academic author in the biology, genetics, health sciences, and nursing disciplines. Her most recent publication is an article titled, “Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Models: Challenges in Clinical Application”. 
Erin is an academic author in the literacy discipline. Her most recent publication is a study about very young writers: Writing in First Grade: The Quantity and Quality of Practices, published with her Norwegian colleagues. They found, unfortunately, that many Norwegian teachers believe that students need to know all their letters and how to spell before composing. Now they are working to challenge that belief and give more opportunities to the very young authors among us. To date, she has published over 50 academic articles and book chapters in the area of education, many co-authored with fellow TAA members (e.g., Tracey Hodges, Katherine Wright, Sharon Matthews). 
Micki is an academic author in the education and middle grades education disciplines. Her most recent publications include Mertens, S. B, & Caskey, M. M. (Eds.) (2018). Literature reviews in support of the middle level education research agenda (a volume in the series: The handbook of resources in middle level education) Charlotte, NC: Information Age; Carpenter, J., Lutz, A., Samek, L., Caskey, M. M., Greene, W. L., Kim, Y. M., Casbon, J., & Musser, M. (Eds.) (2017); Imagine a place: Stories from middle grades educators (a volume in the series: The handbook of resources in middle level education) Charlotte, NC: Information Age; and Mertens, S. B., Caskey, M. M., & Flowers, N. (Eds.). (2016); and The encyclopedia of middle grades education (2nd ed.) (a volume in the series: The handbook of resources in middle level education) Charlotte, NC: Information Age. In addition to the aforelisted titles, she has published 10 other books (8 academic books and 2 textbooks). 
Joan is both a textbook and academic author in the ESL, TESOL, curriculum & instruction, education, literacy, pedagogy, language acquisition, and critical pedagogy disciplines. Her most recent publications include The Power of Story (2018) Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO; Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World (2011, 4/e) Pearson; Teaching Passionately: What’s Love Got To Do With It? (2004) AllynBacon/Pearson; A Vision of Vygotsky (2002) AllynBacon/Pearson, and scores of academic refereed publications, years of presentations and keynotes, and her blog, 
Susan is an academic author in the curriculum & instruction, education, information technology, library science, educational, and instructional design disciplines and a PhD student at New Mexico State University. Her most recent publication is titled “Impact of Technology on Post-Secondary Classroom Culture: A Critical Literature Review”. 
Tracey is an academic author in the literacy discipline. Her most recent publication is 
Margaret is an academic author in the health sciences, human anatomy & physiology, and neuroscience disciplines. Her most recent publication is Craft Your Plan for Learning Physiology, 30-Day Challenge Workbook, 2017. She has 3 published books, 23 original research articles in peer reviewed journals, and is a co-author of chapters in 5 books on medical science. 
Judi is a textbook author in the anatomy, anatomy & physiology, and medical terminology discipline. Her most recent publications are A Short Course in Medical Terminology and Programmed Learning Approach to Medical Terminology. She is a published author or co-author of 9 different textbooks covering the areas of anatomy, anatomy & physiology, and medical terminology. Here’s an accounting: Human Anatomy (9e), Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology (11e), Visual Anatomy & Physiology (3e), Anatomy & Physiology (2e), Visual Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology (1e), Using Medical Terminology (2e), A Short Course in Medical Terminology (4e), Programmed Learning Approach to Medical Terminology (3e), and Stedman’s Medical Terminology (2e). 
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John is both a textbook & academic author in the employment relations discipline. His most recent publication is Labor Relations: Striking a Balance, 5th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018). The 1st edition won a 
Mike is both a textbook & academic author in the education and health sciences disciplines and current 
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Kathleen is both a textbook and academic author in the education, faculty development, and adult learning disciplines. 
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Sasha is a textbook author in the computer sciences discipline. His most recent publication is HTML5 and CSS3 Illustrated Complete, 2e. He is also an author with Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning. 
Lorraine is a textbook author in the health sciences discipline. Her most recent publications include Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Coding: Path to Success
Drew is both a textbook and academic author in the psychology discipline. His most recent publications include Abnormal Psychology: Myths of ‘Crazy’ (2nd ed.). and Foundations of Abnormality: Myths, Misconceptions, and Movies (in press), both published by Kendall Hunt. Other recent publications include 1 chapter and 8 articles. 
Kevin is a textbook author in the human anatomy & physiology discipline. 
Cheryl is a textbook and academic author in the education discipline. She has most recently 
Michael is a textbook and academic author in the marketing discipline. He has published approximately 30 textbooks (including international adaptations) and over 60 journal articles. His most recent textbook is Consumer Behavior: Buying, Having and Being 12th ed., published by Pearson Education. 
Al is a textbook author in the Earth Science: Oceanography discipline. Most recently, he has published the 12th edition of Essentials of Oceanography with Pearson Education. This textbook is the market-leading college-level oceanography textbook worldwide. He has worked on this title since its 6th edition. This book is also a 
Marilyn retired in 2017 after writing textbooks for two publishers from 1975 to 2017. She is now the Director and Assistant Director of two nonprofit foundations made possible by the success of her textbooks. Her most recent publication is Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 14th edition. As a TAA member, she has earned multiple textbook awards and the 
Robert has had ten titles published since 1992. The three most recent are: Excel HSC Business Studies (2016) (update), Excel Preliminary Business Studies (update), and Excel Preliminary Legal Studies (2016) (update). He is currently writing textbooks to comply with new grade 11 and 12 curriculum in the states of Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. 
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Courtland has recently published Business Communication Essentials, 8th Edition and he is currently co-authoring three more titles Business Communication Today, 14th Edition, Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition, and Business in Action, 8th Edition. He recently completed a website, 
Marielle has recently finished production of the print version of the 3rd edition of Biology: The Essentials. She is also the author of Biology: Concepts and Investigations, currently in its 4th edition. Both titles are published by McGraw-Hill. She also has a blog, 
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Frank has written four textbooks including Data Abstraction & Problem Solving with C++: Walls and Mirrors, (8e) and Data Structures and Abstractions with Java, (5e). He has two other titles that are no longer in print. 
Joan has written seven series of textbooks published with three different publishers. Her most recent publication is Summit: English for Today's World, coauthored with Allen Ascher and published by Pearson, now in third edition. She's also published the Top Notch series (coauthored with Allen Ascher) now in its third edition, and the following titles, all of which are multi-level series with multimedia: Teen2Teen (4-level series with Allen Ascher, Oxford University Press) Ready to Go: Language Lifeskills, Civics (4-level series, Pearson) Workplace Plus: Living and Working in English (4-level series, Pearson) Literacy Plus (2-level series, Pearson), and English in Context: Reading Comprehension for Science and Technology (3-level series, Prentice-Hall). 
Victor has written three textbooks published in the last three years, all by Rowman & Littlefield, including Teach like the mind learns: Instruct so students learn to think, read, and write critically (2017), Preparation for critical instruction: How to explain subject matter while teaching all learners to think, read, and write critically (2016) and Fixing instruction – Resolving major issues with a core body of knowledge for critical instruction (2015). 
Karen has written four books, including most recently, Mastering the Art of Success, co-authored with Jack Canfield, creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is currently working on an online Certificate Course that will educate Industry Professionals on how Public Service leaders manage organizational and program performance through risk management skills. 
As both a textbook and academic author in ESL, education, global studies, and Spanish, his most recent publication is Globalizing the Curriculum with the Latino Literature of the United States. He is currently working on 17 manuscripts including, Global Advocacy in the Classroom, Lifeless: 300 Words or Less Macabre Short Stories, Snow Dancing in New Jersey, a Novel, Several poetry books, Muffin's War, non-fiction, and Siberian Huskies: 10 Lessons and 10 Nuances Nobody Talks About. 
As a textbook author in business, economics, and finance, his most recent publication is Capital Markets and Investments: Essential Insights and Concepts for Professionals. He is currently working on getting the word out about his recently published textbook designed to accompany introductory/intermediate finance classes that discuss the financial markets. Upcoming Webinars & Events
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