UW Institute on Race and Ethnicity- Reading Seminars
UW Institute on Race and Ethnicity- 07-08 Recipients
Eric Kasper, UW-Barron County
Mary Jane Brukardt, UW-Eau Claire
Colleen McFarland, UW-Eau Claire
Jill Pinkney Pastrana, UW-Eau Claire
Donna Raleigh, UW-Eau Claire
Marlene Jaglinski, UW-Extension
      (Milwaukee County)

Jeff Kuepper, UW-Fox Valley
Mai Lo, UW-Green Bay
E. Nicole Meyer and Christopher Martin,
     UW-Green Bay

April Handtke, UW- La Crosse
Beth Hartung. UW-La Crosse
Cecilia Manrique, UW-La Crosse
Rhonda Rabbitt, UW-La Crosse
Jessica Thill, UW-La Crosse
Ned Blackhawk and Larry Nesper, UW-Madison
Heidi Lang, UW-Madison
Kristin Lenichek, UW-Madison
Patricia Schraeder and Julie Washington,
     UW-Madison

Tina Oman, UW-Marinette
Cheryl Kader, UW-Milwaukee
Arlene Haffa, Juyeon Son, and Paul Van Auken,
     UW-Oshkosh

Marguerite Parks, UW-Oshkosh
Miriam Schacht, UW-Oshkosh
Michael White, UW-Oshkosh
Sally Wilke, UW-Oshosh
Jane Wypiszynski and Tom Grogan, UW-Oshkosh
Gregory Imbur, UW-Platteville
Regina Pauly, UW-Platteville
John Pruitt, UW-Rock County
Mai Vang, UW-Stevens Point
Howard Lee, UW-Stout
Kimberly Zagorski and Lopamudra Basu, UW-Stout
Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, UW-Waukesha
Elizabeth Hachten, UW-Whitewater

UW-Barron County
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Eric Kasper (Department of Political Science)
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Race and Ethnicity by Raymond D'Angelo and Herbert Douglas (editors)
UW-Eau Claire
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Mary Jane Brukardt (Chancellor's Office)
Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education by Roberto A. Ibarro
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Colleen McFarland (McIntyre Library)
Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown
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Book(s):
Jill Pinkney Pastrana (Foundations of Education Department)
Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality by Sarah Husain (editor)
Hey, Hmong Girl, Whassup? The Journal of Choua Vang by Rempel Leah
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Donna Raleigh (Network for Excellence in Teaching/Learning and Technology Services)
Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education by Jerome Branche, John Mullennix, and Ellen R. Cohn (editors)
Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong
Celebrating Diversity: Working with Groups in the Workplace by Cheryl Hetherington
UW-Extension Milwaukee
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Marlene Jaglinski (Office Associate)
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

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UW-Fox Valley
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Jeff Kuepper (Student Activities Office)
Drown by Junot Diaz
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
UW-Green Bay
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Mai Lo (American Intercultural Center)
First Person, First Peoples: Native American College Graduates Tell Their Life Stories by Andrew Garrod and Colleen Larimore (editors)
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Book(s):
E. Nicole Meyer (French/Humanistic Studies/Women's Studies) and Christopher Martin (Department of Philosophy)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön
Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh
UW-La Crosse
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
April Handtke (Office of Residential Life)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
Last Standing Woman by Winona La Duke
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Beth Hartung (Campus Climate Office)
Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture by Siobhan B. Somerville
It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races by Lena Williams
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Cecilia Manrique (Political Science and Public Administration Department)
Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family by Evangeline Canonizado Buell
A Book of Her Own: Words and Images to Honor the Babaylan by Leny Mendoza Strobel
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Rhonda Rabbitt (Master of Education-Professional Development Program)
Crazy Weather by Charles L. McNichols
Educating the Global Village: Including the Child in the World (2nd Edition) by Louise Boyle Swiniarski and Mary-Lou Breitborde
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Jessica Thill (Upward Bound/TRIO Program)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

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UW-Madison
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Book(s):
Ned Blackhawk (Department of History/American Indian Studies) and Larry Nesper (Department of Anthropology/American Indian Studies)
Making Indian Law: The Hualapai Land Case and the Birth of Ethnohistory by Christian W. McMillen
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Book(s):
Heidi Lang (Wisconsin Union)
Know What I Mean? by Michael Eric Dyson
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Book(s):
Kristin Lenichek (International Student Services Office)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Patricia Schraeder and Julie Washington (Department of Communicative Disorders)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: A Guide for Working with Young Children and Their Families by Eleanor W. Lynch and Marci J. Hanson
UW-Marinette
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Tina Oman (Student Services Office)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
UW-Milwaukee
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Cheryl Kader (Women's Studies Program)
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism by Patricia Hill Collins

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UW-Oshkosh
Submitter(s):

Book(s):
Arlene Haffa (Department of Chemistry), Juyeon Son and Paul Van Auken (Departments of Sociology and Environmental Studies)
Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society by Michael K. Brown, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, and Troy Duster
The Race Myth: Why We Pretend that Race Exists in America by Joseph L. Graves, Jr.
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DVD(s):
Movie(s):
Marguerite Parks (Department of Educational Foundations)
Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
Flight by Sherman Alexie
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Snow by Orphan Pamuk
El Norte
The Kite Runner
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Miriam Schacht (Department of English)
Wisconsin Indian Literature: An Anthology of Native Voices by Kathleen Tigerman (editor)
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Michael White (Financial Aid Office)
Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement by S. Craig Watkins
Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Sally Wilke (Head Start Program, College of Education and Human Services)
Building Cultures Between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers by Elise Trumbull, Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, and Blanca Quiroz
Building a House for Diversity: A Fable About a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for Today's Workforce by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Marjorie Woodruff, and R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Jane Wypiszynski (Office of Equity and Affirmative Action) and Tom Grogan (Chancellor's Office)
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
UW-Platteville
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Gregory Imbur (School of Education)
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
"Race," Writing, and Difference by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Kwame Anthony Appiah (editors)
Submitter(s):
Book(s):

Regina Pauly (Karrmann Library)
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
UW-Rock County
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
John Pruitt (Department of English)
Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches by Horace L. Griffin

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UW-Stevens Point
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Mai Vang (Equity and Affirmative Action Office)
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
UW-Stout
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Howard Lee (School of Education)
Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson
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Book(s):
Kimberly Zagorski (Department of Social Sciences) and Lopamudra Basu (Department of English and Philosophy)
Who Are We? The Challenges to American Identity by Samuel P. Huntington
China Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World by Ted C. Fishman
UW-Waukesha
Submitter(s):
Book(s):
Margaret (Peggy) Rozga (Department of English)
Dreamer by Charles Johnson
More Than One Struggle: The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee by Jack Dougherty
UW-Whitewater
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Book(s):

Elizabeth Hachten (College of Letters and Science and Department of History)
Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race and Hygiene in the Philippines by Warwick Anderson
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer

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