My Work
Healing the Heart of Trauma and Dissociation with EMDR and Ego State Therapy
Edited by Carol Forgash and Margaret Copeley
Springer, 2007
Springer, 2007
Nine preeminent traumatologists show how to treat severe trauma more effectively with combined EMDR and ego state therapy.
Roma Rights and Civil Rights: A Transatlantic Comparison
By Sunnie Rucker-Chang & Felix Chang
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Compares the trajectory of discrimination and winning legal rights of Europe’s Roma population and the U.S. civil rights movement. Sunnie Rucker-Chang is the Director of European Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Felix Chang is Co-director of the Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati.
Roma Rights and Civil Rights: A Transatlantic Comparison
By Sunnie Rucker-Chang & Felix Chang
Cambridge University Press, 2020
Compares the trajectory of discrimination and winning legal rights of Europe’s Roma population and the U.S. civil rights movement. Sunnie Rucker-Chang is the Director of European Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Felix Chang is Co-director of the Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati.
Pictured Politics: Visualizing Colonial History in South American Portrait Collections
By Emily Engel
University of Texas Press, 2020
An art historical analysis of how publicly displayed official portraits reinforced the authority of absent South American viceroys during the colonial period.
Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil
By Keisha-Khan Perry, PhD
University of Minnesota Press, 2013
University of Minnesota Press, 2013
Winner of the 2014 National Women’s Studies Association Gloria E. Anzaldúa book prize for best scholarship in women’s studies. Explores the women-led fight to save black-owned coastal lands in Brazil from seizure for gentrification. The author teaches Africana Studies at Brown University.
Black Women Against the Land Grab: The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil
By Keisha-Khan Perry, PhD
University of Minnesota Press, 2013
University of Minnesota Press, 2013
Winner of the 2014 National Women’s Studies Association Gloria E. Anzaldúa book prize for best scholarship in women’s studies. Explores the women-led fight to save black-owned coastal lands in Brazil from seizure for gentrification. The author teaches Africana Studies at Brown University.
Slavery Unseen: Sex, Power, and Violence in Brazilian History
By Lamonte Aidoo, professor of Romance Studies at Duke University
Published by Duke University Press
Published by Duke University Press
This book deals with the very unsettling topic of the sexual abuse of Brazilian slaves, uncovering an explicit record of the abuse in original sources such as transcripts of slave trials from the Spanish Inquisition. The book contains significant portions of my original writing and I wrote the successful publishing proposal as well as grant applications that financed the writing.
Social Movements in Taiwan’s Democratic Transition: Linking Activists to the Changing Political Environment
By Yun Fan, National Taiwan University
Routledge, 2019
Routledge, 2019
Analyzes the evolution and tactics of the labor, environmental, and women’s movements in Taiwan from 1980 to 2000.
Social Movements in Taiwan’s Democratic Transition: Linking Activists to the Changing Political Environment
By Yun Fan, National Taiwan University
Routledge, 2019
Routledge, 2019
Analyzes the evolution and tactics of the labor, environmental, and women’s movements in Taiwan from 1980 to 2000.
Working Women in Canada: An Intersectional Approach
Edited by Leslie Nichols
Canadian Scholars Press, 2019
Canadian Scholars Press, 2019
This undergraduate textbook provides an updated analysis of Canadian women’s experiences in the labor force through an intersectional perspective on gender, age, race, ethnicity, etc. Its 18 chapters bring together scholars from across Canada. My role: extensive editing, rewriting, support for authors, and project management.
The Truth Engine: Cross-Examination Outside the Box
By New York securities-fraud attorney Francis Karam
Self-published
Self-published
“The best book I’ve seen on cross-examination in ages—maybe ever.”
—Bryan Garner, editor in chief, Black’s Law Dictionary
How to use perception, performance, storytelling, and strategy to understand human behavior and master the art of cross-examination through a pursuit of truth.
Papers: A small sample of published papers I’ve edited
- Mohammad Ali Kadivar and Vahid Abedini. “Electoral Activism in Iran: A Mechanism for Political Change.” Forthcoming in Comparative Politics.
- Zijun Cai, Sharon K. Parker, Zhijun Chen, and Wing Lam. “How Does the Social Context Fuel the Proactive Fire? A Multilevel Review and Theoretical Synthesis. Journal of Organizational Behaviour 40, no. 2 (2018). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2347
- Ruth Gibson. “The Role of Health Researchers in Documenting Health Suffering and Crimes against Humanity Resulting from 2018 US Sanctions Against Iran.” Research in Health Science 3, no. 4 (2018). Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v3n4p130
- Kosal Path and Angeliki Andrea Kanavou, “The Lingering Effects of Thought Reform: The Khmer Rouge S-21 Prison Personnel.” Journal of Asian Studies 76, no. 1 (2017).
- Samira Hassa, “The French Language, Gender, and the Discursive Construction of Sexuality in Morocco.” Journal of Language and Sexuality 6, no. 2 (Jan. 2017).
- Leslie Nichols. “Motherhood and Unemployment: Intersectional Experiences from Canada.” Canadian Review of Social Policy (Fall 2016): 1–24.
- Samira Hassa, “Un Peso, Mami: Linguistic Landscape and Transnationalism Discourses in Washington Heights, New York City.” Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal 2, no. 2 (August 2016).
- LinDa Saphan, “From Modern Rock to Postmodern Hard Rock: Cambodian Alternative Music Voices.” Ethnic Studies Review 35, nos. 1 & 2 (spring 2015): 23–40.
- LinDa Saphan, “Norodom Sihanouk and the Political Agenda of Cambodian Music, 1955–1970.“ IIAS Newsletter 64 (2013).
- Samira Hassa, “Regulating and Negotiating Linguistic Diversity: Top-down and Bottom-up Language Planning in the Moroccan City.” Current Issues in Language Planning 13, no. 3 (2012): 207–223.
- Samira Hassa, “Projecting, Exposing, and Revealing Self in the Digital World: Usernames as a Social Practice in a Moroccan Chatroom.” Names: Journal of Onomastics 60, no. 4 (2012): 201–209.
Dissertations (by topic)
- Catastrophic harm to human health and life caused by unilateral sanctions, University of British Columbia
- Land struggles of indigenous people in the Amazon of Ecuador, University of Oregon
- Eldercare institutions in China, University of Oregon
- Mother-infant attachment, Long Island University
- Assessment of video-game addiction, University of Illinois
- Crimes committed by New York City police officers, CUNY
- Philosophical approaches to nonviolent civil disobedience, New School
- Psychotherapy for Asian AIDS patients, Walden University
- Harmful impacts of punitive transfer of U.S. immigration detainees to other detention centers, Florida International University
My Writing
Children’s Literature: Farleys at Moose Lake
Excerpt from a 150-page book for ages 8–11 about a family’s canoe trip to Maine
Young Adult Literature: Excerpt
Adult Literature: Maisy’s Legacy
Excerpt from a novel about an elderly woman’s struggle for survival and meaning following an incident that alienates her from her town.
Fiction Book Review: Excerpt from a 12-page review
Technical Writing: Unit Availability vs. Response Time
An explanation of how cities calculate their future needs for fire stations, intended for nonspecialist officials
Nonfiction Book Proposal: My proposal for Excluded Americans: The Silent Generation