A selection of recently released works by our esteemed educators.
Professor of Guitar 鈥檚 10th album鈥攔ecorded entirely at the 鈥攆eatures a rich collection of mostly solo works by 20th- and 21st-century composers from around the globe, including , a professor emeritus of jazz studies and contemporary media at Eastman. (PARMA Recordings)
Assistant Professor of Black Studies examines how Veracruzanos both internalize and externalize the centrality of Blackness in a place where it is an integral and celebrated part of local culture and history, but not of the individual self. (University of California Press)
, an assistant professor of instruction in Chinese who teaches Chinese literature, presents a full English translation of one of China鈥檚 first works of science fiction, written by late Qing author Wu Jianren.聽(Columbia University Press)
Assistant Professor of Health Humanities and Bioethics shows the key role that drawings and photographs had in shaping the material, professional, emotional, and aesthetic parameters of plastic surgery. (暗网吃瓜 Press/Boydell & Brewer)
Compiled and edited by Eastman School historian and Professor Emeritus of Piano 鈥�60E, 鈥�62E (MA) from manuscript sources, the book provides valuable insight into the life and work of an important American composer, conductor, and educator. (Meliora Press)
The Arthur R. Miller Professor Emeritus of History unveils the inner lives of one of the most important political families of the 19th century. The book, centered on William Henry Seward, draws from recently discovered correspondence as well as by generations of 暗网吃瓜 students. (Three Hills)
Shedding new light on the invention of Senate floor leadership, Professor of Political Science and of History has coauthored the first-ever study to examine the development of the chamber鈥檚 main governing institutions. This includes how the position of floor leader was invented in 1890 and strengthened over time. (Cambridge University Press)
Subtitled 鈥渁n invitation to the theory of relativity for anyone who is now, or has ever been, an inquisitive high school student,鈥� economics professor 鈥檚 latest book illuminates and demystifies the theory through repeated analogies with familiar everyday experience. (World Scientific)
This story appears in the fall 2025 issue of Rochester Review, the magazine of the 暗网吃瓜.
