Introduction to Latinx Studies: A Social Science and Cultural Studies Reader provides students with a collection of carefully curated primary sources and textbook style introductions that explore contemporary Latinx issues and experiences. In Unit I, Negotiating Identities, readings examine the various ways in which Latinx communities think about ......
Family and Consumer Sciences: Preventative and Restorative Education well prepares future educators to develop engaging lessons for their students using a variety of methodologies to address the ever-changing societal issues facing individuals and families. The text recognizes that family and consumer sciences education works to improve the lives ......
The Production Homebuilder is designed to introduce and promote the homebuilding industry to construction college students and to prepare those graduates who choose to become homebuilders for a fast career start and an exciting and rewarding career journey. In Part One, students explore a variety of topics related to production homebuilding ......
Options and Futures Markets, Uses, and Strategies presents students with an approachable and academically sound introduction to options and futures. The text explains why options exist, the function and role they have in the financial marketplace, and how flexible they can be through a variety of historic examples. Opening chapters introduce and ......
Business Combinations and Advanced Topics in Accounting provides students with a concise overview of key concepts and practices for a course in advanced accounting. Designed to maximize student learning, the text presents concepts and implementation in practice. Additionally, as new topics are explored, all previous concepts to those topics hold ......
Inside Criminal Justice: Thinking about Police, Courts, and Corrections provides students with a comprehensive and critical exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system. Opening chapters introduce criminal justice as a system, a career, and an academic discipline; identify the main types of crimes in American jurisprudence; define crime; and ......
Promoting Organizational Effectiveness Through Communication Efficiency
Conducting a Communication Audit: Promoting Organizational Effectiveness through Communication Efficiency equips readers with the knowledge and skillsets they need to conduct successful communication audits and, in doing so, help organizations overcome their communication issues. The text teaches readers how to identify communication problems ......
Audio is a unique medium for communication. It's intimate, immediate, immersive, and creators can produce it at home. In The Podcaster's Manifesto, Sarah Lemanczyk draws from her experience as one of the first professors in the United States to teach a dedicated podcasting course as part of a journalism curriculum. The book takes the mystery out ......
Digital Systems Projects provides electrical and computer engineering students with a complete guide to the key concepts, tools, and design and implementation approaches they need to fully understand and produce successful embedded systems. The opening chapter offers an overview of digital systems; design on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA); ......
