Department News

• 2017 Anselm Strauss award for qualitative research from the National Council on Family Relations for the article: Adam I Green, Jenna Valleriani, and Barry D Adam. 2016. “Marital monogamy as ideal and practice: The detraditionalization thesis in contemporary marriages” Journal of Marriage and Family 78 (April): 416–430. DOI:10.1111/jomf.122772017 
• Honourable mention for best English-language article published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society in 2016 for: Barry D Adam, Jason Globerman, Richard Elliott, Patrice Corriveau, Ken English, and Sean Rourke. 2016. “HIV-positive people's perspectives on Canadian criminal law and non-disclosure” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 31 (1):1-23. doi:10.1017/cls.2016.3

Professor M'Closkey recently returned from the Western Colorado Center for the Arts where she gave a talk titled “Unravelling the Narratives of Nostalgia about Navajo Weavers and Reservation Traders”.

John Albanese recently returned from a 10-day trip to São Paulo, Brazil. He was there to assist the Grupo de Trabalho Perus (GTP) with the identification of people who disappeared in the 1970s. The GTP is working at the Centro de Antropologia e Arqueologia Forense (CAAF) at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) and this is the first major project of its kind in Brazil to deal with the identification of individuals and the documentation of human rights violations under the dictatorship. While there, he also met with Eloisa Arruda, the Secretary for Human Rights for Prefecture of São Paulo. (Article: Equipe do Centro de Antropologia e Arqueologia Forense da Universidade Federal de São Paulo visita Secretaria [English translation])

Reader's Favorite recognizes "The Mastery of You" in its annual international book award contest.

The Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries, ranging from new independent authors to NYT best-sellers and celebrities.

Readers' Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the "Best Websites for Authors" and "Honoring Excellence" awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

We receive thousands of entries from all over the world. Because of these large submission numbers, we are able to break down our contest into 140+ genres, and each genre is judged separately, ensuring that books only compete against books of their same genre for a fairer and more accurate competition. We receive submissions from independent authors, small publishers, and publishing giants such as Random House, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, with contestants that range from the first-time, self-published author to New York Times bestsellers like J.A. Jance, James Rollins, and #1 best-selling author Daniel Silva, as well as celebrity authors like Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty), Henry Winkler (Happy Days), and Eriq La Salle (E.R., Coming to America).

"When the right books are picked as winners we pay attention. We will be spreading the word about Readers' Favorite." --Karen A., Editor for Penguin Random House

Readers' Favorite is proud to announce that "The Mastery of You" by Renu Persaud won the Silver Medal in the Non-Fiction - Cultural category.

You can learn more about Renu Persaud and "The Mastery of You" at Readers' Favorite website.