Published Books
Family Violence Across the Life Course: Research, Policy, and Prevention
Sonia Salari, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah. Her work is among the first to examine family violence across all age groups. Chapters include a focus on identification of distinctions, threats to public health, international comparisons in family violence, emotional/psychological harm, stalking, fatal violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of sub-populations (children, elder adults, those with disabilities), the response of law enforcement, public policy and prevention programs. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on grass roots movements to promote change and the potential for resilience among survivors. Researchers, policy makers, victim advocates, law enforcement and students interested in understanding and preventing family violence will benefit from this comprehensive work.
We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe / Recuerdo, Celebracion, Y Esperanza: Latinos
in Utah
On October 25, Dr. Armando Solorzano (associate professor in FCS and Ethnic Studies) described his new book, We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe / Recuerdo, Celebracion, Y Esperanza: Latinos in Utah, as part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival held at the downtown Salt Lake City Library. Drawing heavily on oral histories, the book describes the history of Mexican Americas in Utah and thereby rectifies a crucial omission in the understanding of Utah's past.
Do Babies Matter?
Do Babies Matter? By Nicholas H. Wolfinger is the first comprehensive examination of the relationship between family formation and the academic careers of men and women. The book begins with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, moves on to early and mid-career years, and ends with retirement. Individual chapters examine graduate school, how recent PhD recipients get into the academic game, the tenure process, and life after tenure. The authors explore the family sacrifices women often have to make to get ahead in academia and consider how gender and family interact to affect promotion to full professor, salaries, and retirement. Concrete strategies are suggested for transforming the university into a family-friendly environment at every career stage.
Financial Justice
FCS Prof. Robert Mayer has a new book available now. This book introduces readers to the players and follows the uncertain developmental course of the Consumer Financial Protection Board from the initial vision of Elizabeth Warren through the roller-coaster deliberations of a fractious congress, all the way to final passage. As much as anything, the story is a penetrating case history of the revitalization of citizens' lobbying.