“Publication” Class Notes

Paula HIll Jasinski (Col ’89 L/M) and her husband published the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Atlas, a digital environmental text focused on the Chesapeake Bay region. Produced with funding from and in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the text uses the organization’s science and research from around the Chesapeake Bay to explain how the ecosystem works, including chapters on the bay’s formation, connections between water quality and precipitation, food web interactions, climate change, and more. The atlas is being used by schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay region and is available to download for free on iTunes.

Jodie Rundle Berndt (Col ’84 L/M) published Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children in December 2017 (HarperCollins/Zondervan). A follow-up to the bestselling Praying the Scriptures for Your Children and Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens, the new book became an Amazon Bestseller in its first week—probably because of Chapter 17 (which talks about UVA) and Chapter 10 (which is where parents can pray that their kids will get a job)! Ms. Berndt and her husband, Robert (Col ’85 L/M), have four adult children—all Wahoos!—and two sons-in-law who (sigh) graduated from Virginia Tech.

Linsey Davis (Col ’99), an Emmy award-winning journalist and ABC News correspondent, has published The World is Awake: A Celebration of Everyday Blessings (Zonderkidz), an inspirational picture book that encourages children to celebrate and be thankful for the everyday blessings of life.The lyrical, rhyming story, intended to make young children feel joyful and safe, is paired with bright and engaging illustrations to inspire children to see the extraordinary in an ordinary day. The book is available for preorder now and will be in bookstores February 6th. For more information visit the Ms. Davis’ website.

Charlie Szoradi (Arch ’89) published a book, Learn from Looking: How Observation Inspires Innovation, in February 2017 that is now available in large format and eBook as well as the standard 6″ x 9″ size. The book includes Mr. Szoradi’s travel drawings and insights on sustainability from over two decades of his travels around the world. Charlie is a LEED AP Architect and the the CEO of Independence LED Lighting, one of the first American manufacturers of energy-saving commercial LED lighting.

David Black (Educ ’64, ’67 L/M) has published his fourth collection of poetry, Aspects of a Crosscut Saw & Other Poems (Persimmon Tree Press).

Leo Hirrel (Grad ’81, ’89) published a book, Supporting the Doughboys: U.S. Army Logistics and Personnel During World War I (Ft. Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute, 2017). The book is available online for free from the Army University Press. Mr. Hirrel also retired as the U.S. Army Quartermaster School historian in February 2017.

Brendan Mathews (Grad ’05) published a book, The World of Tomorrow (Little, Brown & Co.), on Sept. 5, 2017. The book has received starred reviews from several outlets, including Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and was included on “best of fall books” lists in publications including The New York Post, Wall Street Journal and O, The Oprah Magazine. It also received a full-page review in The New York Times Book Review, which also named the book to an editors’ choice list. More information is available at www.brendanmathews.com. More information is available at www.brendanmathews.com.

Rafael X. Zahralddin-Aravena (Arch ’89 L/M), director, shareholder and chair of the commercial bankruptcy and restructuring practice with Elliott Greenleaf, is the co-editor for the newly released American Bar Association’s third revised edition of Reorganizing Failing Businesses. This two volume treatise analyzes key situations from the perspective of the varied constituencies within a restructuring process. Mr. Zahralddin-Aravena is also an author for several chapters in the book. More information is available here.

Michael Blanchard (Col ’73 L/M) has published Naming the Silence: New & Selected Poems. The new collection is a sampling of poetry written and published by Mr. Blanchard over five decades. While a student at the University, he was an Echols Scholar, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and twice won the University Union Fine Arts Award for Poetry. He also earned a master’s degree from Indiana University and completed additional graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He taught literature and creative writing at Troy University, where he served as editor of the university’s literary magazine and was presented the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and the University of Louisiana. For over 20 years, he has also been an advocate for compassionate care of the dying through his work with hospice organizations in Louisiana and North Carolina. Now retired, he lives and writes in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Ted Weihe (Arch ’79) has published his eighth book, a memoir titled Transitions: American Values of Democracy and Free Markets in the Post-Cold War World. The book details how cooperatives and people-to-people assistance elevated the economic and social lives of millions in the diverse fields of telecommunications, agriculture, micro-insurance and health as the U.S. tried to export its vision of free markets and democracy following the Cold War. Mr. Weihe was present during this transition, a time he calls a “magic moment with much hope and new opportunities,” and began projects in countries around the world.

David Black (Educ ’64, ’67 L/M) has announced the reprinting of his first book of poetry, Some Task, Long Forgotten and Other Poems (Persimmon Tree Press, 2017). He is also the author of The Clown in the Tent and Shortcomings: Around the Grounds & Corner.

Alison Millett McCartney (Grad ’94, ’00) was one of four editors of a new publication, Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines, which was featured at the American Political Science Association annual conference in San Francisco in September.

Mark Rosenberg (Col ’96) wrote a book of poetry, “I Can’t Shut My Eyes,” which was published online in 2007 by UMass ScholarWorks Press. It has been downloaded nearly 1,000 times and taught in reading groups at Cambridge University. He now owns a tutoring company in Seattle, where he lives.

Sally Mabelle (Col ’82) published a new book, The Voice of Leadership: Six Keys to Presence, Influence, and Creative Confidence, in September 2017. Ms. Mabelle resides in Auckland, New Zealand.

Hayden Saunier (Col ’79 L/M) has published her third collection of poetry, How To Wear This Body, from Terrapin Books. She is the author of Tips for Domestic Travel and Say Luck, which won the 2013 Gell Poetry Prize. Ms. Saunier’s has appeared in journals and periodicals, and her poetry has been awarded the Pablo Neruda Prize, the Rattle Poetry Prize, the Keystone Award and the Robert Fraser Award.