“Publication” Class Notes
Macye Maher (Com ’96)
Macye Lavinder Maher (Com ’96) has published her debut novel, Fireworks and Fertility (Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2017). The book follows an embryologist through romance and a series of incidents that lead her to discover her true identity. Ms. Maher is an owner of Live Water Properties, a brokerage firm specializing in hunting, ranching, fly fishing and conservation properties in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Jackson, Wyoming with her husband and three children.
Michael Knight (Grad ’96)
Michael Knight (Grad ’96) has published a new collection of short stories, Eveningland (Grove Atlantic, 2017). He is also the author of two novels, two short story collections and a book of novellas. Mr. Knight has received a number of awards, including a PEN/Hemingway Foundation Special Citation and the New Writing Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and lives in Knoxville with his family.
Jack Gallagher (Educ ’68)
Jack R. Gallagher, Ed.D., M.Sc. (Educ ’68) published results of national studies of pulmonary non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (PNTM) that he directed in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK. PNTM is a rare disease that can be fatal if untreated. Findings appeared in the December issue of European Respiratory Journal. During the past five years, Mr. Gallagher also directed national studies of PNTM in Japan, Canada and the US, resulting in 16 additional journal articles and conference papers/presentations in such venues as Annals of the American Thoracic Society, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Value in Health, 2015 and 2016 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (Milan and Vienna), 2015 Congress on Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine (Cologne), and 2015 Japan Respiratory Society Annual Meeting (Tokyo). The scientific reach of his 78 publications is greater than 87% of the 12+ million Research Gate scientists (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jack_Gallagher2). He completed his clinical psychology internship at Lynchburg Training School and Hospital in Lynchburg, Va., and formerly served on the faculties of UVA’s Schools of Education and Medicine. He is founder and chief scientist of Clarity Pharmaceutical Research, LLC, a global medical research firm headquartered in Spartanburg, S.C.
Paul Stroble (Grad ’91)
Paul Stroble (Grad ’91) has published a new book, Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament (Westminster John Knox Press, 2016), and two poetry chapbooks, Dreaming at the Electric Hobo (Finishing Line Press, 2015) and Little River (Finishing Line Press, 2017). He is adjunct faculty at Webster University and Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis.
Janice Allen (Nurs ’75 CM)
Janice Rosser Allen (Nurs ’75 L/M) has published her first book. Entitled God in the Crossroads: Signs of Hope, the book details Janice’s experience as CEO of International Cooperating Ministries (ICM), an international nonprofit founded in 1986 by Janice’s father, Dois Rosser. The organization aids Christians in developing nations by enabling them to build permanent churches, schools and orphanages, and supplying them with Bible study materials in their language.
A successful oncology clinical specialist and nursing educator, Janice initially had no plans to take an executive role at ICM. But when her husband of 27 years passed away from ocular melanoma in 2005, her life changed direction. In 2006, she accepted the position of CEO and Executive Chair of the board at ICM.
God in the Crossroads outlines Janice’s personal journey to ICM, along with the struggles and triumphs of Christian believers in the field. From Tanzania to Peru, from Russia to Vietnam, the book offers powerful stories of faith and hope in spite of the odds.
Co-authored by New York Times bestselling author Ellen Vaughn, God in the Crossroads: Signs of Hope can be purchased at http://icm.org/shop.
Janice graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia Nursing School in 1975, then earned a Master’s in Nursing from Duke University in 1977.
Mary McKay (Educ ’13)
Mary McKay (Educ ’13) has published Swimming Lessons: How our mental healthcare system fails us; a mother’s reflections and cry for help. Available on Amazon.
Lydia Peelle (Grad ’06)
Lydia Peelle (Grad ’06) has published her second book, The Midnight Cool (Harper, January 2017). The novel, set in Tennessee and Virginia in 1917, is about men who supplied mules to the Army for fighting in Europe in World War I—a lesser known aspect of the role of the American South in the war. Ms. Peelle hopes to bring these stories to light through her writing.
Leslie Elliott (Col ’98)
Leslie Atkins Elliott (Col ’98) has published Composing Science: A Facilitator’s Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom (Teachers College Press, 2016). A collaborative effort between three teachers, the book provides models for integrating writing into science courses and lesson plans and addresses the Common Core standards of education, as well as providing samples of student work and classroom transcripts. Ms. Atkins Elliott is an associate professor of curriculum, instruction and foundational studies at Boise State University and received her doctorate in physics from the University of Maryland.
David Winston (Res ’97)
Sharon Pywell (Col ’75)
Sharon Pywell (Col ’72) is publishing her fourth novel this April with Flatiron Press. The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life weaves the story of two sisters starting a successful cosmetics empire in the years directly after WWII with a real-live (fictionally alive) romance titled The Pirate Lover.
Robin Ward (Educ ’97)
Robin Ward (Educ ’97) has published her fourth children’s counting book, Count on Villanova: Fun Facts From 1 to 12 (Mascot Books, 2016). Readers count from one to twelve while discerning even and odd numbers, exploring the passage of time through the twelve months and four seasons, and enjoying the beauty and history of Villanova’s campus. The book has a rhyming narrative and includes two coloring pages. Ms. Ward is planning her fifth book in the series: Count on UVA: Fun Facts From 1 to 12.
Heather Holleman (Col ’97 CM)
Heather E. Holleman (Col ’97 L/M) has published Guarded by Christ: Knowing the God Who Rescues and Keeps Us (Moody Publishers, 2016). Her second book in the Christian Living genre, Guarded by Christ is an in-depth look at the overlooked and unusual verbs in the Bible. Ms. Holleman is a lecturer of advanced writing in the humanities at Pennsylvania State University.
Mandla Thabo Sukati Qhobosheane (Col ’93)
Mandla Thabo Sukati Qhobosheane (Col ’93) has published Cold Flow of Moments, The Essential Book of Styles (Wild Coast Digital, 2016), a work of poetic fiction about a high school swimmer coming to grips with the responsibilities of a gift given to him by his ancestors. The main character attends UVA, and his experiences as an e-school student cover three chapters.
Andy Lazris (Res ’93)
Andy Lazris (Res ’93), a primary care physician, has published Curing Medicare (Cornell University Press, 2016) to make the case that the excesses of the U.S. healthcare system are caused by Medicare and are harmful to the older generation, and to propose a solution.
Michele Moses (Col ’90 CM)
Michele S. Moses (Col ’90 L/M) has published Living with Moral Disagreement: The Enduring Controversy About Affirmative Action (University of Chicago Press, 2016). The book offers a new pathway for thinking about the debate surrounding educational affirmative action, one that holds up the debate itself as an important emblem of the democratic process. Ms. Moses believes that differing opinions about affirmative action result from different conceptual values and that disagreements about race-conscious policies create rich opportunities for discussions about diversity that nourish democratic thought and life.
Barbara Garrity-Blake (Grad ’88, Grad ’91)
Barbara J. Garrity-Blake (Grad ’88, ’91) will publish Living at the Water’s Edge (University of North Carolina Press, 2017) in April. The book is a heritage guide to the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway with four full-color maps as well as many color and black-and-white photographs. It shares the stories of people who have shaped their lives out of the region’s saltwater and sand, giving cultural dimension to the beach experience that many visitors never see. Ms. Garrity-Blake is a cultural anthropologist and lives in Gloucester, North Carolina.
Anne Mottola (Col ’86 CM)
Anne Mottola (Col ’86 L/M) has written her first children’s book, What Grows in the Garden? (New York Botanical Garden Press, 2016). The book is the first of three, with the sequels (What Lives in the Garden? and What Do You Sense in the Garden?) due in early 2017. From broccoli to tomatoes, this book offers full-color illustrations, drawn by the author’s sister, and is intended for children ages four to eight. Readers learn where these 12 types of vegetables are grown, how they grow and what parts of the plants are edible.
Holly Eger (Grad ’84)
Holly Hodder Eger (Grad ’84) has published Split Rock: A Novel (Conzett Verlag, 2016). Set on Martha’s Vineyard, it is the story of a young mother forced to confront her past when tempted by an unresolved love.
Harriet Schloss (Grad ’83)
Harriet Pollack Schloss (Grad ’83) has published Eudora Welty’s Fiction and Photography: The Body of the Other Woman (University of Georgia Press, 2016). The book includes significant reading of 62 visual images and works extensively with the unpublished manuscripts of Eudora Welty from the civil rights era of the 1960s-80s. Ms. Pollack is a professor of English at Bucknell University.
Aaron Margosis (Col ’83, Engr ’88 CM)
Aaron J. Margosis (Col ’83, Engr ’88 L/M) co-authored his second book, Troubleshooting with the Windows Sysinternals Tools (Microsoft Press, 2016), with Microsoft Azure Chief Technology Officer Mark Russinovich. Mr. Margosis is a principal consultant with Microsoft Cybersecurity Services.
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