“Publication” Class Notes
Gale Mattox (Grad ’77, Grad ’81)
Gale Mattox (Grad ’77, Grad ’81) edited Coalition Challenges in Afghanistan: The Politics of Alliance (Stanford University Press). The book examines the experiences of a number of countries in the conflict in Afghanistan, focusing on the demands of operating within a diverse coalition of states. It comprises analysis of the conflict in terms of objectives, strategy and mission and case studies of 15 coalition members. Ms. Mattox is professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy, adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies and a senior fellow at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Susan Robbins (Grad ’76)
Susan Robbins (Grad ’76) has published There Is Nothing Strange (Holland House Books), her third book. The novel is a darkly comic look at a love triangle, written in a lyrical prose. Her collection of short stories, Nothing but the Weather (Unsolicited Press), came out in 2014. Ms. Robbins’ first novel, One Way Home (Random House) won the Virginia Prize for fiction. She is a writing instructor at Hampden-Sydney College.
Howard Griffith (Col ’76 CM)
Howard Griffith (Col ’76 CM) has released Spreading the Feast (P&R Publishing). The book provides a theological reflection on the sacrament of Holy Communion and 28 meditations drawn from the Old and New testaments. Mr. Griffith is an associate professor of systematic theology and academic dean at Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
Bonnie Thurston (Grad ’75, Grad ’79 CM)
Bonnie Thurston (Grad ’75, Grad ’79 CM) has released Hidden in God: Discovering the Desert Vision of Charles de Foucauld (Ave Maria Press). The book explores Christian life through the legacy of de Foucauld, a French priest and hermit who lived in the Algerian desert in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ms. Thurston is a New Testament scholar and a poet.
Peter Newman (Col ’74)
Peter Newman (Col ’74) has recently written two e-books, Do Christians Have Two Natures? and How to Stop Practicing Sin. He also published The Meaning of the Cross in 2013. Mr. Newman is a Christian author and Bible teacher.
Ross Howell (Col ’72 CM)
Ross Howell (Col ’72 CM) has released his first novel, Forsaken (NewSouth Books). It is a work of historical fiction based on the tense racial atmosphere surrounding the 1912 murder trial of Virginia Christian, a black girl who was the only female juvenile executed in Virginia. Mr. Howell lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Mark Scharf (Col ’84 CM)
Mark Scharf (Col ’84 CM) has published a theatrical adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau (Steele Spring Stage Rights). The play is available on Amazon along with Mr. Scharf’s previously published plays Lizard Brains, Get Stuffed and Keeping Faith.
Beth Brykman (Com ’78 CM)
Beth Brykman (Com ’78 CM) has published The Best of Both Worlds: How Mothers Can Find Full-Time Satisfaction in Part-Time Work (Prometheus Books). She interviewed more than 100 mothers across the country to answer the question, “How can mothers bridge the gap between the worlds of ‘mom’ and ‘career woman’ to find work-life balance?”
Matthew Harvey (Col ’95 CM)
Matthew Harvey (Col ’95 CM) has published the textbook Geometry Illuminated: An Illustrated Introduction to Euclidean and Hyperbolic Plane Geometry (Mathematical Association of America Press). Mr. Harvey is associate professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
Richard Aubry (Educ ’69, Educ ’74 CM)
Richard Aubry (Educ ’69, Educ ’74 CM) has published It’s Not Just Black or White, a book about baseball and civil rights in Farmville, Virginia.
Richard Miller (Col ’75 CM)
Richard Miller (Col ’75 CM) published Friends and Other Strangers: Studies in Religion, Ethics, and Culture (Columbia University Press) in July 2016. The book urges religious ethicists to turn to cultural studies to broaden the range of issues they address and to examine matters of cultural practice and difference in critical and self-reflexive ways. Mr. Miller is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Chicago.
William Weber (Grad ’75, Grad ’77)
William Weber (Grad ’75, Grad ’77) has published a novel, The Long Century: The Congress of New Niagara, 1920. An alternate history, the book considers the consequences of a successful 1912 presidential bid by Theodore Roosevelt. After averting World War I with a successful international summit, Roosevelt becomes mayor of the futuristic city of New Niagara and invites the world’s major powers to the city for another congress to strengthen international cooperation.
Neal Snidow (Grad ’72)
Neal Snidow (Grad ’72) has published Vista Del Mar: A Memoir of the Ordinary (Counterpoint Press), which seeks to illuminate the present by shining light on the past.
Michael Ross (Col ’70, Law ’77 CM)
Michael Ross (Col ’70, Law ’77 CM) Michael C. “Mike” Ross (Col ’70, Law ’77 L/M) has published Ross’s Novel Discoveries (Rare Bird Books), a collection of 106 literary quotations on men, women, romantic relationships, love, sex and marriage. A bibliophile, Mr. Ross practiced corporate law before becoming senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Safeway in 1993. After retiring as executive officer in 2000, he began teaching practical seminars at UVA School of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Dubrovnik International University and IE Law School. He is also the author of Ethics & Integrity in Law & Business: Avoiding “Club Fed,” published by LexisNexis in 2011.
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