“Publication” Class Notes
John Teschner (Col ’03)
John Teschner (Col ’03) has written his debut novel, Project Namahana, a mystery thriller set in Hawaii and published by Forge/Macmillan in June. It was inspired by the seven years he spent living on Kauai. He and his family recently moved to Duluth, Minnesota.
Lacy Lusk (Col ’92)
Lacy Lusk (Col ’92 CM) has co-written his first book, From Tidewater To The Shenandoah: Snapshots From Virginia’s Rich Baseball Legacy. The book looks at the past, present and future of baseball in Virginia, a state that has produced five Hall of Famers and several World Series stars. It covers all levels of baseball from high schools to colleges (including UVa) to the minor leagues and the majors. https://www.amazon.com/Tidewater-Shenandoah-Snapshots-Virginias-Baseball/dp/1733303626/
Mark Harrington (Educ ’00, Educ ’02)
Mark Harrington (Educ ’00, ’02) has written the first edition of Preventing School Violence; A Self-Assessment Approach, released by Cognella Publishing and available through https://titles.cognella.com/preventing-school-violence-9781793570277 or at amazon.com or bordersbooks.com.
Alden Hathaway (Engr ’81 CM)
Alden Hathaway (Engr ’81 CM) and his son, Tripp Hathaway, have published Energy Independence – The Individual Pursuit of Energy Freedom, a step-by-step guide to achieving energy independence.
Chris Schroder (Col ’78 CM)
Chris Schroder (Col ’78 CM) published a humorous memoir detailing his journey growing bald and getting hair transplant surgery that has won all 5-star reviews on Amazon and praise from book critics. Headscape: how a bald guy replanted his hair and restarted his life begins with his first haircut and concludes with his attending a UVA reunion.
Christopher Lee (Col ’05, Com ’05)
Christopher S. Lee (Com ’05) published his first novel, Between the Shimmer & the Blinding, which debuted at No. 1 in Genetics on Amazon. A multi-generational family drama, the book centers on a young couple grappling with the decision of editing their embryos to reduce disease risks, inviting readers to probe the meaning of parenthood and legacy in our era of profound biotechnological change. Find more information at www.chrisleeauthor.com
Stephen Moriarty (Col ’76)
Stephen H. Moriarty (Col ’76 CM) has published a novel, Restitution, a legal mystery and the first of a trilogy. The product of nearly forty years in courtrooms, it is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books and others.
David Nicholson (Educ ’99)
David W. Nicholson (Educ ’96, ’99) has published the second edition of Philosophy of Education in Action: An Inquiry-
Based Approach (Routledge, 2022). Mr. Nicholson is a professor of education at Stevenson University in Maryland.
Timothy Jarrett (Col ’94)
Timothy Jarrett (Col ’94 CM) has written Ten Thousand Voices: 150 Years of the Virginia Glee Club, a history of the oldest musical group at the University of Virginia. The book is also a history of choral music at UVA, and examines the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped the Glee Club along the way.
Paul Jacobs (Grad ’94)
Paul DuBois Jacobs (Grad ’94) recently published the fourth installment of his Mack Rhino Private Eye series, The Lost Lost-and-Found Case (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2022). He is the author of more than 20 books for children, including My Subway Ride (with Jennifer Swender) and Abiyoyo Returns (with musician Pete Seeger).
John Muir (Law ’64)
J. Dapray Muir (Law ’64) has more than 35 years of experience in corporate and securities law. His practice included counseling a wide range of commercial enterprises with respect to securities law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investment transactions, contracts and litigation. He has served as lead counsel in numerous public and private offerings of securities.
Mr. Muir served one year as law clerk to a federal trial judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and two years as Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. From 1981 to 1985, he was chairman of the D.C. Securities Advisory Committee. He was a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Panel of Commercial Arbitrators from 1995 to 2015, serving as sole arbitrator or panel member in more than 40 proceedings.
Johanna Kahn (Arch ’10)
Johanna Kahn (Arch ’10), a practicing architectural historian in the San Francisco Bay Area, has published an essay in the anthology Julia Morgan: The Road to San Simeon, Visionary Architect of the California Renaissance. The anthology is a companion to a forthcoming traveling museum exhibition about architect Julia Morgan and her design for the monumental Hearst Castle.
John Howard (Col ’83 CM)
John Howard (Col ’83 CM) has published the first critical biography of radio broadcaster, stage director and auteur filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis, best known for triple-Oscar-winner Zorba the Greek. Howard is Emeritus Professor of Arts and Humanities, King’s College London.
Paul Lombardo (Grad ’82, Law ’85)
Paul A. Lombardo (Grad ’82, Law ’85) of Georgia State University College of Law has published a new edition of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell (Johns Hopkins University Press).
Ashley Bartley (Col ’06 CM)
Ashley Bartley (Col ’06 CM) has released her third children’s book in a social emotional learning series published by Boys Town Press. Remi in Overdrive offers children struggling with ADHD, hyperactivity, impulsivity and/or inattentiveness ideas and strategies they can implement both at home and at school. Remi in Overdrive is available on Amazon, Boys Town Press, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, along with her other two books, Diamond Rattle Loves to Tattle and Opal Octopus is Overwhelmed. Ashley is a school counselor, author and curriculum writer who now lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and three young boys.
Elliot Felix (Arch ’99)
Elliot Felix (Arch ’99 CM) helps students and families get the most out of college with his new book. Felix founded brightspot strategy and has helped more than 100 colleges and universities use design thinking to improve what they offer, how they are organized and how they operate. In his new book, How to Get the Most Out of College (Alinea Learning, 2022), he shares what he’s learned about how colleges and universities work so that students and families can make it work for them, because it’s not just where you go to college but how you go to college.
How to Get the Most Out of College is the top new release in the academic development category on Amazon and was recently featured in Forbes. Having done hundreds of consulting projects to help attract and retain students, the book is a chance to give back and help level the playing field, including a “buy one, give one” model where for every copy sold, one is donated to a student in need.
Michael Goodwin (Col ’78)
Michael Goodwin (Col ’78 CM) has recently published his fourth novel, Vice Versa.
It can be purchased on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Vice-Versa-Michael-Goodwin/dp/1633635651/
Emily Thiede (Col ’04)
Emily (Bean) Thiede (Col ’04 CM) sold her debut novel, This Vicious Grace, and an unnamed sequel in a six-figure deal to Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan Publishing. The first in a planned young adult fantasy duology, This Vicious Grace will be published June 28, 2022 in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom by U.K. publisher Hodder & Stoughton, with translations announced for Germany (LYX Verlag), Russia (Eksmo), Romania (Storia) and the Czech Republic (Host).
BuzzFeed calls Thiede’s debut “remarkable” and “one of the best YA fantasies of the year,” and it is listed amongst Goodread’s “68 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2022” and Nerd Daily’s “24 Debut Releases To Get Your Hands On In 2022.”
Launch events are to be announced in the Virginia/D.C. area for summer 2022, and This Vicious Grace will be available wherever books are sold on June 28.
Katya Davydova (Col ’15)
Katya Davydova (Col ’15 CM) will publish her first book, Joy in Plain Sight, in May 2022. The collection of stories and essays explores the celebration of wonder in the ordinary, especially against the backdrop of a busy, noisy world.
As a professional leadership facilitator for companies like Google, Netflix and Twilio, she is offering customized workshops on how to build behavior-based habits of joy, tailored book talks and private one-on-one coaching for individuals and organizations. Davydova’s mission is to make the world a more joyful place, starting with uncovering what’s right in front of us.
Jill Tietjen (Engr ’76 CM)
Jill Tietjen (Engr ’76 CM) has an upcoming book titled Over, Under, Around, and Through: How Hall of Famers Surmount Obstacles, which will be released May 3, 2022 by Fulcrum Publishing. The book provides the secrets of how Hall of Famers overcame the obstacles in their lives to become stronger, smarter and more resilient. The stories in the book show how the fifty successful women, inductees into Halls of Fame in the U.S. and around the world, used ten key characteristics either singly or in combination to surmount the many obstacles that they faced in their lives: mental intelligence, emotional intelligence, social support, moral compass/spirituality, determination/perseverance/persistence, optimism, creativity, resilience, action-orientation and passion.
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