Richard E. Lee '89, '94 has published Life and Times of Cultural Studies: The Politics and Transformation of the Structures of Knowledge (Philosophy and Postcoloniality) (Duke University Press, 2003). The publisher's synopsis reads, "Moving world-systems analysis into the cultural realm, Richard E. Lee locates the cultural studies movement within a broad historical and geopolitical framework. Lee illuminates how order and conflict have been reflected and negotiated in the sphere of knowledge production by situating the emergence of cultural studies at the intersection of international and British politics in the post--1945 period and a two-hundred-year history of conservative critical practice. Tracing British criticism from the French Revolution through the 1960s, he describes how cultural studies in its infancy recombined the elite literary critical tradition with the First New Left's concerns for history and popular culture just as the liberal consensus began to come apart."

Lee is Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology and Deputy Director of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University.

Susan Stabile '88, '90 has published Memory's Daughters (Cornell University Press, 2004). "A renowned literary coterie in eighteenth-century PhiladelphiaÑElizabeth Fergusson, Hannah Griffitts, Deborah Logan, Annis Stockton, and Susanna WrightÑwrote and exchanged thousands of poems and maintained elaborate handwritten commonplace books of memorabilia. Through their creativity and celebrated hospitality, they initiated a salon culture in their great country houses in the Delaware Valley", reads the publisher's description. "In this stunningly original and heavily illustrated book, Susan M. Stabile shows that these female writers sought to memorialize their lives and aesthetic experienceÑa purpose that stands in marked contrast to the civic concerns of male authors in the republican era."

Stabile is Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University.

Ira A. Noveck '84 has published Experimental Pragmatics with Dan Sperber (Palgrave MacMillan, 2004). "How does our knowledge of the language on the one hand, and of the context on the other, permit us to understand what we are told, to resolve ambiguities, to grasp both explicit and implicit content, to appreciate metaphor and irony?" asks the publisher's description. "These issues have been studied in two disciplines: linguistic pragmatics and psycholinguistics, with only limited interactions between the two. This volume lays down the foundation for a new field: Experimental Pragmatics. Contributions review pioneering work and present novel ways of articulating theories and experimental methods in the area."

Noveck is a full-time research scientist at the Institut des Sciences Cognitives in Lyon, France.

Barbara A. Nadel '75 has published Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004) a reference for architects, engineers, planners, building owners, facility managers, construction and real estate professionals, public officials, law enforcement, safety specialists, educators, and students seeking to create safe, secure, and well-designed environments. "This book is a must-read for architects, landlords, security consultants and anyone else tasked with or interested in ensuring security and averting catastrophic loss," said Bernard B. Kerik, 40th Police Commissioner, New York City (Ret.).

Nadel, owns Barbara Nadel Architect in New York City.

Suzanne Weyn '77 has published The Bar Code Tattoo (Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004) a novel. This young adult book explores a future world where people at first embrace the idea of being tattooed with a bar code but later seek to flee the unforeseen consequences. Weyn is novelist in New York State.

Jason Starr '88 has published Twisted City (Vintage Books, 2004) the story of financial journalist David Miller who is vertiginously plunged into murder and blackmail. The novel is described by the publisher as a "chilling depiction of how quickly one's life can take a turn for the worst." Starr is an acclaimed noir novelist who lives in New York City.

Tracey Jean Boisseau, PhD '95 has published White Queen: May French-Sheldon and the Imperial Origins of American Feminist Identity (Indiana University Press, 2004), a critical account of the sensational feminism of May French-Smith, once known as the "first woman explorer of Africa." The text exposes the intertwined connections between popular notions of American feminism, American national identity, and the reorientation of Euro-American imperialism at the turn of the 19th century.

Boisseau is an Assistant Professor of Cultural and Women's History in the Department of History at the University of Akron.

Patrick Burke '91 has published The Lazy Bachelor's Cookbook (Marram Publishing, Ltd., 2002). According to The Northwest Indiana Times, the book is "Not a cookbook in the traditional sense, "Lazy Bachelor" -- subtitled "A Survival Guide for the Culinarily Impaired" -- gives readers, be they practicing or aspiring cuisine minimalists, advice on everything from how to shop efficiently and economically to the best and worst fast-food deals, to what to look for in the world to survive as a lazy bachelor.

Burke passed away suddenly in May, 2003 at the age of 42.

Mark Serper '85, PhD '91 has published Psychotic Violence: Methods, Motives, Madness with Andrea J. Bergman (Psychosocial Press, 2003) a review of the psychological, social, and legal issues surrounding violence committed by individuals suffering from mental illness. The publisher's synopsis reads, "Dispelling notions that the mentally ill uniformly pose a danger to society, they describe the individuals most likely to commit violence and their most likely victims. They review psychological, biological, and social causes for violence and examine the responses of the legal and medical establishments."

Serper is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.

Art Spiegelman has published In the Shadow of No Towers (Pantheon Books, 2004) his account of the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001. The publisher's synopsis reads, "In the Shadow of No Towers masterfully weaves autobiography -- candid, self-deprecating, funny, and harrowing -- with a no-holds-barred political statement and a revelation of the cultural reach of cartooning."

Spiegelman lives in New York City with his wife, Francoise Mouly, and their two children.