{"id":2040,"date":"2026-11-02T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/?page_id=2040"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:00:19","slug":"faculty-bookplates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/about\/administration-organization\/office-of-collections-planning\/faculty-bookplates\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Bookplates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Achievement of tenure and\/or promotion in rank is perhaps the most significant event in the professional life of a faculty member. It represents the culmination of years of work and excellence in teaching, research, and service; recognizes promise for future achievement; and welcomes scholars into a community of privilege and responsibility. In many cases, the Library represents a laboratory for faculty as they engage in scholarship. At minimum, the Library serves as a record of intellectual achievement and an archive of all that we have attained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this in mind, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, under the leadership of University Librarian Paula Kaufman, initiated a program in 2000 in which faculty who are newly tenured and\/or promoted are able to select a book for our Library collections. These selections are book-plated in their honor, and stand as a reminder now and into the future of the remarkable accomplishments of the faculty at this university. Each selected book receives a bookplate with the faculty member\u2019s name, rank, and year of selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026 Bookplate Selections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"Harold and the Purple Crayon cover \" class=\"wp-image-2043 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image.png 384w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joseph Altshuler, Associate Professor, School of Architecture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Harold and the Purple Crayon<\/em> by Crockett Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is a graphic ode to the animate agency of drawing. Harold urges us to draw new, liberated worlds directly into being, one purple line at a time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Devotions book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2044 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-1.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-1-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alison Anders, Professor, Department of Earth Science &amp; Environmental Change<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver<\/em> by Mary Oliver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout my career, the world has offered itself to my imagination and called to me like the wild geese, harsh and exciting \u2013 just as Mary Oliver promised.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2047 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-2.png 219w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-2-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bethany Anderson, Associate Professor, University Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact<\/em> by Ludwik Fleck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a science archivist and someone interested in the history of science, this book has been foundational to my understanding of the collective nature of science. In particular, it has illuminated for me the ways that scientific \u201cthought collectives\u201d shape the archival records they produce and how we should think about the provenance of records.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"Jookin\u2019: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2050 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Serouj Aprahamian, Associate Professor, Department of Dance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jookin\u2019: The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture<\/em> by Katrina Hazzard-Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jookin\u2019<\/em> documents how the repurposing of everyday settings and unregulated spaces for dancing and music has been the cornerstone of working-class African American expression. From the blues and jazz to rock \u2018n roll and hip-hop, attending to this remarkably consistent institutional tradition is essential to anyone seeking to understand this cultural continuum and the embodied practices at the center of them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"One River book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2053 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-4.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-4-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Juan Arbelaez Velez, Associate Professor, Department of Crop Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One River<\/em> by Wade Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is a love letter to botanical exploration, ethnobotany, and the experience of living and conducting research in other countries. It inspired me to step outside my comfort zone and pursue a career in international agricultural research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2054 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-5-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christopher Ball, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do<\/em> by Jeremy Bailenson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout my career, this book has been an indispensable resource and recommended reading for all my students. It captures what I value most about scholarship on virtual reality: an exciting sense of its possibilities tempered by thoughtful realism, all grounded in a wealth of research and experience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-7.png\" alt=\"Democracy in America book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2056 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-7.png 227w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-7-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aimee Barbeau, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Democracy in America<\/em> by Alexis de Tocqueville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tocqueville\u2019s <em>Democracy in America<\/em> helped me fall in love with political philosophy. In graduate school, this text sparked a deep desire in me to understand society and to think broadly about the conditions that lead to human flourishing. I will forever be indebted to Tocqueville and to the teachers at Georgetown who mentored me in reading deeply and thinking widely.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-8.png\" alt=\"Catch-22 book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2059 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-8.png 362w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-8-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Bruno, Associate Professor, Department of Education Policy, Organization &amp; Leadership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Catch-22<\/em> by Joseph Heller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Catch-22<\/em> informed my thinking about policy and administration and their effects on people more than any other single work, scholarly or otherwise. It illustrates how policies that make perfect sense might also make no sense at all. And it still makes me laugh out loud.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-9.png\" alt=\"The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2060 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-9.png 202w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-9-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lili Cai, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science &amp; Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation<\/em> by Jon Gertner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fascinating story of how curiosity, collaboration, and fundamental research can lead to transformative technologies and real world impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-10.png\" alt=\"Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1: The Millennium Puzzle book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2061 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-10.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-10-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TC Chen, Clinical Associate Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1: The Millennium Puzzle<\/em> by Kazuki Takahashi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book series inspired my younger self to discover strength in kindness and courage in the face of every challenge, no matter how big or small.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-11.png\" alt=\"Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2064 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-11.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-11-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Girish Chowdhary, Professor, Department of Agricultural &amp; Biological Engineering and Siebel School of Computer Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots<\/em> by Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, and Davide Scaramuzza<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is in English, I am choosing it because it was the book I used in creating and teaching the mobile robotics class I taught at Illinois.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-12.png\" alt=\"Paul Simon\u2019s Concert in the Park album cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2065 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catherine Christian-Hinman, Professor, Department of Molecular &amp; Integrative Physiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Paul Simon\u2019s Concert in the Park<\/em> by Paul Simon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Simon\u2019s music has been a source of comfort and peace to me since I was a teenager. I found this concert recording while I was in college, and these songs and others in his catalog have helped me through long days in the laboratory and in life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-13.png\" alt=\"The Malliavin Calculus and Related Topics book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2066 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexandra Chronopoulou, Clinical Professor, Department of Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Malliavin Calculus and Related Topics<\/em> by David Nualart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nualart\u2019s <em>The Malliavin Calculus and Related Topics<\/em> was instrumental in my research career. As a PhD student I learned from it how analysis on Wiener space, through Wiener chaos expansions of Gaussian processes and the Malliavin calculus built on them, opens a unified route into stochastic differential equations driven by fractional Brownian motion, and in particular into statistical inference for those SDEs. That framework shaped the applications and laid the rigorous mathematical foundations that defined my later work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-14.png\" alt=\"Hydrology \u2013 An Introduction book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2069 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-14.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-14-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Chu, Professor, Department of Agricultural &amp; Biological Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hydrology \u2013 An Introduction<\/em> by Wilfried Brutsaert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HYDROLOGY \u2013 the science of water\u2019s terrestrial journey, transformed my life when necessity led me to pursue it as a career. This book explores water\u2019s path from precipitation to atmospheric return, highlighting its challenges and opportunities. Its continuous cycle mirrors my own search for purpose, direction, and a meaningful niche.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-15.png\" alt=\"Reading Sport : Critical Essays on Power and Representation book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2072 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-15.png 321w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-15-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caitlin Clarke, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reading Sport : Critical Essays on Power and Representation<\/em> by Susan Birrell and Mary G. McDonald<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nancy Abelmann and Dr. Stan Thangaraj gave this to me as a third year undergraduate Anthropology major and suggested that perhaps I should pursue the sociocultural study of sport, play and health. I am grateful for their guidance and subsequent introduction to my PhD advisor, Dr. Synthia Sydnor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-16.png\" alt=\"Scientific Teaching book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2073 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin Clegg, Teaching Associate Professor, School of Integrative Biology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scientific Teaching <\/em>by Jo Handelsman, Sarah Miller, and Christine Pfund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has been transformative to my career and in how I approached teaching. Many of us enter teaching at college without formal training \u2013 we pick up approaches by example and through trial and error. This book reveals a deeply eye-opening path to transforming your teaching that will live on as echos in the student lives it will touch in its wake.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-17.png\" alt=\"We Begin at the End book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2074 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-17.png 211w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-17-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joe Cohen, Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We Begin at the End<\/em> by Chris Whitaker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book reminds me of the girls in my life like Duchess (Amy, Lynnie, Rosie, Tina) whose actions demand your love and the boys in my life like Vincent (Eddie, Harrison, Jameson, Tommy) who live for the people they love. My favorite thing in life is reading, watching, hearing, telling and making new stories. I share this promotion with all of you and hope this book selection makes someone else think about their own loved ones and tell their stories.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-18.png\" alt=\"Experimenting With Humans and Animals: From Galen to Animal Rights book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2075 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-18.png 333w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-18-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lucinda Cole, Professor, Department of English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Experimenting With Humans and Animals: From Galen to Animal Rights<\/em> by Anita Guerrini<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book showed me how to think about relationships between the human and the more-than-human in rigorous, historical ways.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-20.png\" alt=\"Binti book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2078 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-20.png 194w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-20-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jenny L. Davis, Professor, Department of Anthropology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Binti <\/em>by Nnedi Okorafor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book contains jelly fish-like aliens, an intergalactic college on a distant planet, and space travel; yet its depiction of the irreversible transformations and experiences of an Indigenous woman leaving her home, family, and community to join a university rings true.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-21.png\" alt=\"Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2080 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-21.png 318w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-21-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew Dean, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition<\/em> by P. L. Senger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the textbook for the reproductive biology course that I took as an undergraduate. This was the course where I discovered my passion for reproductive biology and discovered that I might be able to pursue research as a career.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-22.png\" alt=\"First Test book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2082 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-22.png 207w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-22-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julie Deeke, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>First Test<\/em> by Tamora Pierce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A childhood gift from a beloved aunt, this book reminds me of the value of persevering through adversity, defending the overlooked, and finding a community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-23.png\" alt=\"Areyto Mayor book.\" class=\"wp-image-2084 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-23.png 312w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-23-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jos\u00e9 D\u00edaz-Soto, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Theatre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Areyto Mayor<\/em> by Francisco Arriv\u00ed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Areyto Mayor<\/em> by Francisco Arriv\u00ed is one of the most important books about Puerto Rican Theatre History. Spending most of my career as a designer in Puerto Rico has led me to where I am today as an artist and educator. It means a lot to have a piece of Puerto Rican theatre History among all of our books.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-25.png\" alt=\"Canons and Canonic Techniques book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2086 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M. (EJ) Eagen-Jones, Teaching Associate Professor, School of Music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Canons and Canonic Techniques<\/em> by Bonnie J. Blackburn and Katelijne Schiltz (Editors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My engagement with musicology began with a fascination with the canonical motet and with the scholarship of Bonnie J. Blackburn (1939\u20132026). At my first international conference, Blackburn sat in the front row and asked the first question. I still remember the excitement\u2014and terror\u2014of answering her. Her research shaped me in ways I never expressed to her directly. I hope my own work can, in some small way, honor her legacy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-27.png\" alt=\"Man\u2019s Search for Meaning book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2088 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-27.png 203w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-27-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Catharine Fairbairn, Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Man\u2019s Search for Meaning <\/em>by Viktor Frankl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best science is driven not only by rigor but also compassion. I can\u2019t think of a better model for that mission than Frankl and the remarkable life described in this book. \u201cDon\u2019t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued, but instead must ensue as the unintended side effect of personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-28.png\" alt=\"Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena: Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2091 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-28.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-28-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jie Feng, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science &amp; Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Capillarity and Wetting Phenomena: Drops, Bubbles, Pearls, Waves<\/em> by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Fran\u00e7oise Brochard-Wyart, and David Qu\u00e9r\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has profoundly influenced the way I think about interfacial fluid mechanics. Its elegant combination of physical intuition and fundamental principles in capillarity, wetting, drops, and bubbles closely reflects the scientific questions that have inspired my own research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-29.png\" alt=\"Writing the Goodlife : Mexican American Literature and the Environment book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2093 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mariela Fernandez, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport, &amp; Tourism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Writing the Goodlife: Mexican American Literature and the Environment<\/em> by Priscilla Solis Ybarra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I selected <em>Writing the Goodlife<\/em> because it challenges assumptions that Mexican American communities lack environmental concern. The book considers the long tradition of Mexican American environmental thought centered on community, humility, and respectful relationships with nature. It also reflects my commitment to environmental justice and to recognizing Latino communities not only as populations affected by environmental inequities, but also as important producers of environmental knowledge, literature, and ideas that have too often been overlooked.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-30.png\" alt=\"Chicana Falsa book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2097 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-30.png 311w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-30-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda, Associate Professor, Department of English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chicana Falsa <\/em>by Michelle Serros<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chicana Falsa: And Other Stories of Death, Identity, and Oxnard<\/em> by Michelle Serros was the first book I read by a Chicana author and the first book I was gifted by a writer. It resonated with me because I understood the poems, the characters, the stories were real experiences by someone who had a similar ethnic background and what encouraged me, in ways that I could not tell at the time, to be a writer in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-31.png\" alt=\"Silent Spring book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2100 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-31.png 229w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-31-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christopher Gaulke, Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Silent Spring<\/em> by Rachel Carson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Silent Spring<\/em> is engaging read and one of the most impactful scientific books of our time. It led to birth of the modern environmental movement and spurred the establishment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is also one of the inspirations for the work we do in my lab.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-32.png\" alt=\"Deutsche Gesetze book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2103 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sara Gerke, Professor, College of Law<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Deutsche Gesetze<\/em> by Habersack<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I selected the Habersack, formerly known as the Sch\u00f6nfelder, because it was the first collection of statutes that introduced me to the breadth and structure of law. As a law student in Germany, I carried this weighty volume with me everywhere. It became a constant companion and helped shape the beginning of my legal journey, a journey that ultimately brought me here.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-33.png\" alt=\"If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2104 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-33.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-33-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laura Goffman, Associate Professor, Department of History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English<\/em> by Noor Naga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is wonderful to teach. It upends expectations of home, class, and authenticity by exploring power and desire in the devastating aftermath of a failed revolution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-34.png\" alt=\"Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2105 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-34.png 219w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-34-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caterina Gratton, Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind <\/em>by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I first read this book as a high school student, a time when I was unsure if I wanted to study physics, history, or psychology (a small range!). I was immediately captured by how weird our brains are, even for even simple tasks like \u2018seeing\u2019 \u2014 and how elegant experiments can tease apart their functions. This book set me down my current path, studying the organization and function of brain networks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-35.png\" alt=\"Seeking and Resisting Compliance : Why People Say What They Do When Trying To Influence Others book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2106 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-35.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-35-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lisa Guntzviller, Professor, Department of Communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Seeking and Resisting Compliance: Why People Say What They Do When Trying To Influence Others<\/em> by Steven R. Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My advisor Steve Wilson wrote this book on interaction goals theorizing, which became the theoretical foundation for my research. When I read it in grad school, it showed me that scholarship can simultaneously advance communication theory and have meaningful impact on real world struggles, a combination that I try to emulate in my own research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-36.png\" alt=\"Station Eleven book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2109 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-36.png 210w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-36-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jess Hagman, Associate Professor, University Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Station Eleven <\/em>by Emily St. John Mandel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The survivors of an apocalyptic pandemic in<em> Station Eleven<\/em> provide a strangely hopeful and encouraging reminder that art and creativity persist in even in the times when they seem least needed or likely.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97.png\" alt=\"Parable of the Sower book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2221 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97.png 211w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, Professor, Department of Entomology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Parable of the Sower<\/em> by Octavia Butler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few books touch so many parts of you as this one does for me. My love of scifi, concerns about the climate and wealth inequality, comfort in community, teaching of indigenous practices, and belief in diversity are all here. Set in 2025 it also captures the exact year my dossier went for review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Matt, Wyatt, and Ethan who embrace my multitudes, I love you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-38.png\" alt=\"The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2113 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-38.png 374w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-38-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Karin Hodgin Jones, Teaching Associate Professor, School of Art &amp; Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive<\/em> by Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an interdisciplinary scholar and sustainability educator, I am inspired by this book\u2019s ability to make complex socio-technical systems visible and accessible. It demonstrates how critical understanding can become meaningful action, opening possibilities for intervention, accountability, and change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-39.png\" alt=\"Measure and Integral: An Introduction to Real Analysis book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2115 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-39.png 192w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-39-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bin Hu, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Measure and Integral: An Introduction to Real Analysis<\/em> by Richard Wheeden and Antoni Zygmund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I studied this book as a graduate student in a real analysis course and spent many hours working through it carefully. It ended up being the book I spent the most time on during my PhD studies. That is somewhat surprising, since I was an engineering student, but it helped me develop a mathematical way of thinking when working on engineering problems later.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-40.png\" alt=\"If I Must Die book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2118 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-40.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-40-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salah Issa, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural &amp; Biological Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If I Must Die<\/em> by Refaat Alareer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I selected <em>If I Must Die<\/em> because Refaat Alareer exemplified the transformative power of education. His scholarship, his mentorship of students in Gaza, and the emotional depth of his poetry reflect a commitment to humanity and learning that I deeply admire. His legacy makes this book profoundly meaningful to me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-41.png\" alt=\"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2120 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-41.png 366w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-41-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keilin Jahnke, Teaching Associate Professor, Landuyt Center for Entrepreneurship<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em> by C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The symbolism of the wardrobe leading to Narnia reflects the joy of being an academic: imagining what could be and guiding others to new worlds of wonder, creativity, and impact. This story and its author inspire me to approach my work both as an educator and as a mother with greater intentionality and purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-42.png\" alt=\"Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2121 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-42.png 398w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-42-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mohammed Kamruzzaman, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural &amp; Biological Engineering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach <\/em>by Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles, and Mehmet Kanoglu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After more than 100 years, our department decided to offer its own thermodynamics course. I developed the course and taught it for the first time in Fall 2022. Since then, <em>Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach<\/em> has been one of the most influential books in my career as an engineer, educator, and researcher. The book provides a rigorous yet accessible foundation for understanding energy systems and scientific reasoning while inspiring generations of students to solve real-world engineering challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-43.png\" alt=\"Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2130 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-43.png 340w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-43-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hyojung Kang, Associate Professor, Department of Health &amp; Kinesiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail<\/em> by Cheryl Strayed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At times, I have felt lost, unsure of my direction, or worried about falling behind others. This book gave me courage to move through those periods of doubt. It reminded me of the strength within me to overcome challenges and find renewed purpose in my career and life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-44.png\" alt=\"Kafka on the Shore book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2131 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-44.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-44-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jina Kang, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum &amp; Instruction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kafka on the Shore <\/em>by Haruki Murakami<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kafka on the Shore<\/em> sparks my imagination with its extraordinary creativity and immersive journeys across inner and outer worlds. I love how a book can create a world we inhabit, question, and carry with us long after reading\u2014one reason I dream of building a personal library someday.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-45.png\" alt=\"The Economics of Over-the-Counter Markets: A Toolkit for the Analysis of Decentralized Exchange book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2132 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-45.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-45-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mahyar Kargar, Associate Professor, Department of Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Economics of Over-the-Counter Markets: A Toolkit for the Analysis of Decentralized Exchange<\/em> by Julien Hugonnier, Benjamin Lester, and Pierre-Olivier Weill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose this book because it represents one of the two research areas that have defined my academic career and honors the mentorship that shaped my development as a scholar. Pierre-Olivier Weill was an extraordinary mentor, and collaborating with Pierre and Ben Lester has been one of the greatest privileges of my career.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-46.png\" alt=\"The American Scene book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2133 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-46.png 297w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-46-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christopher Kempf, Associate Professor, Department of English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The American Scene<\/em> by Henry James<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James is one of the great prose stylists in the English language, and he turns that style\u2014along with his critical eye\u2014on all the beauty and ambivalences and hypocrisies of what he calls \u201cthe American scene.\u201d I have learned so much from him.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-47.png\" alt=\"What Life Could Mean to You book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2134 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-47.png 203w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-47-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ashish Khandelwal, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What Life Could Mean to You<\/em> by Alfred Adler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book taught me that our reasons are rarely the ones we give, and our memories are rarely the record we think they are. We understand other people poorly and ourselves not much better. I have found that fascinating ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-48.png\" alt=\"Roadside Picnic book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2137 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-48.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-48-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Olga Khessina, Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Roadside Picnic<\/em> by Arkady Strugatskii and Boris Strugatskii<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I selected <em>Roadside Picnic<\/em> not only because it is a truly gripping classic science fiction story but also because in my formative years it made me think about deep philosophical questions about the meaning of life and happiness, the place of an individual in society, and difficult choices between personal desires and the future of humankind. The social issues and personal dilemmas raised in this book are as important today as ever.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-49.png\" alt=\"We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2138 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-49.png 362w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-49-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colleen King, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Journalism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America<\/em> by Norah O\u2019Donnell and Kate Andersen Brower<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am honored to celebrate the work of two former journalism colleagues, Norah O\u2019Donnell and Kate Brower Andersen, for sharing untold stories of women who helped shape the United States from 1776 through its 250th birthday. Their work is a captivating account of dozens of women they bring to life through in-depth research and reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-50.png\" alt=\"On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2139 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-50.png 374w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-50-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yannick Kluch, Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport &amp; Tourism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life<\/em> by Sara Ahmed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book became foundational to my work on diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and, specifically, intercollegiate athletics. The book sharpened my understanding of how institutions respond to diversity initiatives, the barriers to meaningful change, and the importance of examining organizational structures, practices, and cultures.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-51.png\" alt=\"Der Zauberberg book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2141 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-51.png 196w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-51-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hans Friedrich Koehn, Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Der Zauberberg<\/em> by Thomas Mann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Der Zauberberg<\/em> has accompanied me throughout my life; I\u2019ve read it at least three times. I love its intellectual challenge and human comedy: Naphta and Settembrini\u2019s debates, na\u00efve Castorp and Ziemssen, Behrens\u2019s kitchen Latin, Frau St\u00f6hr\u2019s blunders, Peeperkorn\u2019s vitality, and Clawdia Chauchat\u2019s irresistible allure. Each reading makes it richer still.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-52.png\" alt=\"The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2143 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-52.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-52-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Megan Konar, Professor, Department of Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food<\/em> by Lizzie Collingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has partly inspired one of my research themes on food supply chain resilience and defense.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-53.png\" alt=\"Making Comics book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2146 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-53.png 329w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-53-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Angela Kou, Associate Professor, Department of Physics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Making Comics <\/em>by Scott McCloud<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communicating science is a large part of being a researcher. This book beautifully breaks down the principles of visual storytelling and has helped me craft a good narrative on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-54.png\" alt=\"Moral Ambition book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2148 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-54.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-54-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eric Kuo, Associate Professor, Department of Physics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Moral Ambition <\/em>by Rutger Bregman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book helped me better understand the aspirations I have for my own career and my own life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-55.png\" alt=\"The Illustrated A Brief History of Time: Updated and Expanded Edition book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2150 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-55.png 390w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-55-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Felix Leditzky, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Illustrated A Brief History of Time: Updated and Expanded Edition<\/em> by Stephen Hawking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When my parents recognized my interest in Mathematics and Physics in middle school, my father bought me a couple of popular science books, including Stephen Hawking\u2019s \u201cA Brief History of Time\u201d. This book captivated me from page 1 and set me on a path toward a scientific career that ultimately led me to join the faculty at the University of Illinois. It has had a huge impact on my life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-56.png\" alt=\"Non Linear Dynamics and Chaos book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2153 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-56.png 354w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-56-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lewis Lehe, Associate Professor, Department of Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Non Linear Dynamics and Chaos <\/em>by Steven H. Strogatz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book inspires me, because it gives such a clear introduction to complicated, important ideas. The text is conversational. There are hundreds of elegant plots. The examples are interesting. I aspire to make my lectures, teaching materials and papers this compelling. Also, the best papers I\u2019ve written use concepts from this book.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-57.png\" alt=\"Poemas y Antipoemas book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2156 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-57.png 256w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-57-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jorge Lemus,&nbsp;Professor, Department of Economics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Poemas y Antipoemas<\/em> by Nicanor Parra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicanor Parra was a trained physicist and mathematician who taught theoretical physics at the University of Chile for decades. He was creative, and wanted to make verse accessible to everyday people. I also went to University of Chile and studied in the same classrooms where he used to teach. In my teaching, I want to make economics accessible to everyone, which is why I value his \u201cantipoetry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-58.png\" alt=\"Understanding Leisure in the Ever-Changing World book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2157 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-58.png 389w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-58-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toni Liechty, Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport &amp; Tourism<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Understanding Leisure in the Ever-Changing World<\/em> by Dana Kivel, Val Freysinger, and Harrison Pinckney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated in the description, this book \u201cseeks, in the words of John Lewis, to inspire students to enact meaningful \u201cgood trouble, necessary trouble.\u201d It explores the concept of leisure and key issues at this social, political, and historical moment in time. It asks us to intentionally examine something so essential to our daily lives that it is often overlooked or taken for granted until something goes wrong.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-59.png\" alt=\"Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2160 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexander Lipka, Professor, Department of Crop Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits <\/em>by Bruce Walsh, Peter M. Visscher, and Michael Lynch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lynch and Walsh textbook has been a constant source of inspiration throughout my journey through quantitative genetics. I hope this new edition will keep my lab\u2019s research, teaching, and outreach grounded in the fundamentals as we explore the possibilities afforded by emerging new methods.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-60.png\" alt=\"Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? book cover\" class=\"wp-image-2163 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-60.png 351w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-60-185x300.png 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jena Marble, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Art &amp; Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? <\/em>by Sarah Schrauwen, Lucienne Roberts, and Rebecca Wright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book posed a question I hadn\u2019t fully considered. Having studied visual communication, worked professionally for years, and now taught many talented students, I understand more than ever that graphic design is everywhere, in ways big and small. It is necessary and consequential, and at times, it can be life-saving.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-61.png\" alt=\"Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2164 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-61.png 213w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-61-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Margenot, Professor, Department of Crop Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Materials and Dematerialization: Making the Modern World<\/em> by Vaclav Smil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notions of sustainability often run up against hard realities: the numbers don\u2019t always add up. Here, Vaclav Smil overviews examples of these in the modern world, from energy to food production. A sober look at the numbers behind reality vs ideals that any natural resource scientist should consider.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-62.png\" alt=\"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2166 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-62.png 455w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-62-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Giselle Martinez Negrette, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum &amp; Instruction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em> by C. S. Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book opened my eyes to see the world as children see it. It inspired me to tell children\u2019s stories in their own voices, letting my mind and heart wander freely into their universes. In my journey as a scholar, it reminds me that there is always a presence that breaks the toughest darkness, and an infinite hope that prevails.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-63.png\" alt=\"On Virtue Ethics book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2168 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-63.png 249w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-63-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On Virtue Ethics<\/em> by Rosalind Hursthouse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On Virtue Ethics<\/em> changed the course of my life. It inspired me to study with Rosalind in New Zealand, where her extraordinary generosity, exacting mentorship, and philosophical brilliance forged the ideals I still strive for in my career and life. I remain profoundly grateful to her and miss her friendship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-64.png\" alt=\"Geographies of High-Speed Rail book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2169 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Minn, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Geography &amp; Geographic Information Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Geographies of High-Speed Rail <\/em>edited by Andrew R. Goetz, Chia-Lin Chen, and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dobruszkes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U of I has strong railroad research in multiple departments. I authored a chapter in this collection and it could be a valuable resource for students and faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-65.png\" alt=\"The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2171 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-65.png 350w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-65-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Olga Mironenko, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest <\/em>by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose <em>The Climb <\/em>because its message of perseverance had a lasting impact on me. The book taught me that setbacks and failures are not the end of the journey, but opportunities to get back on your feet and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-66.png\" alt=\"Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2173 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-66.png 356w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-66-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Radhika Mittal, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World<\/em> by Cal Newport<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book taught me how to manage my time more efficiently, how to get quality work done, and how to minimize the \u201cshallow\u201d work that often keeps us busy without really helping us make progress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-67.png\" alt=\"The Country Between Us book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2176 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-67.png 202w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-67-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ellen Moodie, Professor, Department of Anthropology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Country Between Us<\/em> by Carolyn Forche<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is one of the most powerful volumes of poetry I\u2019ve ever read. It inspired me as a nascent solidarity activist, protesting U.S. intervention in Central America. I have been engaged in activism and research as an anthropologist in El Salvador for more than three decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-68.png\" alt=\"A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2178 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-68.png 263w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-68-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dmitriy Muravyev, Professor, Department of Finance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market<\/em> by Edward Thorp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few have heard of Edward Thorp, the Einstein of practical finance. He went from cracking blackjack and roulette to the largest casino\u2014the stock market\u2014where he pioneered option pricing and statistical arbitrage. I reread his autobiography because it brings me inside a first-rate mind at work and shows how an academic can change the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-69.png\" alt=\"Unbowed: A Memoir book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2179 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-69.png 201w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-69-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Esther Ngumbi, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Department of African American Studies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Unbowed: A Memoir<\/em> by Wangari Maathai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in College when the late Prof. Wangari Maathai, the first African Woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was advocating for the environment including saving Nairobi\u2019s Karura Forest through the Green Belt Movement. Her passion, courage, determination, and dedication deeply inspired me. Her love for empowering communities and protecting and standing up for our environment was unparalleled and continues to inspire me while challenging me to consider how research can serve communities and address our society\u2019s persistent challenges!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-70.png\" alt=\"The Dragon Can\u2019t Dance book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2180 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-70.png 206w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-70-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hayden Noel, Clinical Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Dragon Can\u2019t Dance<\/em> by Earl Lovelace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Trinidadian, <em>The Dragon Can\u2019t Dance<\/em> feels deeply personal to me. Written by one of us, for us, and about us, it reflects our language, Carnival traditions, creativity, and resilience. Lovelace portrays Trinidadian life with an honesty that lets me recognize myself and my community in its pages. Reading it feels like coming home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-71.png\" alt=\"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2181 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-71.png 453w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-71-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Melkior Ornik, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages<\/em> by Tom Holt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My most important professional and personal message, something I try to communicate to everyone who interacts with me, is that life is much too short to take it seriously. <em>Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages <\/em>describes this philosophy perfectly. Since interacting with it in early grad school days, my job continues to give me the privilege of spending every day with amazing people, filled with laughter. In the end, those experiences are what my career is all about.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-72.png\" alt=\"The Alchemist book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2182 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Susan Pachera, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Alchemist <\/em>by Paul Coelho<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Alchemist <\/em>is a book I enjoy for its emphasis on learning through exploration, experience, and mentorship. These same themes drew me to education, and I find myself returning to them in books across many genres.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-73.png\" alt=\"The Wind and Beyond; Theodore von Ka\u0301rma\u0301n, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2183 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-73.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-73-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Francesco Panerai, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Wind and Beyond; Theodore von Ka\u0301rma\u0301n, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Space <\/em>by Theodore von Ka\u0301rma\u0301n with Lee Edison<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An inspiring autobiography of the pioneer of high-speed flight, with recounts on scientific discoveries, collaborations, and encounters, that marked the dawn of the space age.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-74.png\" alt=\"How to Conduct and Publish High-Quality Research in Industrial-Organizational Psychology book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2184 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">YoungAh Park, Professor, School of Labor &amp; Employment Relations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How to Conduct and Publish High-Quality Research in Industrial-Organizational Psychology<\/em> by Nathan A. Bowling, Mindy K. Shoss, and Zhiqing E. Zhou (Editors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is an excellent resource, offering concrete, actionable advice, guidance, and insights from a diverse group of expert scholars on navigating the research and publishing processes in industrial-organizational psychology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-75.png\" alt=\"Watchmen book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2185 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-75.png 639w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-75-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wolfgang Pfaff, Associate Professor, Department of Physics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Watchmen <\/em>by Alan Moore and David Gibbons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important part of being a teacher and a scientist is explaining, and scientific presentations are a great example of telling stories with the help of pictures \u2014 it is truly one of my favorite parts of my job. This book is a milestone in visual storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-76.png\" alt=\"The Uses of Haiti book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2186 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-76.png 211w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-76-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tara Powell, Professor, School of Social Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Uses of Haiti<\/em> by Paul Farmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Uses of Haiti <\/em>was one of the first books I read after returning from the Peace Corps in Mali. Farmer\u2019s examination of how poverty, political instability, and exploitation shape human suffering reinforced my commitment to understanding and addressing the structural determinants of mental health globally.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-77.png\" alt=\"Walden book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2189 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-77.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-77-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surangi Punyasena, Professor, Department of Plant Biology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Walden <\/em>by Henry David Thoreau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Walden <\/em>will always serve as a reminder to go to the woods and to live deliberately.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-121.png\" alt=\"Hospital Services Management book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2258 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-121.png 270w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-121-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minakshi Raj, Associate Professor, Department of Health &amp; Kinesiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hospital Services Management<\/em> by S.K. Parthasarathi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a visit home as a doctoral student, I came across this book written by my grandfather. I must have seen it a million times as a child, long before I decided to become a health services researcher. It reminds me that some of the most meaningful findings may be the least expected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-78.png\" alt=\"No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2192 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-78.png 224w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-78-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laura Rice, Professor, Department of Health &amp; Kinesiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement<\/em> by Joseph P. Shapiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its age (published in 1994), this book remains a cornerstone of the disability studies courses I teach. It illuminates the lived experiences of people with disabilities and the societal barriers that shape those experiences. My research focuses on advancing access and supporting people in pursuing the activities and environments they value. The stories in this book remind me why this work matters and continue to ground my commitment to inclusive, community driven research.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"362\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-79.png\" alt=\"Globally Minded Marketing: A Cultural Approach to Building Iconic Brands book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2194 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-79.png 362w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-79-197x300.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Rodas, Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Globally Minded Marketing: A Cultural Approach to Building Iconic Brands<\/em> by Carlos J. Torelli and Maria A. Rodas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book represents years of collaborative research with my mentor and colleague Carlos Torelli on how culture shapes branding and consumer behavior. Publishing it distilled our scholarly identity into something students and practitioners can use directly. It marks a milestone in my career, and I\u2019m proud to have it represent this promotion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-80.png\" alt=\"Cantos de Vida y Esperanza book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2196 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-80.png 361w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-80-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Violeta Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cantos de Vida y Esperanza<\/em> by Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Nicaraguan, I chose <em>Cantos de Vida y Esperanza<\/em> to honor Rub\u00e9n Dar\u00edo, whose poetry helped define modern Spanish-language literature. His reflections on identity, hope, and Latin America have remained meaningful to me throughout my life. This book reminds me that our cultural roots and intellectual pursuits can enrich one another and inspire future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-81.png\" alt=\"Honey Bee Biology And Beekeeping book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2198 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-81.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-81-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lisa Romero, Professor, University Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Honey Bee Biology And Beekeeping <\/em>by Dewey M. Caron with Lawrence John Connor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a hobby beekeeper I have learned to appreciate how amazing bees are and how their survival relies on their hard work and ability to communicate. Through my own research, I have found these 2 principles to bee universal: communication and hard work are the foundation to any goal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-82.png\" alt=\"Prison Notebooks (Volumes 1, 2 &amp; 3) book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2199 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-82.png 411w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-82-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emanuel Rota, Professor, Department of French &amp; Italian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Prison Notebooks (Volumes 1, 2 &amp; 3) <\/em>by Antonio Gramsci<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gramsci was a victim of Fascism, imprisoned solely for his opposition to the regime. His Prison Notebooks exposed Italy\u2019s internal colonial order, in which subaltern cultures were systematically suppressed, and established culture as a crucial terrain in the struggle for freedom. Buttigieg\u2019s edition restores notebooks\u2019 originality and complexity in English.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-83.png\" alt=\"The Hidden Angles Of Life book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2202 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-83.png 379w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-83-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sepideh Sadaghiani, Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Hidden Angles Of Life<\/em> by Sadegh Angha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its illumination of mysteries yet unexplained and its inspiration to those who strive to reveal them through science. This book speaks to the heart and brain alike.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-84.png\" alt=\"Pedagogy, Symbolic Control, and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2204 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-84.png 387w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-84-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephanie Sanders-Smith, Professor, Department of Curriculum &amp; Instruction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pedagogy, Symbolic Control, and Identity: Theory, Research, Critique<\/em> by Basil Bernstein<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has been foundational to my teaching and research since graduate school. Bernstein\u2019s framing of classroom knowledge as emerging from layers of power, policy, and recontextualization has changed the way that I think about teaching and the role of schools as conveyers of knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-85.png\" alt=\"Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2205 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-85.png 365w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-85-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life <\/em>by Helen Nissenbaum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book was assigned in the first information science class I took as an undergraduate and started the path that led me here. The contextual integrity framework, introduced in this book, has shaped my personal privacy behaviors, my graduate studies, and the trajectory of my pre-tenure research. It is classic in the field of privacy studies and has much broader implications about how norms differ from context to context.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-86.png\" alt=\"\nNathan Schroeder, Professor, Department of Crop Sciences\nSometimes a Great Notion book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-86.png 361w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-86-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nathan Schroeder, Professor, Department of Crop Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sometimes a Great Notion<\/em> by Ken Kesey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A remarkable book about family, community, and the question of grit and determination versus compromise.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-87.png\" alt=\"ESV Study Bible book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2207 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-87.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-87-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jonathon Schuh, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ESV Study Bible<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is the foundation of my life and everything I have comes from it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-88.png\" alt=\"The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2208 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-88.png 203w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-88-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eric Shaffer, Teaching Professor, Siebel School of Computing &amp; Data Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark<\/em> by Carl Sagan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl Sagan\u2019s final book published before his death is a fascinating history of superstition. More than that, it is an impassioned argument for the value of truth and the pursuit of knowledge. I can think of no more appropriate book to be in a university library and I hope more people will read it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-89.png\" alt=\"The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2209 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-89.png 740w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-89-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Janis Shearer, Associate Professor, University Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants<\/em> by Christopher Brickell and Judith D. Zuk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a home gardener turned horticulturist, I continually use A-Z to find solutions for my garden. I use it as a trusted reference for understanding and appreciating the beauty in plants around me. It reminds me that in every season, a garden is a place of hope.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-90.png\" alt=\"The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2212 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-90.png 318w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-90-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ilan Shomorony, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures<\/em> by Malba Tahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad loved this book and, by the time I learned to read, he had already \u201cspoiled\u201d many of the book\u2019s wonderful mathematical puzzles for me. The fascinating story of The Man Who Counted has taught many children and adults how to appreciate the beauty of mathematics. I look forward to reading it with my kids!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-91.png\" alt=\"The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2213 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-91.png 220w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-91-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Becky Smith, Professor, Department of Pathobiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook<\/em> by David M. Perry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we move forward in these times, we need more academics who will speak out. This is a handy guide on how to do it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-92.png\" alt=\"The Creative Habit book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2216 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-92.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-92-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Genesee Spridco, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Theatre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Creative Habit<\/em> by Twyla Tharp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has been instrumental throughout my life in replenishing my creative well for devising new works with both soul and structure. Our world of theatrical storytelling craves honesty, ritual, self examination and resiliency. May new works flourish, engage, and challenge our world at large.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-93.png\" alt=\"Le Petit Prince book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2217 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-93.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-93-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jean-Charles Stinville, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science &amp; Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Le Petit Prince <\/em>by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCe qui embellit le d\u00e9sert, dit le petit prince, c\u2019est qu\u2019il cache un puits quelque part.\u201d \u2013 \u201cWhat makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-94.png\" alt=\"Chanson de Roland book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2218 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-94.png 340w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-94-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eleonora Stoppino, Professor, Department of French &amp; Italian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chanson de Roland<\/em> by Cesare Segre (Translator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cesare Segre\u2019s 1971 edition of the <em>Chanson de Roland<\/em> is a masterpiece of scholarship, showing how deep knowledge of a historical period can make a medieval text come alive. The poem itself, one of the foundational works of the epic tradition, is paradoxical at its core: a glorious tale built around a catastrophic defeat, culminating in the deaths of Roland and his companions. It is a text that questions its own purpose of building identity, community, and nation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-95.png\" alt=\"A Hero Born book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2219 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-95.png 451w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-95-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yunwen Su, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages &amp; Cultures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Hero Born <\/em>by Jin Yong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose Jin Yong\u2019s <em>The Legend of the Condor Heroes<\/em>, one of the wuxia novels I loved reading when I was young. These stories introduced generations of Chinese readers to imagined worlds of adventure, loyalty, moral choice, and personal growth. Long before I became a scholar of language, they taught me the pleasure and power of reading and helped shape my enduring connection with Chinese language and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-96.png\" alt=\"It\u2019s Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2220 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-96.png 318w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-96-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Becca Taylor, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural &amp; Consumer Economics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider<\/em> by Jim Henson and Cheryl Henson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A gift from a friend at the start of graduate school. Jim Henson\u2019s words remind us to love our individuality, celebrate creativity, and have fun in collaboration. \u201cWhen I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here.\u201d \u2013 Jim Henson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97.png\" alt=\"Parable of the Sower book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2221 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97.png 211w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-97-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephanie Toliver, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum &amp; Instruction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Parable of the Sower<\/em> by Octavia Butler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Octavia Butler\u2019s <em>Parable of the Sower<\/em> is the foundation of who I am as a scholar. Over the past seven years, her work has been a guiding light, leading me to methodological, theoretical, and political insights grounded in history, futurity, and the present. Without Butler\u2019s novel, my scholarship is unmoored. With it, my ideas soar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-98.png\" alt=\"Light in the Dark\/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2222 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-98.png 223w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-98-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sarah Travis, Associate Professor, School of Art &amp; Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Light in the Dark\/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality <\/em>by Gloria E. Anzald\u00faa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear reader, in this book, Gloria E. Anzald\u00faa offers an invitation into understanding how vulnerable efforts to transcribe experience truthfully through art can become scholarship that is transformative of self and society. Let us return to it often as we seek our own \u201clight in the dark\/luz en lo oscuro.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-99.png\" alt=\"Our Band Could Be Your Life book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2224 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-99.png 258w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-99-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lindsey Trout, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Band Could Be Your Life<\/em> by Michael Azerrad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Our Band Could Be Your Life <\/em>was chosen for its themes of authenticity, community, and challenging the status quo that have stayed with me over the years. These ideas also reflect values that are central to my work in social work education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-100.png\" alt=\"Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2226 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-100.png 218w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-100-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carena van Riper, Professor, Department of Natural Resources &amp; Environmental Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science<\/em> by Peter Godfrey-Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Godfrey-Smith\u2019s <em>Theory and Reality<\/em> has shaped how I think about scholarship by deepening my understanding of the philosophical foundations of science, including theory, explanation, causation, and evidence. Its enduring value lies not in turning researchers into philosophers, but in helping us become better scientists by encouraging critical reflection on how we generate, justify, and use knowledge to understand the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-101.png\" alt=\"Mirror of the Universe book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2229 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-101.png 518w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-101-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chiara Vincenzi, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Art &amp; Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mirror of the Universe<\/em> by Karen E. Patteron (editor), Lenore Tawney (artist), and John Michael Kohler Arts Center (host institution, issuing body)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book isn\u2019t just beautiful to leaf through; it tells the story of Lenore Tawney\u2019s life, and learning about it has deeply inspired me. She attended UIUC, studying art, then moved back to Chicago to continue her studies and begin her career as a weaver and fiber artist, starting only in her 40s. Her story is a reminder that it\u2019s never too late to pursue new creative and intellectual paths, no matter when you begin or how you get there.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"363\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-102.png\" alt=\"The Generic Chaining: Upper and Lower Bounds of Stochastic Processes book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2230 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-102.png 363w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-102-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shulei Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Generic Chaining: Upper and Lower Bounds of Stochastic Processes<\/em> by Michel Talagrand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read this book repeatedly during my PhD training. It gave me many of the technical tools that shaped my early research, but more importantly, it fundamentally changed how I think about randomness and how to quantify it. My research has evolved considerably since then, yet the perspective I learned from this book has stayed with me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-103.png\" alt=\"Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2233 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-103.png 211w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-103-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yixin Iris Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life <\/em>by Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose this book because game theory, particularly the concept of equilibrium, fundamentally shaped how I think about the world. It taught me that outcomes depend not only on our own choices, but also on how others respond. This simple insight sparked my lasting fascination with strategic interactions and shaped my research interests.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-104.png\" alt=\"The Dark Forest book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2234 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-104.png 390w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-104-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yuxiong Wang, Associate Professor, Siebel School of Computing &amp; Data Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Dark Forest<\/em> by Cixin Liu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Dark Forest<\/em> asks whether trust is possible between civilizations that can never fully know one another. Its exploration of science, intelligence, humanity, and the unknown across vast scales of space and time reflects the kind of thinking I have long been drawn to. I have treasured sharing this book with my children and the memorable conversations it has inspired.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-106.png\" alt=\"The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2236 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-106.png 450w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-106-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chloe Wardropper, Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources &amp; Environmental Sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry<\/em> by Wendell Berry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been reflecting on Wendell Berry\u2019s influence on my personal and professional life since his death this year. Personally, Berry offers me hope in the power of place, land stewardship, and community connection. Professionally, I admire his visionary ideas about policy and practice, like his 50 Year Farm Bill proposal with Wes Jackson that would support a perennial agriculture transition. I hope others in the university community find solace and inspiration in these essays.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-107.png\" alt=\"Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Development book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2237 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-107.png 298w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-107-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jon Willits, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Development <\/em>by Jeffrey Elman, Elizabeth Bates, Mark H. Johnson, Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Domenico Parisi, and Kim Plunkett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book was very inspirational to me and to my thinking about cognitive development and the nature-nurture debate. Its author, Jeff Elman, was also a tremendous human being and one of my mentors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-108.png\" alt=\"Pedagogy of the Oppressed book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2238 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-108.png 232w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-108-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asif Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum &amp; Instruction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pedagogy of the Oppressed<\/em> by Paulo Freire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first book that made me think about my practice as a teacher and was much of the inspiration behind my pursuit of an advanced research degree.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-109.png\" alt=\"Reflexivity and Change in Adaptive Physical Activity: Overcoming Hubris book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2239 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wesley J. Wilson, Associate Professor, Department of Health &amp; Kinesiology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reflexivity and Change in Adaptive Physical Activity: Overcoming Hubris<\/em> by Donna Goodwin, Maureen Connolly (Editors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This edited book prompted me to engage in critical introspection and self-reflexion in my early career work at the intersection of physical education and disability. I consider the text to be foundational for any graduate student or scholar in our field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-110.png\" alt=\"Human-Centered Design for Health Care Safety SEIPS in Action book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2242 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abigail Wooldridge, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial &amp; Enterprise Systems Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Human-Centered Design for Health Care Safety SEIPS in Action<\/em> by Pascale Carayon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an accessible yet deep book that summarizes the background, development and research to date regarding a seminal human factors\/ergonomics model widely used to improve patient safety and quality of care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-111.png\" alt=\"Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2243 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-111.png 213w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-111-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anna Wright, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Communication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus<\/em> by Barbara Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mom, a school bus driver, gave me this book as my first \u201cchapter book,\u201d sparking a lifelong love of the series. It represents my passion for education and, most importantly, the enduring connection to my family, whose unwavering support has shaped who I am.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-112.png\" alt=\"Springer Handbook of Robotics book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2244 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-112.png 398w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-112-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wenzhen Yuan, Associate Professor, Siebel School of Computing &amp; Data Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Springer Handbook of Robotics<\/em> by Bruno Siciliano and Oussama Khatib<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book has accompanied me since I was a student, serving as both an indispensable guide to robotics and, occasionally, a sturdy monitor stand. Its breadth remains humbling and inspiring: a physical monument to the curiosity, ingenuity, and collective wisdom of the robotics community\u2014and to how much there is always left to learn.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-113.png\" alt=\"Rehearsals for Living book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2245 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-113.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-113-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sofia Zaragocin, Associate Professor, Department of Geography &amp; Geographic Information Science<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rehearsals for Living<\/em> by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose <em>Rehearsals for Living<\/em> because it beautifully brings Black and Indigenous thought into conversation, while asking us to imagine ways of living beyond colonial structures. Its commitment to dialogue, relationality, and creating otherwise resonates deeply with my own scholarship and reminds us that other worlds are not only possible, but necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-114.png\" alt=\"Convex Optimization book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2246 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-114.png 390w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-114-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Richard Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Convex Optimization<\/em> by Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than any other book, <em>Convex Optimization<\/em> changed my career. It showed me that my instinct to view engineering design as optimization was neither naive nor out of reach, but mathematically rigorous and computationally meaningful. It gave that instinct a language and set me on the path I still follow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-115.png\" alt=\"The Three-Body Problem book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2247 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-115.png 316w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-115-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kai Zhang, Professor, Department of Biochemistry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Three-Body Problem<\/em> by Cixin Liu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I chose <em>The Three-Body Problem<\/em> for its extraordinary sense of scale, both scientific and philosophical. It portrays humanity\u2019s vulnerability in a vast and uncertain universe while exploring serious physics through remarkable imagination. I am particularly fascinated by its depiction of higher dimensions and how scientific concepts become integral to an intricate, compelling story.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-116.png\" alt=\"Atomic Habits book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2248 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-116.png 364w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-116-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yang Zhao, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Atomic Habits<\/em> by James Clear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book taught me that meticulous improvements in many seemingly minor areas can eventually lead to major breakthroughs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-117.png\" alt=\"The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation book cover.\" class=\"wp-image-2251 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-117.png 360w, https:\/\/wp-pilot.library.illinois.edu\/libinfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/image-117-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sihai Zhao, Professor, Department of Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation<\/em> by Jon Gertner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book reminds me that big ideas come not just from people, but also from their interactions with the communities and institutional structures that surround them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achievement of tenure and\/or promotion in rank is perhaps the most significant event in the professional life of a faculty member. 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