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Research Recognition

Hamilton Book Author Awards Program: 2003 Awards

Grand Prize Winner

• Philip Bobbitt, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair, School of Law
  The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
  Alfred A. Knopf

Runners-Up

• Douglas Biow, Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian
  Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries: Humanism and Professions in Renaissance Italy
  The University of Chicago Press
• Nell Dale, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Sciences
  Co-author: John Lewis, Villanova University
  Computer Science Illuminated
  Jones and Bartlett Publishers
• John G. Ekerdt, Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
  Co-author: James B. Rawlings, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals
  Nob Hill Publishing
• Lisa J. Green, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
  African American English: A Linguistic Introduction
  Cambridge University Press

About the Books

"The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History" by Philip Bobbitt

Dr. Philip Chase Bobbitt holds the A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law at The University of Texas where he has been a member of the faculty since 1976. Until mid-June of 1999 he was the Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council. Prior to holding this post, he was Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure having previously been Director for Intelligence at the NSC. In January 2001, he received a Presidential appointment to the National Infrastructure Assurance Council. He serves on the Texas Attorney General’s State Infrastructure Protection Advisory Committee and is a member of the editorial board of John Hopkins’ quarterly journal Bioterrorism and Biosecurity:Biodefense Strategy, Practice and Science as well as the Advisory Board of Texas Tech University’s Center for Biodefense, Law & Public Policy.

Dr. Bobbitt holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Princeton University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. in Modern History from Oxford University, where he was a Fellow of Nuffield College and a member of the Oxford Modern History faculty. Subsequently, he was the Marsh Christian Senior Fellow in War Studies at King’s College University of London.

He has written several books on nuclear strategy, social choice, and constitutional law. Tonight’s award-winning book, The Shield of Achilles, presents a fascinating history of the nature of the State, as well as a contemporary analysis of international affairs. Dr. Bobbitt examines not only the origins of war, but the precepts for peace, and forges a path into our future. From the evolution of the nation-state to the intricacies of bioterrorism and global security, he draws upon a wealth of experience to provide us with a vision of our emerging society. It is powerful, provocative and insightful as it delves into the complexities of modern politics. It is well-deserving of the grand prize of this year’s Robert W. Hamilton Faculty Book Awards.

"Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries: Humanism and Professions in Renaissance Italy" by Douglas Biow

Douglas Biow is an Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. in Italian Language and Literature from Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the Executive Committee in the Department of French & Italian, the Castiglion Fiorentino Steering Committee, and the Dedman Selection Committee. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, a Fellow at the Charles S. Singleton for Italian Studies in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education. In his book Doctors, Ambassadors, Secretaries, Biow describes how humanists, in their concern with the formation of professional identities, embraced and discussed various vocations in Renaissance Italy. It is not only well-researched and elegantly written, but contributes a synthesized body of work to the research of professionalism in the humanities.

"Computer Science Illuminated" by Nell Dale and John Lewis

Dr. Nell Dale is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences. She received both her M.A. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. She has served as a director and chair of the ACM/Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education and has received the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award as well as the SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contributions in Computer Science in Education. She is an elected Danforth Fellow and is a recipient of the University YWCA’s Career Achievement Award. She has written extensively on computer science instruction and has previously been awarded a Hamilton Book Award for her book C++ Plus Data Structures. We are proud to honor her with a second Hamilton Book Award for her recently published textbook Computer Science Illuminated, co-authored with John Lewis of Villanova University. This book provides a fine introduction to computer science and does well to convey the rather difficult abstraction of layers. It is clearly a product of those who know and care a great deal about teaching.

"Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals" by John G. Ekerdt and James B. Rawlings

Dr. John Ekerdt is the Dick Rothwell Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering. His textbook Chemical Reactor Analysis and Design Fundamentals, co-authored by James B. Rawlings of the University of Wisconsin, is, as described by one of his colleagues, “one of the best textbooks I have ever read and used, and it is without a doubt the best textbook on chemical reactor analysis and design. Rawling’s and Ekerdt’s textbook presents a methodical approach to all chemical reactor design, which is truly lacking in any other textbook in the field.” Dr. Ekerdt is chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute for Chemical Engineers, and American Society for Engineering Education. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Charles M.A. Stine Award in Materials Science and Engineering, Phi Kappa Phi Awards for Dedicated Service in the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education and the Z.D. Bonner Professorship in Chemical Engineering. We are proud to present him with a Robert W. Hamilton Faculty Book Award.

"African American English: A Linguistic Introduction" by Lisa J. Green

Dr. Lisa Green is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics. She received an M.A. in English from the University of Kentucky and a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has served as chair and a member of the Linguistic Society of America Committee on Ethnic Diversity and has been awarded the ASHA 2000 Journal Editors’ Award. Her book African American English examines the topics of education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. It is the first textbook to describe African American English as a rule-governed system. Her book is subtle and engaging as it forces us to re-examine the language with a new perspective, and is well-deserving of a Robert W. Hamilton Faculty Book Award.

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