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Review of We Aren’t Who We Are and this world isn’t either, by Christine Korfhage.   NAPT Museletter (March 2008)
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"Grad school: Advanced IT degrees lead to top jobs for women and minorities." Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Minority College Issue (Winter 2007/Spring 2008).

Review of ScreamFree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, by Hal Edward Runkel. CFLE Network (Winter 2006).

"Parent self-reflection: journaling and family life education." CFLE Network Volume 18, Number 3 (Summer 2006).
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Review of The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? by Miriam Peskowitz. CFLE Network (Fall 2006).
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"Natural family care for the distressed cat." Organic Family Magazine Number 7 (2006).

"Focus on diversity: Women make IT their own." Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology (December 2005/January 2006).

"Focus on diversity: Women stay the course in EE." Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Minority College Issue (Winter 2005/Spring 2006).
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"Focus on diversity: Native Americans find their niche in engineering." Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Minority College Issue (Summer 2005/Fall 2005).

Review of Birthing Fathers: The Transformation of Men in American Rites of Birth, by Richard K. Reed. CFLE Network (Fall 2005).

"Tech Update: Opportunities at Biotech and Pharma Firms." Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology (December04/January05).

Review of Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice, by Ann Hulbert. CFLE Network Volume 16, Number 4 (Fall 2004).

Review of Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, by Sandra Steingraber. CFLE Network Volume 16, Number 3 (Summer 2004).

"Breast Cancer and the Environment: Resources from the Cornell Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors." Pathways Provider (Spring 2004).
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"Telling Kids the Hard Truth: Helping children grow by sharing serious subjects." Indianapolis Woman (October 2003).

Discussion Guides (1 to 11) for The Polis Center’s award-winning 11-episode video Faith and Community: The Public Role of Religion (2003). Discussion Guide booklets include:

  1. The Religious Landscape;
  2. Religion in Black and White;
  3. Faith-Based Partnerships;
  4. The Role of Religion in Public Crisis;
  5. Religion's Contribution to Social Leadership;
  6. Models of Metropolitan Ministry;
  7. Religion and Immigration;
  8. Religion's Role in Health Care;
  9. The Public Role of Clergy;
  10. Sacred Spaces; and
  11. The Vitality of Religion.

Review of The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America’s Beleaguered Moms and Dads, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Cornel West. The Dayton Voice (December 3-9, 1998).

Review of On the Outside Looking In: A Year in an Inner-City High School, by Christina Rathbone. The Dayton Voice (September 24-30, 1998).
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Review of Life on the Line, by Faye Wattleton. The Dayton Voice (June 11-17, 1998).

Review of The Cancer Journals: Special Edition, by Audre Lorde. The Dayton Voice (March 26-April 1, 1998).
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Review of Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb, by Bernard Lefkowitz. The Dayton Voice (January 8-14, 1998). Reprinted in WireTap Magazine, Story ID 3947.
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Review of Becoming Gentlemen: Women, Law School, and Institutional Change, by Lani Guinier, Michelle Fine, and Jane Balin. The Dayton Voice (November 13-17, 1997). Reprinted in WireTap Magazine, Story ID 4350.
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Review of Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness, by Laurie Lisle. The Dayton Voice (October 1-7, 1997).
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Review of Feminist Family Values Forum, by Angela Davis, Maria Jimenez, Gloria Steinem, Mililani Trask. The Dayton Voice (September 17-23, 1997).

Review of Granny Midwives and Black Women Writers: Double-Dutched Readings, by Valerie Lee. The Dayton Voice (August 27-September 2, 1997).
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Review of The Price You Pay: The Hidden Cost of Women's Relationship to Money, by Margaret Randall. The Dayton Voice (June 25-July 1, 1997).

Review of Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender, and Race in U.S. Culture, by Joy James. The Dayton Voice (May 7-13, 1997).

Review of Spirit, Space and Survival: African American Women in (White) Academe, edited by Joy James and Ruth Farmer. Feminist Teacher (Spring/Summer 1997).


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