Recently Published

LEARNERS

Lawrence Benson, Cohort Ph.D. Program
Lawrence Benson's book, MAD WORLD: A Collection of Short Stories, was recently published by Mira’s Press. The book features a contemporary collection of eight short stories that “takes bold turns to reflect the persistent hopefulness of humanity in the face of an often harsh reality.” Benson is a current learner in the UI&U Cohort Ph.D. program. He received his MFA in Writing, with a focus in fiction and poetry, from Hamline University.

ALUMNI

Lisa Lorimer, B.A. 1993
Former chair of the UI&U Board of Trustees, author, entrepreneur, and cherished alum, Lisa Lorimer recently sat down for an interview with @UI&U. We asked her about her newly published book (co-written by Margot Fraser, founder of Birkenstock USA) Dealing with the Tough Stuff. Click here to read the interview.

Gabriel Constans, Ph. D. 1998
Dr. Gabriel Constans’s book, Buddha’s Wife, was published in August 2009 by Robert Reed Publishers and has received several excellent reviews from such publications as the Midwest Book Review and San Francisco Chronicle. The book features an inspirational story about friendship, family, loss, love and forgiveness. According to Dr. Constans, thousands of books, texts and stories have followed Siddhartha’s path to becoming The Buddha (and his teachings), but little has been written about his wife Yasodhara, how she reacted to his leaving her and their newborn child in the middle of the night, and her desire to find compassion and enlightenment for herself and others.

Writes Richard R. Blake of the Midwest Book Review: “Constans writes with amazing insight into the emotions of the heart: the fear and pain of love rejected, the price and sacrifice of following one's own heart, and the poison of hatred locked within...festering, of love turned to revulsion, and the freedom of forgiveness. Buddha’s Wife is written with sensitivity, contains powerfully poetic prose, is inspirational, and dramatically moving.”

Rebecca M. Ridge, Ph.D. 2007
Dr. Rebecca Ridge’s textbook, The Body Alchemy of Psychodrama, was published by Body Alchemy in September 2009. The textbook is based on her doctoral work, which was the integration of somatic therapies with psychodrama and group psychotherapy.  The text also includes a forward by Dr. Sherry E. Penn-Crawford, UI&U professor emerita. For more information, visit: www.bridgebodyalchemy.com.

FACULTY

Rickey Gard Diamond, M.F.A., Faculty, B.A. Program
Rickey Gard Diamond’s story, “The Ballad of Diana vs. Goliath: Levine vs. Wyeth in the U.S. Supreme Court,” was published in the November 2009 edition of Vermont Woman. The story is also one of three stories nominated for Best Story by the New England Press Association. For more information, visit: http://www.vermontwoman.com/articles/1108/ballad.shtml

Lisa Fontes, Ph.D., Faculty, Psy.D. Program
Dr. Fontes's article “Considering Culture in the Clinical Intake Interview and Report” was recently published in Culture & the Therapeutic Process, edited by M. Leach & J. Aten. (Routledge Press, 2009).

Daniel Metraux, Ph.D., Faculty, M.A. Online Program
Dr. Metraux’s book, The Asian Writings of Jack London: Essays, Letters, Newspaper Dispatches, and Short Fiction by Jack London, was recently published and released by Edward Mellen Press. This work examines American writer Jack London’s journalistic and literary contributions about Asia, his insights into Asian ethnic and political complexities, and his vision for pan-Asian/American cooperation. The book includes an anthology of London’s major writings on Asia.