Books by SC&I Faculty

Books by SC&I Faculty

A selection of informative books published and authored or edited by faculty members. 

Faculty Books - 2025

The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Resilience book cover
The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Resilience

Marya L. Doerfel, 
Professor of Communication;
Jennifer A. Theiss, 
Professor of Communication; 
Maria K. Venetis, 
Professor of Communication; 
Kristina M. Scharp, 
Associate Professor of Communication
Editors

Roxanne Gay The Portable Feminist Reader
The Portable Feminist Reader
Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies

Editor

Seeking Meaning, A Process Approach to Library and Information Services, 30th Anniversary Edition - book cover
Seeking Meaning, A Process Approach to Library and Information Services, 30th Anniversary Edition
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science
Dafna Lemish Always an Academic Immigrant: A Collective Memoir
Always an Academic Immigrant: A Collective Memoir
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and former Interim Dean
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The Patina of Distrust, What People Do with Misinformation
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Co-Authors: Eugenia Mitchelstein, Pablo J. Boczkowski, and Facundo Suenzo

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More Than Just Leading: Working with Others to Make Things Happen
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership

Written with Watts Ruben

Faculty Books - 2024

Bite by Bite: American History through Feasts, Foods, and Side Dishes
Bite by Bite: American History through Feasts, Foods, and Side Dishes
Associate Professor of Practice, Library and Information Science

Co-Authors: Paul Freedman, Frederick Douglass Opie, Amanda Palacios, Tatum Willis and David Zheng

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Conquering Job Transition
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Communication

Co-Editor: Frank Kovacs

Mark Beal, Frank Kovacs, Kadeer A. Porter, Win the Job & Thrive in a Multigenerational Workplace, 2024
Win the Job & Thrive in a Multigenerational Workplace
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Communication
Global Voices from the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition: Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive
Global Voices from the Women’s Library at the World’s Columbian Exposition: Feminisms, Transnationalism and the Archive
Professor of Library and Information Science

Co-Editor: Sarah Wadsworth

Post-Crisis Leadership: Resilience, Renewal, and Reinvention in the Aftermath of Disruption - Ralph Gigliotti
Post-Crisis Leadership: Resilience, Renewal, and Reinvention in the Aftermath of Disruption
Assistant Vice President for Organizational Leadership, University Academic Affairs
John Lewis: A LIfe by David Greenberg
John Lewis: A LIfe
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and of History
Organizational Communication: Approaches and Processes (8th Edition)
Organizational Communication: Approaches and Processes (8th Edition)
Associate Professor of Communication

Co-Editors: Katherine Miller, Joshua Barbour

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Journalism and the Metaverse
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
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Milestones in Digital Journalism
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Editor

Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed
Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed

Edited by Teresa Politano

What Leaders Need to Know and Do - Brent Ruben
What Leaders Need to Know & Do: A Leadership Competencies Scorecard (2nd ed.)
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership
How to Conduct Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods.
How to Conduct Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods.
Associate Professor of Communication

Written with Elizabeth Dorrance Hall

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Black Networks Matter: The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests.
Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Rutgers Computational Social Science Lab

Co-Authors: Matthew Simonson, Ray Block Jr., James Druckman & David Lazer

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Media and January 6th
Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Co-Editors: Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Tromble

Faculty Books - 2023

Augmention in Complex Communication
Argumentation in Complex Communication: Managing Disagreement in Polylogue
Interim Dean and Professor of Communication

Written with Marcin Lewiński

Mark Beal ZEO Introducing Gen Z
ZEO: Introducing Gen Z – The new generation of leaders
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Communication
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies
Leadership in Digital Contexts
Leadership in Digital Contexts
Assistant Vice President for Organizational Leadership, University Academic Affairs

With Christine Goldthwaite and Sara Spear

Global Crises in the Public Mind: Media, War, Climate and Politics
Global Crises in the Public Mind: Media, War, Climate and Politics
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Co-editor: Yahya R. Kamalipour

Teaching journalism online
Teaching Journalism Online: a Handbook for Journalism Educators
Associate Dean for Programs and Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Co-edited with Dr. Raluca Cozma

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Converging Media: An Introduction to Mass Communications and Digital Innovations (7th ed.)
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Written with Shawn McIntosh

More Than Just Words
More Than Just Words: Communication and Relationship Skills that Make a Difference.
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership

Written with Watts Ruben

The School Library Manager: Leading through Change
The School Library Manager: Leading through Change
Associate Teaching Professor of Library and Information Science

Written with Blanche Woolls and April M. Dawkins

Faculty Books - 2022

A Strategic Nature
A Strategic Nature: Public Relations and the Politics of American Environmentalism
Director of the Ph.D. Program and Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Written with Maria I. Espinoza

Gen Z Graduates to Adulthood
Gen Z Graduates to Adulthood
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Communication
On Microfascism: Gender, Death, and War
On Microfascism: Gender, War, and Death
Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
Corporate Cultural Responsibility: How Business Can Support Art, Design, and Culture
Corporate Cultural Responsibility: How Business Can Support Art, Design, and Culture

Part-Time Faculty of Communication

Documenting the Future: Navigating Provenance Metadata Standards
Documenting the Future: Navigating Provenance Metadata Standards
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Reading Home Cultures Through Books
Reading Home Cultures Through Books
Professor of Library and Information Science

Written with Kirsti Salmi-Niklander 

Change Fatigue Revisited: A New Framework for Leading Change
Change Fatigue Revisited: A New Framework for Leading Change
Teaching Professor and Director of the MCM Masters Program
The Purpose Generation: Leading GEN Z With Purpose
The Purpose Generation: Leading GEN Z With Purpose
Teaching Professor and Director of the MCM Masters Program
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Communication
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
Digital Age Resistence
Digital-Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements and the Media Dependence Model
Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic
Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and former Interim Dean

Written with Maya Götz, the Director of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) and PRIX JEUNESSE International

The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media, Second Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media, Second Edition
Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and former Interim Dean

Editor

Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon revised 2nd edition
Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon revised 2nd edition
Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education: Principles and Practices of Collaborative Leadership
Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education: Principles and Practices of Collaborative Leadership
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership
Exploring Communication Theory: Making Sense of Us
Exploring Communication Theory: Making Sense of Us
Associate Professor of Communication
Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theory into Practice
Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theory into Practice
Professor of Communication

Written with Denise Solomon

Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process
Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process
Professor of Communication
Professor of Communication and Chair of the SC&I Health and Wellness Faculty Cluster