My Writing Specialty -- Book Reviewing
At present, I am working on a 2-year agenda to re-focus my Scholarship into the field of Book Reviewing.
Since the probationary process is different for teaching-stream faculty, I have a unique opportunity to focus on less research-intensive publishing forums. As a former librarian, I am excited by this future new direction in my scholarship.
Stay tuned for more details over the Summer of 2018!
Resources for Book Reviewing
- Brienza, C. (March 27, 2015). Writing academic book reviews. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/03/27/essay-writing-academic-book-reviews
- East, J.W. (2011). The scholarly book review in the humanities: An academic Cinderella? Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 43 (1): 52-67.
DOI: 10.3138/jsp.43.1.52 - Gorraiz, J., Gumpenberger, C., Purnell, P.J. (2013). The power of book reviews: A simple and transparent enhancement approach for book citation indexes. Scientometrics, 98 (2): 841-852.
- Hartley, J. (2006). Reading and writing book reviews across the disciplines. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57 (9): 1194-1207 https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.20399
- Hartley, J. (2010). The anatomy of a book review. Journal of Technical Writing and Community, 40 (2): 473-487.
https://doi.org/10.2190/TW.40.4.g - Hatcher, T., McDonald, K.S. (2011). Creating and publishing nonrefereed manuscripts: How to writ editorials and book reviews. In Rocco, T.S. & Hatcher, T., Eds. The handbook of scholarly writing and publishing. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pg. 222-235
- Hooper, B. (2010). Writing reviews for readers' advisory. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
- Lee, A.D., Green, B.N., Johnson, C.D., Nyquist, J. (2010). How to write a scholarly book review for publication in a peer-reviewed journal: A review of the literature. The Journal of Chiropractic Education, 24 (1): 57-69.
- Lindholm-Romantschuk, Y. (1998). Scholarly book reviewing in the social sciences and humanities: The flow of ideas within and among disciplines. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Liu, W., Ding, Y., & Gu, M. (2017). Book reviews in academic journals: Patterns and dynamics. Scientometrics, 110 (1): 355-364.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-016-2172-2 - Milardo, R.M. (2014). Chapter 4: Writing book reviews. In Milardo, R.M. Crafting Scholarship in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Writing, Reviewing, and Editing. New York, NY: Routledge. pg. 64-78.
- Moxley, J.M. (1992). Chapter 9: How to write book reviews. In Moxley, J.M. Publish, Don't Perish: The scholar's guide to academic writing and publishing. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, pg. 79-84
- Tse, P. & Hyland, K. (2007). "So what is the problem this book addresses?: Interactions in academic book reviews. Text & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies, 26 (6): 767-790. https://doi.org/10.1515/TEXT.2006.031
- University of Southern California Library. (February 6, 2017). Organizing Research for Arts and Humanities Papers and Theses: Writing Academic Book Reviews. http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=235208&p=1560694
- Worsham, L. (April 1, 2012). The endangered scholarly book review. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Endangered-Scholarly-Book/131361