Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

Psychology in the Light of the East presents fresh insights into integral psychology, including valuable techniques for application. This text invites readers on a journey of self-knowledge and self-mastery, providing professionals as well as general readers with the tools for great personal and professional development.

Provocative and engaging, this text invites you into a unique thought experiment, using portraits from some of Shakespeare's most stirring works to illustrate how our psychological understanding of human nature and personality can be significantly enriched through literature.

In this text, Butler takes an in-depth look at the development of Bowen family systems theory, which considers the family as an emotional unit, and explores the therapeutic relationship in terms of its three primary components: the alliance, transference/countertransference, and the real relationship-better known as the tripartite model.

Engaging Parents in Adolescent Therapy aims to reach outpatient mental health professionals looking to effectively incorporate parents into their work with adolescents.

The Manual of Strategic Planning for Cultural Organizations adopts a revolutionary approach to the world of museums and cultural institutions. By encompassing a broad group of cultural organizations, this whole-career oriented book responds to the 21st-century reality that boundaries are being blurred among institutional types.

An interdisciplinary study of the State Home and School for Dependent and Neglected Children, Rhode Island's state custodial institution for children from 1885 to 1979.

Kelso challenges readers to reflect on the social impact of advertising from multiple perspectives. Topics include but are not limited to: a history of modern advertising in the US, how advertising can privilege or marginalize social constructions of identity, the problematic targeting of children, and the masks behind corporate advertising.

This text offers 6th - 12th grade educators guided instructional approaches for including young adult (YA) literature in the social sciences and humanities classroom in order to promote literacy development while learning content.

The components of sound school finance that are increasingly important in an era of scarce financial, material, and human resources are provided in this book.

This book takes its reader through the arc of the principalship, beginning with teaching, moving on to promotion to the administrative office and how to achieve it, going into depth about the challenges and opportunities the principal faces in leading a school, and moving into a focus on how to thrive while growing the skills of others.

This book revisits the concepts discussed in mindset theory and reframes it with a larger, more inclusive potential for understanding our world that empowers our ability for personal choice to improve our lives.

The book's premise is the classroom, for optimum learning, needs to be a place of comfort. Practical strategies for character building and conversing with others are provided.

The book is written in response to the growing problem of bullying both inside and outside of schools. The problem is evolving and currently absorbs an ever-increasing range of identities including, cyberbullying, adult bullying, family and spousal bullying, workplace bullying, and student and teacher forms.

This book approaches Schenkerian analysis in a practical and accessible manner fit for the classroom, guiding readers through a step-by-step process. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of musicology, music theory, composition, and performance, and it is replete with a wide variety of musical examples.

Emotional Intelligence for Religious Leaders draws on the latest research in business, psychology, and theology to offer religious leaders the information and tools they need to increase their emotional intelligence and enhance their relationships, communication and conflict management skills, spirituality, and overall well-being.

This book exposes unfortunate obsessions that dominate and shape the culture of higher education and shortchange parents and students. This book encourages the reader to challenge assumptions, opinions, biases, and emotions that distort viewpoints about higher education.

This volume seeks to provide a comprehensive, fair-minded treatment of Education Savings Accounts and will address the rationale for them, the challenges they pose, what it takes for them to work and the political and legal dynamics at play.

This book will guide elementary school leaders to create an enriching STEAM experience for their students. Detailed information is provided about teaching and learning philosophies that makerspace incorporates, budgeting, and professional development strategies and ideas to engage teachers.

Leading the Campaign provides an overview of campaigns in higher education. It emphasizes the leadership role of college and university presidents, but also provides important insights on the role of volunteers and fundraising professionals. It provides lessons and examples that are relevant to all types of nonprofit organizations.

Students are well aware of the contributions of the men who served as college presidents, researchers, and national leaders in community college-but what women made significant contributions that have not before been brought to light? Their valuable stories are captured in this book.

Teachable Moments will look at various pieces of the vocation of what it means to be a teacher in our school buildings today - through all of the most impactful reforms on the fabric of American education.

This book is a compilation of the experiences of three clinical instructors at the University of Central Arkansas. They share stories of their challenges and their victories as well as ideas and suggestions for creating a successful experience for candidates in their field experiences.

Happy Class will help you to arrange the physical layout of the classroom, positively address challenging behavior, problem solve, meaningfully work with other professionals, and create your own personal/professional happiness. It is intended for new/experienced teachers, administrators, collaborating professionals, and post-secondary educators.

This book seeks to better understand the intricate elements of Chinese education compared to American education.

Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with critical educators and prominent intellectuals, this book deeply explores a wide range of social justice issues, including the manner in which race, language, class, and gender discrimination intersect to affect the lives of historically oppressed groups.

Designed to give students a concise exploration of World War II's transformative role in American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition with new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, coverage of WWII as the Good War, and the concept of "the Greatest Generation."

Common Worlds: Paths Toward Sustainable Urbanism explores how both expert and lay members of urban and suburban communities respond to the challenges of demographic and socioeconomic change in an environmentally-sustainable fashion.

Visions of Culture: A Reader, Second Edition, is an anthology of articles about anthropological theorists.

Cultural Psychology integrates cross-cultural and multicultural approaches into an engaging and comprehensive text.

This book offers a multidisciplinary and research-based approach to the study of child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency. By examining children as victims, children as perpetrators, and the relationship between the two, Tang provides an innovative and accessible core text for courses across psychology, social work, and criminal justice.