Digital Bookshelf

Tina Opie, associate professor of management at Babson, and co-author Dr. Beth Livingston examine solutions for driving gender and racial equity in organizations, and the book invites everyone to join the movement to advance equity for all. Read more on Babson Thought & Action. Harvard Business Review Press, 2022.

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh expands on the boundaries of the book’s precursor, Night: A Philosophy of the After-Dark, by presenting a series of new conceptual territories, figures, sources, images, and imaginative possibilities. Zero Books, 2022.  

Thomas Davenport, the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, and co-author Steven Miller offer detailed, real-world case studies of AI-augmented jobs to show that AI in the workplace is not the stuff of futuristic speculation but is happening now to many companies and workers. MIT Press, 2022. 

Professor Sandra Jean Graham wrote the introduction and contributed a chapter in this volume that collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and in the Music in American Life book series. University of Illinois Press, 2022

Virginia (Jenny) Rademacher, professor of Hispanic literature and culture, explores the surge in biofiction in Spain and globally, relating literary expression to concepts such as circumstantiality, derivatives, speculation, and game studies. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Thomas Davenport, the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management, along with co-authors Elizabeth Gardner and John Glaser, provide a comprehesive overview and explore the issues surrounding the implementation, governance, impacts, and risks of utilizing AI in health organizations. Edward Elgar, 2022. 

English Professor Mary Pinard was awarded the Ex Ophidia Press Poetry Book Prize for her manuscript of original poems. Ex Ophidia Press, 2022

In this ambitious book, Professor of Politics Kevin Bruyneel confronts the chronic displacement of Indigeneity in the politics and discourse around race in American political theory and culture. The University of North Carolina Press, 2021

Professor of Marketing Victoria L Crittenden, along with seven co-authors, examines direct selling, framed within the context of entrepreneurship and an historical overview of the long-term sustainability of the business model. Business Expert Press, 2021

Through in-depth stories, coaching breaks, and tools, Associate Professor Rob Cross illustrates how workers can reclaim close to a day a week in this highly influential book—named the Best Management Book of 2021 by strategy+business. Harvard Business Review Press, 2021

Professor of Economics Kent Jones explores the impact of populist regimes and the damage inflicted on global trade and trade policy institutions. The book traces the influence of populism on trade policy and explains the role of trade anxiety in a populist election strategy. Oxford University Press, 2021

Based on his interviews with startup founders in more than 120 countries he has visited, Associate Professor Adam J. Sulkowski explores how entrepreneurs are making their startups work in some of the most challenging contexts. Van Rye Publishing, LLC., 2021