History Professors H. Glenn Penny and Stephen Warren books on Choice's 2015 list of Outstanding Academic Titles

Friday, January 23, 2015

H. Glenn Penny

University of Iowa History Professors H. Glenn Penny and Stephen Warren have both authored books on the 2015 list of Outstanding Academic Titles through Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, a magazine reviewing scholarly books and resources.

Penny is a professor in the Department of History, and Warren has a joint appointment in History and American Studies, both part of the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Penny’s book, Kindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians Since 1800, explores Germans’ sense of affinity for American Indian culture.

Stephen WarrenWarren’s book, The Worlds the Shawnees Made: Migration and Violence in Early America, discusses the American Indian Shawnee Tribe’s difficult migration amid disease, dislocation, and violence. Both books were published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Choice is produced by the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Choice reviews about 7,000 titles yearly, all of which are considered for the Outstanding Academic Titles list. Fewer than 10 percent of reviewed titles make the list.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.