Required Texts
Summer 2026
- The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights | Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Education
- Jewish Studies
- Nonprofit Management
The Center for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights | Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Antisemitism Studies
ASM 605/805 – SU26A: Sports, Jewish Culture, and Antisemitism
- Text TBD.
ASM 605/805 – SU26A2: Messaging and Antisemitism
- Texts TBD.
ASM 605/805 – SU26B: The Legislative Landscape of Antisemitism
- Texts TBD.
ASM 724: Publishing in Antisemitism
- Texts TBD.
Holocaust + Genocide Studies
HGS 503/703: Women in the Holocaust
- Bae, Elizabeth R. and Goldenberg, Myrna, eds. Experience and Expression: Women, the Nazis, and the Holocaust. Wayne State University Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-8143-3063-0. New, $27.
- Ofer, Dalia, and Weitzman, Lenore J., eds. Women in the Holocaust. Yale University Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0300080803. $32, new.
- Lower, Wendy. Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. ISBN: 978-0547863382. $20, new.
HGS 513/713: Representing the Holocaust in Different Art Forms
- Texts TBD.
HGS 517/717: Resistance in the Holocaust
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
HGS 519/719: Genocide Education
- Texts TBD.
HGS 539/739: Publishing the Holocaust
- Belcher, Wendy Laura. Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success, 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-0226499918. $29, new.
- Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th edition. University of Chicago Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0226430577. $16, new.
HGS 605/805 – SU26A: Modern Technology and Genocide
- Texts TBD.
HGS 605/805 – SU26A2: Nature in the Context of the Holocaust
- Texts TBD.
HGS 705: Doctoral Research Methods Seminar
- Texts TBD.
Education
Master of Education
EDU 505: Teaching Through Movement
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 510: Applying Universal Design in the Classroom
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 523: Gender & Learning
- Albin, Jason. The Gender Equation in Schools. Routledge, ISBN: 978-1032101323. $30, new.
EDU 535: Technology and the 21st Century Learner
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 538: Change and Accountability
- Fahey, Kevin, et al. An Uncommon Theory of School Change: Leadership for Reinventing Schools. Teachers College Press, 2019. ISBN: 978-0807761243. $36, new.
- Cochrane-Smith, Marilyn, et al. Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education. Teachers College Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0807759318. $29, new.
EDU 540: Foundations of Creativity
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 545: Inquiry & Guided Discovery
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 546: Arts Integration in the Classroom: Application Across the Curriculum
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 547: Project Based Learning and Design Thinking
- Boss, Suzie with John Larmer. Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences. ASCD, 2018. ISBN: 978-1416626732. $17, new.
EDU 555: Culture and Family Dynamics
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 560: Leadership & Advocacy for Early Childhood Education
- Kouzes, James & Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge Workbook, 4th Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2012. ISBN: 978-1394152223. $28, new.
- Levin, Barbara B., & Lynne Schrum. Every Teacher a Leader: Developing the Needed Dispositions, Knowledge, and Skills for Teacher Leadership. Corwin, 2017. ISBN: 978-1506326436. $28, new.
EDU 572: Principles of Brain-Based Learning
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 574: Social & Emotional Learning in the Classroom
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDU 591: School and Society
- Goldstein, Dana. The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession. Vintage, 2015. ISBN: 978-0345803627. $12, new.
EDU 594: The Positive Classroom: Welcoming, Respectful, & Productive
- Danielson, Charlotte, Jim Furman, & Lee Kappes. Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, 3rd ed. ASCD, 2022. ISBN: 978-1416633426. $33, new.
EDU 621W: Special Education Law
- Johns, Beverly H. Your Classroom Guide to Special Education Law. Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1598579710. $32, new.
EDU 625: Approaches for Positive Behavior and Social Skills in the Setting
- Cooper, John O., Timothy E. Heron, & William L. Heward. Applied Behavior Analysis, 2nd ed. Pearson, 2007. ISBN: 978-1292023212. $56, new.
EDU 627: Teaching Literacy Skills to Students with Reading Difficulties
- Spear-Swerling, Louise. (Ed.). (2022). Structured Literacy Interventions: Teaching students with reading difficulties, grades K–6. Guilford Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-1462548781. $34, new.
Doctorate in Education
EDD 702: Critical Contexts in Educational Leadership
- Johnson, Craig E. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow, 7th edition. SAGE Publications, 2020. ISBN: 978-1544351643. $128, new.
EDD 703: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Educational Leadership
- Thomas, Joseph J., and Clementine K. Fujimura. Developing Cross-Cultural Competence for Leaders. Routledge, 2022. ISBN: 978-1032100432. $50, new.
- Wilkinson, Bethaney B. The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change. Harper Collins, 2021. ISBN: 978-1400226238. $10, new.
EDD 707: Strategic Planning for Educational Leadership
- Lemoine, P., Bennett, D., Mense, E. and Richardson, M. Strategic Planning for Educational Leaders. Cognella, 2022. ISBN: 978-1516533626. $55, new.
EDD 724: Planning, Budgeting, and Finance
- Dropkin, Murray et al. The Budget-Building Book for Non-Profits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards, 2nd ed. Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN: 978-0787996031. $36, new.
EDD 741: School Law and Policy
- Dayton, John. Education Law: Principles, Policy and Practice, 2nd ed. Independently published, ISBN-13: 978-1090865182, ISBN-10: 109086518X. $45, new.
- Ewell, William. Essentials of Education Policy. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-032-13937-1. $43, new.
EDD 742: Cultural Diversity in Schools
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
EDD 744: Transforming Schools
Required:
- Fullan, Michael. Leading in a Culture of Change, 2nd edition. Jossey-Bass. ISBN-13: 978-1119595847. $15, new.
- Senge, Peter, et.al. Schools that Learn. Crown Currency. ISBN-13: 978-0385518222, $28, new.
Recommended:
- Supplemental resources, professional journals, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education.
- Professional and Academic Journals to Consult: Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Leadership, Journal of Educational Change, Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, Journal of School Leadership, National Forum of Educational Administration & Supervision Journal
Jewish Studies
HEB 805 – SU26A: Academic Hebrew
- Texts TBD.
JED 605 – SU26B: Methodologies for Teaching Jewish Peoplehood
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
JED 607: Methodologies for Teaching Israel
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
JST 532/732: Modern Jewish Thought
- Doctoral students only: Kurtzer, Yehudah and Claire Sufrin, eds. The New Jewish Canon. Academic Studies Press, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-64469-361-2. $25, new.
JST 537/737: The History of Modern Israel
- Texts TBD.
JST 605 – SU26A: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination
- Texts TBD.
JST 701: Seminar A: Seminal Works of Jewish Studies
- All required course materials will be available in Canvas.
JST 703: Seminar C: Public Scholarship and Education
- Texts TBD.
JST 705 – SU26B: Colloquium B: Hebrew Apocrypha
- Klawans, Jonathan, and Wills Lawrence, eds. The Jewish Annotated Apocrypha, Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0190262488. $43, new.
JST 706 – SU26B: Colloquium C: Qualitative Methodology and Jewish Education
- Texts TBD.
Nonprofit Management
MGT 541: Digital Media and Marketing
- Allison, Kyle. Strategic Digital Marketing: Modernizing 21st Century Business, 2nd Edition. Sentia Publishing, 2024. ISBN-13: 979-8989409723. $75, new.
- Schaffer, Neal. Digital Threads: The Small Business and Entrepreneur Playbook for Digital First Marketing. PDCA Social, 2024. ISBN-13: 979-8990612747. $15, new.
MGT 545: Strategic Planning in the Nonprofit Organization
- Texts TBD.



