• Break the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live by Becca Levy (2022). Recipient of the 2023 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award, author Becca Levy (Yale) draws on her research to show that our beliefs about aging can improve and benefit all aspects of the aging process.
• This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite (2020). Lively, funny, and well researched, This Chair Rocks debunks myth after myth about late life.
• Encore Career Handbook: How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life by Marci Alboher (2012). This book is a little dated, but current research also shows that there are multiple benefits (physical, social, cognitive) to staying engaged after retirement through working, volunteering, interning, etc.

• The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schultz (2023). You can skip the book and watch the TED talk, if you’d rather. From a longitudinal study that started in 1938, research shows that the “secret” to a good life is quite simply, in our connections to others.
• From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur Brooks (2022). A New York Times best-seller, this book provides a roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age. 
• Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing as We Age by  Mary Pipher (2020). Another best-selling book. Clinical psychologist Mary Pipher examines cultural and developmental issues women face as they age.

Phyllis Brown, Professor Emerita, English, has been traveling the world. In the last two years, her trips have included Egypt, the Galapagos in Ecuador, the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru, the Maldives (after being certified for open water scuba diving), service in Point Reyes with the Sierra Club, theater in Ashland Oregon, with grad school friends, and frequent trips to Washington DC and Upstate New York to spend time with family.

Marilyn Edelstein, Professor Emerita, English, taught a popular course on “Love, Death and Literature in International Short Stories,” for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).  Marilyn has also been active in OLLI’s Volunteer Leadership Council. And her article “Empathy for ‘The Other’: Multiethnic Literature and the Possibilities of Empathy across Racial, Gender, and Cultural Differences,” is forthcoming this year in Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom, Ed. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten, from the University of Illinois Press.

Francisco Jimenez, Professor Emeritus, Modern Languages, recently re-issued his classic memoir as a graphic novel. The Circuit Graphic Novel, was adapted by Andrew J. Rostan and illustrated by Celia Jacobs. In addition, The Unbroken Sky, a short dramatic film based on Francisco’s award-winning memoirs, premiered at the San Francisco Short Film Festival at the Roxie Theater in October, winning first prize. The film was also a semifinalist in the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Kathleen Maxwell, Professor Emerita, Art and Art History, taught a course on “Illustrated Manuscripts of the 4th - 8th Centuries“ for the Fromm Institute (a program similar to SCU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at the University of San Francisco in Winter 2024.  Kathleen reports, “I loved the experience. I couldn’t have asked for a more generous audience. Sixty-nine people signed up, at least half of whom took the course on Zoom. I will be teaching another course next winter!”

David Pleins, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, has returned to the academy in a new location and a new role.  He serves as Assistant Director of the Walker Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He runs book clubs and pedagogical programs for faculty, supports faculty fellow working groups, and manages teaching innovation grants.

Stephanie Wildman, Professor Emerita, Law, has published a new book for children, Breath by Breath, 2024, with illustrations by Estefania Razo. Her previous book, Treasure Hunt, 2023, has received a number of accolades:  It was highlighted by the Children’s Book Council as one of six for their 2023 Screen-Free Children’s Booklist and for their Showcase on Sustainability and the Environment. In addition, Treasure Hunt has been transformed into a TV show in Canada. See "Lessons from the Classroom,” Vancouver Island, Channel 4: https://youtu.be/fGIIPAOLhiM .