Books
My latest book: “Contributions in Paleontology and E evolutionary Biology”
I just published “Contributions in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology”. This is a collection of 15 essays authored by me and my colaborators on paleontology and evolutionary biology. This volume encompasses the most critical papers I have written on biological evolution, from fossils to cave fauna. Among the fossils described are impressions of horseshoe crabs, jellyfishes, and the enigmatic paleocyphonautes. The latter represents a new understanding of the evolution of invertebrates by the application of novel developmental insights. My papers on cave fauna encompass genetic and behavioral studies in the field and the laboratory. I proposed phenotypic plasticity as a way to understand a mystery that has been unresolved since Darwin’s times: why organisms lose eyes and pigmentation during the invasion of caves.
My latest book: “College Talk”
A new book reveals some of the most intimate secrets of people associated with colleges and universities. Titled College Talk: Interviews with 300 People from Academia, this book is an anthology of interviews conducted by me with people associated with higher education. Participants include Nobel Prize winners, professors, students, donors, and even alumni from many prestigious academic institutions.
During the last two decades, I have had the opportunity to interview hundreds of people from those institutions, revealing a great deal of diversity in academic experiences. They talk about how they became interested in their academic fields, some of the most extraordinary experiences they have had, and how they pass on their students their
This nearly 600-page book is a compendium of the most revealing of those interviews and always accompanied by pictures. These interviews conducted for radio and TV shows titled “College Talk” were later summarized in newspaper articles. These articles have been updated and collected for this book.
“If the general public currently suffers from amnesia about who faculty are and what they do, then spending time with this volume is a much-needed therapy to assuage anxieties and promote a renewed embrace of importance of faculty work for the creation of an educated citizenry,” wrote Dr. Larry LaFond, English professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and who wrote the preface.
The book also includes an article I wrote about being a college professor as well as four obituaries I wrote about academic colleagues he knew very well and whose careers were cut short by an untimely death.
The book is available through Amazon.
New Book: “College Talk”
My latest book reveals some of the most intimate secrets of people associated with colleges and universities. Titled College Talk: Interviews with 300 People from Academia, this book is an anthology of interviews conducted by me with people associated with higher education. Participants include Nobel Prize winners, professors, students, donors, and even alumni from many prestigious academic institutions.
During the last two decades, I had the opportunity to interview hundreds of people from those institutions, revealing a great deal of diversity in academic experiences. They talk about how they became interested in their academic fields, some of the most extraordinary experiences they have had, and how they pass on their students their
This nearly 600-page book is a compendium of the most revealing of those interviews and always accompanied by pictures. These interviews conducted for radio and TV shows titled “College Talk” were later summarized in newspaper articles. These articles have been updated and collected for this book.
“If the general public currently suffers from amnesia about who faculty are and what they do, then spending time with this volume is a much-needed therapy to assuage anxieties and promote a renewed embrace of importance of faculty work for the creation of an educated citizenry,” wrote Dr. Larry LaFond, English professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and who wrote the preface.
The book also includes an article by me about being a college professor as well as four obituaries he wrote about academic colleagues he knew very well and whose careers were cut short by an untimely death.
The book is available through Amazon.
New book of mine on history and philosophy of science
I just published “Contributions to the History and Philosophy of Science.” It is a collection of essays about how science is influenced by religion, history, politics, and society in general. I counter some long-held beliefs such as predestination, the linearity of biological evolution, and science as a cultural product devoid of human influences. It is available through Amazon.com
Letters from Academia book
Romero, A. 2000. Letters from Academia. Ideas for Reforming Higher Education and Other Essays. Amazon Books. 372 pp.
This 378-page book is a collection of essays about Higher Education, its problems and solutions. They cover various topics, from college costs to financial woes, bad press, ethnic and gender conflicts, legal conflicts, marketing, student debt, enrollment issues, technological transformations, and leadership fiascoes. It is available through Amazon as a paperback and as an eBook and soon will also be available as an audiobook.