Falling Man by Don Delillo  

From January to June 2011, faculty members from across the Meramec campus met to discuss ways to integrate 9/11 and Falling Man into their syllabi.  The results will be apparent in classes from history and political science, to economics and literature. 

The 9/11 Commission Report.  http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1492101~S4

DeLillo, Don.  "Don DeLillo: the Terror of Sept 11." Latest News, Comment and Reviews from the Guardian.co.uk.  Web. 08 April 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/dec/22/fiction.dondelillo.

________.  Falling Man: a Novel.  New York: Scribner, 2007. http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1629808~S4

Foer, Jonathan Safran.  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  Leicester, England: Howes, 2006. http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1510383~S4

George, Alice Rose.  Here is New york: a Democracy of Photographs.  Zurich: Scalo, 2002. http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1378702~S4

Haddad, Y. Y.  (2007).  The post-9/11 hijab as icon.  Sociology of Religion, 68, 253-267.  “This study argues that the process of re-Islamization has accelerated in the aftermath of 9/11 as an increasing number of adolescents and young adults (daughters of immigrant Muslims) are assuming a public Islamic identity by wearing the hijab (headscarf). Drawing on two decades of research on American Muslim communities and in-depth interviews with American Muslim youth, this study finds that the hijab has become a symbol of an American Islamic identity--a public affirmation of trust in the American system that guarantees freedom of religion and speech. At the same time, it has also become a symbol of anti-colonial solidarity and resistance to efforts to eradicate Islam in an American environment that is increasingly seen as anti-Islamic. Implications for the future role of the veil in the lives of American Muslims are discussed.” [Author Abstract]

Jacobson, Sid and Ernie Colón.  The 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation.  London: Viking, 2006. http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1547983~S4

Kalfus, Ken.  A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: a Novel.  New York: Ecco, 2006. http://archway.searchmobius.org/record=b1631788~S4

Meudini, F.  (2009). Muslim American college youth: attitudes and responses five years after 9/11.  The muslim world, 99, 39-59.  This article focuses on Muslim college students’ perceptions of various issues after 9/11 (media images of Muslims, perceived discrimination, discrimination, safety laws and policies implemented after 9/11.

Nguyen, Tram.  We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant American After 9/11.  Boston: Beacon Press, 2005.    The stories told in this book reveal “the human cost of the domestic war on terror and [the author] examines the impact of post-9/11 policies on people targeted because of immigration status, nationality, and religion.  Nguyen’s evocative narrative reporting—about families, detainees, local leaders, community advocates, and others—is from those living and suffering on the front lines.”  In this collection, the reader can find ‘immigrant lives caught in a sinister web of suspicion, bigotry and state-sponsored terror.’”

Romanowski, M. H.  (2009). What you don’t know can hurt you: Textbook omissions and 9/11. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues, and Ideas, 82, 290-296.  “This study examines nine secondary American history textbooks’ treatment of 9/11 and related events. Through the use of content analysis, the study centers on the knowledge omitted from textbook portrayals of 9/11. Findings indicate that when authors omit particular information, these exclusions limit the perspectives that students can consider, which shapes understandings of American history and the world. Recommendations are provided for ways teachers can develop students’ critical thinking, provide them with multiple perspectives, and increase their historical understandings.” [Author Abstract]

 Sen, Rinku with Fekkak Mamdouh.  The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization.   San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2008.  Mamdouh, worked as a waiter and served as a union leader at Windows on the World, a restaurant in the World Trade Center.  [The 'falling man' is thought to have been from Windows.]  His own story in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 provides a foundation on which to examine the treatment of immigrants, a new approach to immigration policy, as well as the flow of labor and that of capital in, as the title indicates, the age of globalization. "Since 9/11, immigrants have increasingly been treated as presumptive criminals.  As a counterpoint to these regressive, fundamentally un-American practices, the authors forcefully advocate more humane policies that would ease rather than restrict people's movements, coupled with proposals for reforming globalization so that both sending and receiving countries can more equitably benefit from a more mobile international labor force."  At the same time, the book examines how historical memory and identity have been impacted by this one day, described as "the collective trauma of record for the United States." 

Shammas, D. S.  (2009). Post-9/11 Arab and Muslim American community college students: Ethno-religious enclaves and perceived discrimination.  Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 33,283-308.  “This study represents a pioneering effort in investigating whether the post-9/11 backlash against Arabs and Muslims has penetrated community college campuses, focusing upon the interrelationships among the level of perceived discrimination, the degree of diversity of Arab and Muslim students’ campus friendships, and their sense of belonging to the college.” [Excerpt from Author Abstract]

Treverton, Gregory F.  "American National Security Since 9/11."  in Foreign Policy Asscociation Great Decisions 2011: 23-35.  Director for the RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security's assessment of basic historical, economic, homeland security, emerging threats, and policy challenges relating to national security in the aftermath of 9/11.

Walter, Jess.  The Zero: a Novel.  New York: Regan, 2006.

Williams, R. H., & Vashi, G.  (2007).  Hijab and American Muslim women: Creating the space for autonomous selves.  Sociology of Religion, 68, 269-287.  “Among Muslims living in the United States, Islamic religious practices are negotiated and adapted to a new culture. A visible and controversial symbol of Muslims' differences from dominant American Christianity is the hijab worn by many Muslim women. The decision to wear hijab occurs within a two-fold cultural context: (1) the assumption by many non-Muslims that hijab encapsulates Islam's inherent violation of women's "equal rights"; and (2) a widespread Muslim critique of American culture for its individualism, materialism, and lax sexual mores. Using data from interviews and observations with college-age, second-generation Muslim Americans, we explore the context, meanings, and consequences of wearing hijab. Second-generation Muslim women are negotiating social and religious identities in contrast both to non-Muslim Americans and to their immigrant families. Hijab has multiple meanings as a religious and social symbol; it provides a clear identity marker at a life-course transitional time, and it provides culturally legitimate space for young women who are formulating Muslim-American identities.” [Author Abstract]