David John Demers

Professor David Demers had a good job and a good life. So why would the divorced man who had never changed a diaper adopt a Chinese baby girl on his own? China Girl answers this question and then tells the adoption story, including the trip to China and life afterward. China Girl is funny, heartwarm...

Democracy. Free expression. Due process. Accountable government. Individualism. American institutions love their civil liberties and the activists who promote them. Or do they? When journalist-turned-professor David Demers uncovered a “slush fund” scandal in student government, college student senat...

More than two decades ago Professor Pamela J. Shoemaker reviewed 15 introduction to mass communication/media textbooks and concluded that their self-described purpose is to provide a global view of mass communication to neophytes, and their approach is largely descriptive. The textbooks contained li...

Appropriate for attorneys, prosecutors, and judges, this title answers the most common questions pertaining to Florida DUI cases. It covers important state-specific issues, such as accident report privilege and admissibility of statements. You also get the full text of every relevant Florida statute...

Appropriate for attorneys, prosecutors, and judges, this title answers the most common questions pertaining to Florida DUI cases. It covers important state-specific issues, such as accident report privilege and admissibility of statements. You also get the full text of every relevant Florida statute...

The true story of one man whose passion for liberty and democracy enrages bureaucrats and sparks one of the most important academic free-speech legal cases of the 21st century. "This book is sociology par excellence ... By tracing and reflecting on his personal initiatives and activities in the twil...

Like the Babylonians, who built the infamous Tower of Babel, social scientists for the past two centuries have been building a tower of sorts, only this time it’s composed of knowledge rather than bricks. The primary goal of these scholars — anthropologists, communication scholars, economists, polit...

Too long, too vapid and too expensive. Like many journalism instructors, R. Thomas Berner was familiar with these complaints, which college students often made about the textbooks assigned in their reporting, writing and copy editing classes. So Berner, a professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State Uni...