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Banned Books

This guide is about National Banned Books Week, where we celebrate our freedom as Americans to read challenged and banned books, and explore why books are still subject to censorship attempts.

SMC Faculty -- Favorite Banned Books

 Dr. Jacky Levy
 Biology Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Catcher in the  Rye by J.D. Salinger 

 Dr. Thomas Aubrey
 Counseling Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Holy Bible 

 Dr. Summer Cherland
 History Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Beloved by Toni Morrison
 Dr. Cate McNamara
Library Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book: 
Captain Underpants series by Dave Pikey
 Professor Christine Raack 
 English & ESL Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Absolutely True Diary of a  Part-Time Indian by Sherman  Alexie 
Dr. Jeannette Shaffer Dr. Jeannette Shaffer
CTL Faculty Video 
 Favorite Banned Book 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt 
 Professor Andrea Rivers
 English Faculty 
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The House on Mango   Street by Sandra   Cisneros  
 Professor Azra   Mahmood
 Communication Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Holy Qur'an
 
 Professor Liz Warren
 Storytelling Faculty 
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Charlotte's Web by E.B.   White 
 Professor Shalmeka   Sweet 
 Counseling Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book: 
 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 
 Dr. Kimberly Mauldin
 English Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Kite Runner by   Khaled Hosseini
 Professor Noah Guttell
 Music Faculty 
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray   Bradbury
Professor Irene Gaither
Mathematics Faculty
Favorite Banned Book: 
 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 
 Dr. Yvette Espinosa
 Biology Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book: 
 Bless Me, Ultima by   Rudolfo Anaya
 Dr. Carl Whitesel
 Engineering Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 
 Professor Niall   McCarthy
 CIS Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Borstal Boy by   Brendan Behan
 Dr. Carlos Caire
 Philosophy Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
 
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 Professor Stephanie Allen 
 Library Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth  
Professor Jennifer Avila
Reading Faculty
Favorite Banned Book: 
 The Hate U Give by   Angie Thomas 
Professor Maria Bailey-Benson
Business Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Dr. Devi Davis-Strong
Exercise Science Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
Lady Chatterly's Lover by DH Lawrence

 Dr. Camille Newton
 English Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Slaughterhouse- Five   by Kurt Vonnegut

 Professor Marilyn Torres
 Storytelling Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book: 
 The Spook Who Sat by   the Door by Sam   Greenlee Jr. 
 
 Professor Marianne   Smith
 Math Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Animal Farm by George Orwell 
 
 Professor Kerry Scott
 Counseling Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Angela's Ashes by   Frank McCourt
 Dr. Dolores Urbieta
 Math Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 To Kill a Mockingbird by   Harper Lee 

Dr. Mark Spencer
Biology Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

 Dr. Carol Smith
 English Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 I Know Why the Caged   Bird Sings by Maya   Angelou

 Professor Mario Mendoza
 Theatre Arts Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Guess What by Mem   Fox 
Professor Danielle Carlock
Library Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko

 Dr. Bruce McHenry
 Economics Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray   Bradbury

 Professor Stephen Hustedde
 CIS Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 Where's Waldo series by Martin Handford 
 Professor Felice Weiner
 Mathematics Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
 The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 
 Dr. Sudipta Biswas
 Biology Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book: 
 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 
 Professor Brian Smith 
 Accounting Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas 
 Professor Sonya Tatum
 Admin of Justice Faculty
 Favorite Banned Book:
 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
 
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