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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
 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 Bradley Bush
Mathematics Faculty

Favorite Banned Book: 		  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:		  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 You Give by   Angie Thomas 		 Professor Maria Bailey-Benson
Business Faculty
Favorite Banned Book:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou		 Professor Brian Smith
Accounting Faculty

Favorite Banned Book:

 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: 
 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