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HUDSON VALLEY VOYAGE: Through the Seasons, Through the Years
Ted Spiegel and Reed Sparling
•2008 Bronze Medal in the Twelfth Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. Regional Northeast Non-Fiction Category

STORIES OF THE EIGHT-YEAR STUDY: Reexamining Secondary Education in America
Craig Kridel and Robert V. Bullough Jr.
• Winner of the 2008 AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award

 

2007 Award Winners
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DRUNK FROM THE BITTER TRUTH: The Poems of Anna Margolin
Anna Margolin
Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Shirley Kumove

•2007 Runner Up of the National Jewish Book Award in Poetry

ZION IN THE DESERT: American Jews in Israel's Reform Kibbutzim
William F. S. Miles
•2007 Runner Up of the National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought & Experience

CRITICAL POWER TOOLS: Technical Communications and Cultural Studies
J. Blake Scott, Bernadette Longo, and Katherine V. Wills, editors
• 2007 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Best Collection of Essays on Technical and Scientific Communication

GRAPPLING WITH THE GOOD: Talking about Religion and Morality in Public Schools
Robert Kunzman
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

THE HEIRS OF THE PROPHET: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi'ite Islam
Liyakat N. Takim
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

HONG MAI'S RECORD OF THE LISTENER AND ITS SONG DYNASTY CONTEXT
Alister D. Inglis
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

IMPERIALISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Colonial Discourses of Rights and Liberties in African History
Bonny Ibhawoh
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

JOHN DEWEY AND OUR EDUCATIONAL PROSPECT: A Critical Engagement with Dewey's Democracy and Education
David T. Hansen
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

AWAKENING WARRIOR: Revolution in the Ethics of Warfare
Timothy L. Challans
• Bronze Medal - 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

THE TROUBLE WITH CULTURE: How Computers Are Calming the Culture Wars
F. Allan Hanson
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPATIAL INEQUALITIY
Linda M. Lobao, Gregory Hooks, and Ann R. Tickamyer, editors
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

REPUBLIC OF READERS?: The Literary Turn in Political Thought and Analysis
Simon Stow
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

THE ADVAITA WORLDVIEW: God, World, and Humanity
Anantanand Rambachan
• 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

THE PARTICIPATING CITIZEN: A Biography of Alfred Schutz
Michael D. Barber
• 2007 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology presented by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friends.

PERFORMING AND REFORMING LEADERS: Gender, Educational Restructuring, and Organizational Change
Jill Blackmore and Judyth Sachs
• 2007 AESA Critics’ Choice Award

MEXICANS AND HISPANOS IN COLORADO SCHOOLSS AND COMMUNITIES, 1920-1960
Ruben Donato
• 2007 AESA Critics’ Choice Award

LATE TO CLASS: Social Class and Schooling in the New Economy
Jane A. Van Galen and George W. Noblit, editors
• 2007 AESA Critics’ Choice Award

DRUNK FROM THE BITTER TRUTH: The Poems of Anna Margolin
Anna Margolin; Translated by Shirley Kumove
• 2007 Yiddish Literature and Translation from Yiddish presented by the Helen and Stan Vine Annual Canadian Jewish Book Awards

THE FAMILY FLAMBOYANT: Race Politics, Queer Families, Jewish Lives
Marla Brettschneider
• Bronze Medal - 2007 Independent Publishers Book Award in the Gay/Lesbian Category

SCRIPTING THE BLACK MASCULINE BODY: Identity, Discourse, and Racial Politics in Popular Media
Ronald L. Jackson II
• 2007 Everett Lee Hunt Award presented by the Eastern Communication Association

NEW YORK'S HISTORIC ARMORIES: An Illustrated History
Nancy L. Todd
• 2007 Building Typology Award presented by the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America
• 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State

THE GIFT OF THE OTHER: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction
Lisa Guenther
• 2007 Symposium Book Award presented by Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy

 

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DENIAL, NEGATION, AND THE FORCES OF THE NEGATIVE: Freud, Hegel, Lacan, Spitz, and Sophocles
Wilfried Ver Eecke
• FINALIST - 2006 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship presented by the Section on Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology of the Canadian Psychological Association

C. I. LEWIS: The Last Great Pragmatist
Murray G. Murphey
• 2006 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

CULTURALLY CONTESTED PEDAGOGY: Battles of Literacy and Schooling between Mainstream Teachers and Asian Immigrant Parents
Guofang Li
• 2006 Edward Fry Book Award presented by the National Reading Conference

POLITICS IN THE NEW SOUTH: Representation of African Americans in Southern State Legislatures
Charles E. Menifield and Stephen D. Shaffer, editors
• 2006 V.O. Key Award  presented by the Southern Political Science Association

JULIA KRISTEVA: Psychoanalysis and Modernity
Sara Beardsworth
• HONORABLE MENTION – 2006 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship for the best book published in 2004, presented by the Section on Psychoanalysis of the Canadian Psychological Association

BEYOND SILENCED VOICES: Class, Race, and Gender in United States Schools, Revised Edition
Lois Weis and Michelle Fine, editors
• 2006 AESA Critics’ Choice Awards (American Educational Studies Association)

CHICANA/LATINA EDUCATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Feminista Perspectives on Pedagogy and Epistemology
Dolores Delgado Bernal, C. Alejandra Elenes, Francisca E. Godinez, Sofia Villenas, editors
• 2006 AESA Critics’ Choice Awards (American Educational Studies Association)

FIT TO TEACH: Same-Sex Desire, Gender, and School Work in the Twentieth Century
Jackie M. Blount
• HONORABLE MENTION - 2006 History of Education Society’s Outstanding Book Award

THE WAR THAT WASN'T: Religious Conflict and Compromise in the Common Schools of New York State, 1865-1900
Benjamin Justice
• FINALIST - 2006 History of Education Society’s Outstanding Book Award

CITIZEN TEACHER: The Life and Leadership of Margaret Haley
Kate Rousmaniere
• FINALIST - 2006 History of Education Society’s Outstanding Book Award

ON AUSTRIAN SOIL: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate
Sondra Perl
• FINALIST - 2006 Independent Publishers Book Award in the Autobiography/Memoir category

BURIED CAESARS, AND OTHER SECRETS OF ITALIAN AMERICAN WRITING
Robert Viscusi
• 2006 Pietro Di Donato and John Fante Literary Award from The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy, New York State

CALLING CARDS: Theory and Practice in the Study of Race, Gender, and Culture
Jacqueline Jones Royster and Ann Marie Mann Simpkins
• 2006 Nancy Dasher Award for Best Book on Professional and Pedagogical Issues

STRUGGLES OVER DIFFERENCE: Curriculum, Texts, and Pedagogy in the Asia-Pacific
Yoshiko Nozaki, Roger Openshaw, and Allan Luke
• 2006 AERA Division B Outstanding Book Award

 

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IN THE GAME: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity
Eric Anderson
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

BASHO'S HAIKU: Selected Poems of Matsuo Basho
Matsuo Basho and David Landis Barnhill
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

JAILBAIT: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the United States
Carolyn Cocca
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

EXQUISITE REBEL: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius
Voltairine de Cleyre, Sharon Presley, and Crispin Sartwell
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

THROUGH THE READING GLASS: Women, Books, and Sex in the French Enlightenment
Suellen Diaconoff
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

JFK, LBJ, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Sean J. Savage
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

SOCIALIZATION TO CIVIL SOCIETY: A Life History Study of Community Leaders
Peter Robert Sawyer
• 2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award

THE FRENCH CONNECTION IN CRIMINOLOGY: Rediscovering Crime, Law, and Social Change
Bruce A. Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, and Robert Carl Schehr
• 2005 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems

THE WAR THAT WASN'T: Religious Conflict and Compromise in the Common Schools of New York State, 1865-1900
Benjamin Justice
• 2005 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New York State Archives

CITIZEN TEACHER: The Life and Leadership of Margaret Haley
Kate Rousmaniere
• 2005 AESA Critics’ Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association

FIT TO TEACH: Same-sex desire, gender, and school work in the twentieth century.
Jackie Blount
• 2005 AESA Critics’ Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association

THE LANGUAGE OF BATTERED WOMEN: A Rhetorical Analysis of Personal Theologies
Carol L. Winkelmann
• 2005 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG)

HUMAN EXPERIENCE: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life
John Russon
• Co-winner of the Canadian Philosophical Association's 2005 Biennial Book Prize for the best philosophy book published in English

DECOLONIZING RESEARCH IN CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXTS Critical Personal Narratives
Kagendo Mutua and Beth Blue Swadener, editors
• 2005 Outstanding Narrative Research Book presented by the Narrative Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association

TALE OF TWO FACTIONS, A: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen
Jane Hathaway
• Winner of The Ohio Academy of History Outstanding Publication Award

 

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BEVERWIJCK: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652-1664
Janny Venema
• 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives.

LOGIC OF SEXUATION, THE: From Aristotle to Lacan
Ellie Ragland
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

POWER OF REINFORCEMENT, THE
Stephen Ray Flora
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

END OF DISSATISFACTION?, THE: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment
Todd McGowan
2004 Gary Olson Award for best book in cultural theory presented by JAC

DEMOCRACY GROWING UP: Authority, Autonomy, and Passion in Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Laura Janara
• Finalist—2004 C.B. Macpherson Prize presented by the Canadian Political Science Association

KINDNESS AND THE GOOD SOCIETY: Connections of the Heart
William S. Hamrick
Winner of the 2004 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friends

NELIDA
Marie d'Agoult, Author; Daniel Stern, Pen name; Lynn Hoggard, Translator
• 2004 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation presented by the Texas Institute of Letters

SELFHOOD AND AUTHENTICITY
Corey Anton
• The Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Social Interaction, presented by the Media Ecology Association

TEACHING COOPERATIVE LEARNING: The Challenge for Teacher Education
Elizabeth G. Cohen, Celeste M. Brody, and Mara Sapon-Shevin, editors
• 2004 AESA Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association

WALLS AND BRIDGES: Social Justice and Public Policy
Anthony J. Cortese
• 2004 AESA Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association

WRITING POWER: Communication in an Engineering Center
Dorothy A. Winsor
• Winner of the 2004 Distinguished Publication on Business Communication presented by the Association of Business Communication


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PERFORMING WHITENESS: Postmodern Re/Constructions in the Cinema
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

RELOCATING AGENCY: Modernity and African Letters
Olakunle George
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

RETHINKING STANDARDS THROUGH TEACHER PREPARATION PARTNERSHIPS
Gary A. Griffin, editor
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

CLASSICAL HORIZONS: The Origins of Sociology in Ancient Greece
George E. McCarthy
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

COLOR OF RAPE: Gender and Race in Television's Public Spheres
Sujata Moorti
• Honorable Mention--2003 Myers Outstanding Book Award presented by The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America

DEMOCRACY GROWING UP: Authority, Autonomy, and Passion in Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Laura Janara
• Best First Book Award presented by the Foundations of Political Theory section of the American Political Science Association

MAIMONIDES AND THE HERMENEUTICS OF CONCEALMENT: Deciphering Scripture and Midrash in The Guide of the Perplexed
James Arthur Diamond
• Nachman Sokol-Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Biblical/Rabbinic Scholarship from the Canadian Jewish Book Awards Committee

POSTFEMINIST NEWS: Political Women in Media Culture
Mary Douglas Vavrus
• 2003 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association

RENEWING HOPE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS OF DESPAIR: The Community-Based Development Model
Herbert J. Rubin
• Honorable Mention: 2003 Paul Davidoff Award presented by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

 

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ART, ALIENATION, AND THE HUMANITIES: A Critical Engagement with Herbert Marcuse
Charles Reitz
• 2002 American Educational Studies Association's Critics' Choice Award

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education
Harilyn Rousso and Michael L. Wehmeyer, editors
• Choice Outstanding Academic Title

ISAAC ABARBANEL'S STANCE TOWARD TRADITION: Defense, Dissent, and Dialogue
Eric Lawee
• Winner of the Nauchman Sokol-Mollie Halberstadt Prize in Biblical/Rabbinic Scholarship--Presented at the 14th Annual Canadian Jewish Book Awards
• Finalist, Scholarship Morris J. and Betty Kaplun Award, from the National Jewish Book Council

LABOR IN RETREAT - Class and Community among Men's Clothing Workers of Chicago, 1871-1929
Youngsoo Bae
• Winner of the 2002 Publications/Scholarly category from the Illinois State Historical Society and Association of Illinois Museums and Historical Societies Awards Program

"WHITENESS JUST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE": White Identity in a Changing South Africa
Melissa Steyn
• Winner of the 2002 Outstanding Book Award, National Communication Association, International and Intercultural Communication Division

WRITING INVENTIONS: Identities, Technologies, Pedagogies
Scott Lloyd DeWitt
• Winner of the 2002 Computers & Composition Distinguished Book Award, presented by Clarkson University's Eastman Kodak Center for Excellence in Communication

 

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CULTURES OF OPPOSITION - Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881-1905
Hadassa Kosak
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

DISCOURSE OF ENCLOSURE, THE - Representing Women in Old English Literature
Shari Horner
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

EDUCATION AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY - Finding a Place for Community Participation in Public School Reform
A. Belden Fields and Walter Feinberg
• 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award

HIGHER GOALS - Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender
Nancy Theberge
Winner of the 2001 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award

PALESTINIAN-ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL, 1948-2000, THE - A Political Study
As'ad Ghanem
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

RAWLS AND RELIGION - The Case for Political Liberalism
Daniel A. Dombrowski
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

SELFISH GIFTS - Senegalese Women's Autobiographical Discourses
Lisa McNee
• Joel Gregory Prize, presented by the Canadian Association of African Studies

SUBTRACTIVE SCHOOLING - U.S.-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring
Angela Valenzuela
• 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award

TEACHING SELVES - Identity, Pedagogy, and Teacher Education
Jane Danielewicz
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

TERMS OF WORK FOR COMPOSITION - A Materialist Critique
Bruce Horner
• 2001 W. Ross Winterowd Award
Best book in composition theory presented by JAC and the Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition


WHO TRANSLATES? - Translator Subjectivities Beyond Reason
Douglas Robinson
• CHOICE 2001 Outstanding Academic Books

WORDS IN THE WILDERNESS - Critical Literacy in the Borderlands
Stephen Gilbert Brown
• 2001 W. Ross Winterowd Award
Best book in composition theory presented by JAC and the Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition

 

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AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
Ronald W. Walters and Robert C. Smith
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

BEFORE LOGIC
Richard Mason
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

BLACK ATLANTIC POLITICS - Dilemmas of Political Empowerment in Boston and Liverpool
William E. Nelson Jr.
• Winner of the 2000 Best Book on Comparative Racial and Ethnic Politics Presented by the American Political Science Association, Section of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

COMEDY, TRAGEDY, AND RELIGION
John Morreall
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

EXPLAINING CONGRESSIONAL-PRESIDENTIAL RELATIONS - A Multiple Perspective Approach
Steven A. Shull and Thomas C. Shaw
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

FORCED CHOICES - Class, Community, and Worker Ownership
Charles S. Varano
• 2000 Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Assocation

LITERACY WITH AN ATTITUDE - Educating Working-Class Children in Their Own Self-Interest
Patrick J. Finn
• 2000 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards - Honorable Mention

ORGANIZING SILENCE - A World of Possibilities
Robin Patric Clair
• Winner of the 2000 Outstanding Book Award, National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division

RELIGION AND SCIENTIFIC NATURALISM - Overcoming the Conflicts
David Ray Griffin
• 2000 Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize

SUBTRACTIVE SCHOOLING - U.S.-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring
Angela Valenzuela
• American Educational Research Association - Outstanding Book Award
• 2000 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards - Honorable Mention

THE SOMETIME CONNECTION - Public Opinion and Social Policy
Elaine B. Sharp
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

TOWARD A CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF PURE LAND BUDDHISM - Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World
Dennis Hirota, editor
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

WOMEN IN CHAINS - The Legacy of Slavery in Black Women’s Fiction
Venetria K. Patton
• CHOICE 2000 Outstanding Academic Books

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