By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
‘Significant Contribution to a Field of Study’
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) on Tuesday (January 29) has named its 2019 PROSE Awards subject category winners. These honors effectively form the longlists for four finalists, which will be announced on February 7 during the organization’s Professional and Scholarly Publishing Conference in Washington.Those four top awards, effectively the shortlist, will be drawn from each category:
- The 2019 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences
- The 2019 PROSE Award for Excellence in Humanities
- The 2019 PROSE Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- The 2019 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences
The organization then will name one of those four titles as the ultimate RR Hawkins Award Winner.
The PROSE Awards program, as Publishing Perspectives has reported, honors scholarly works. These 2019 selections in 48 categories were chosen from 165 finalists, which were the standouts in an initial pool of more than 500 entries.
Eighteen jurors were charged with selecting the works that best “demonstrate exceptional scholarship and have made make a significant contribution to a field of study.”
As these subject category PROSE honorees are announced, the AAP president and CEO, Maria A. Pallante, on Wednesday (January 30) has messaged the association that the board of directors’ leadership for 2019 comprises:
- Tom Bozik, president for global product at Pearson, as president
- Macmillan CEO John Sargent as vice president
- WW Norton & Company chairman Drake McFeely as treasurer
With this, Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle finishes his terms as chair (2017-2019) and vice chair (2016), and now will stay on the executive committee as immediate past chairman.
YS Chi, Elsevier’s chairman, is to represent the AAP to the International Publishers Association (IPA), a role held previously by HarperCollins president and CEO Brian Murray.
In her note to the membership, Pallante commends Dohle for “the inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm he brought to his tenure. Under his leadership, the board of directors worked closely together to sharpen the organization’s advocacy mission, prioritize policy objectives, refine programs, update governing documents, and streamline operations.”
2019 PROSE Award Biological and Life Sciences Category Winners
Biological Science
- Who We Are and How We Got Here, Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House, David Reich
Biomedicine and Neuroscience
- Cajal’s Neuronal Forest: Science and Art, Oxford University Press, Javier DeFelipe
Clinical Medicine
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Cross-Sectional Anatomy, Demos Medical, an Imprint of Springer Publishing
John C. Cianca MD, Shounuck I. Patel DO
Nursing and Allied Health
- Clinical Leadership for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, Springer Publishing Company, Michael Huckabee PhD, PA-C
Clinical Psychology
- The Mind Is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain, Yale University Press, Nick Chater
2019 PROSE Award Humanities Category Winners
Archeology and Ancient History
Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory, Manchester University Press, Robin Derricourt
Art Exhibitions
- Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment, Princeton University Art Museum, Karl Kusserow and Alan Braddock
Art History & Criticism
- Orientalist Lives: Western Artists in the Middle East, 1830–1920, The American University in Cairo Press, James Parry
Biography & Autobiography
- The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Oxford University Press, Jeffrey C. Stewart
Classics
- Londinium: A Biography: Roman London from Its Origins to the Fifth Century, Bloomsbury, Richard Hingley
Language & Linguistics
An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States, University of California Press, Rosina Lozano
Literature
- Why Indigenous Literatures Matter, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Daniel Heath Justice
Media and Cultural Studies
- On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News, University Press, Matthew Pressman
Music & the Performing Arts
- Guillaume Du Fay: The Life and Works, Cambridge University Press, Alejandro Planchart
North American/U.S. History
- The Science and Politics of Race in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1950, University of North Carolina Press, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt
Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade Publisher
- Underbug, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Lisa Margonelli
Philosophy
- Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, Oxford University Press, Kate Manne
World History
- The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages, Cambridge University Press, Geraldine Heng
2019 PROSE Award Physical Science and Mathematics Category Winners
Chemistry and Physics
- Physical Chemistry of Gas-Liquid Interfaces, Elsevier, Jennifer Faust and J.E. House
Computing and Information Sciences
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, The MIT Press, Meredith Broussard
Cosmology and Astronomy
- Astrobiology, Discovery, and Societal Impact, Cambridge University Press, Steven J. Dick
Earth Science
- Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping and Forecasting, Wiley, Guy J-P. Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, Giuseppe T. Aronica
Engineering and Technology
- Space Safety and Human Performance, Elsevier, Tommaso Sgobba, Barbara Kanki, Jean-Francois Clervoy and Gro Sandal
Environmental Science
- Statistical Downscaling and Bias Correction for Climate Research, Cambridge University Press, Douglas Maraun, Martin Widmann
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Designing an Internet, The MIT Press, David Clark
Mathematics
- High-Dimensional Probability: An Introduction with Applications in Data Science, Cambridge University Press, Roman Vershynin
Popular Science & Popular Mathematics
- Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, Princeton University Press, Marcia Bjornerud
2019 PROSE Award Reference Works Category Winners
eProducts
- BirdGenie, Princeton University Press, Software written by Tom Stephenson, Stephen Travis Pope, and Scott Whittle
Best New Journal in Humanities
ASAP/Journal, Johns Hopkins University Press, Jonathan Eburne
Best New Journal in Science, Technology and Medicine
- GeoHealth, AGU and Wiley, Gabriel Filippelli, Editor in Chief
Best New Journal in Social Sciences
- AERA Open, SAGE Publishing, Mark Warschauer, Nancy E. Hill, and Greg J. Duncan
Innovation in Journal Publishing
- Modernism/modernity Print Plus, Johns Hopkins University Press, Debra Rae Cohen
Multivolume Reference/Humanities
- The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, Wiley, Editor in Chief: John I. Liontas
Multivolume Reference/Science
- Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Springer, William M. White
Multivolume Reference/Social Sciences
- APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women; Vol. 1: History, Theory, and Battlegrounds; and Vol 2: Perspectives on Women’s Private and Public Lives, American Psychological Association, Cheryl B. Travis and Jacquelyn W. White
Single Volume Reference/Humanities
- Gardens of the Roman Empire, Cambridge University Press, Edited by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski, Kathryn L. Gleason, Kim J. Hartswick, and Amina-Aïcha Malek
Single Volume Reference/Science
- Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology, Springer, Peter Bobrowsky and Brian Marker
Textbook/Biological & Life Sciences
- Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals, Elsevier, Karen Terio, Denise McAloose, and Judy St. Leger
Textbook/Clinical Science
Human Biochemistry, Elsevier, Gerald Litwack
Textbook/Physical Sciences & Mathematics
- The Physics of Energy, Cambridge University Press, Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor
Textbook/Social Sciences
- Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, Princeton University Press, Matthew J. Salganik
2019 PROSE Award Physical Social Sciences Category Winners
Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology
- The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution, NYU Press, Ann Travers
Architecture and Urban Planning
- Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California, University of Texas Press, Adam Arenson
Business, Management and Finance
- Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People, Yale University Press, Donna Hicks
Economics
EuroTragedy, Oxford University Press, Ashoka Mody
Education (Practice and Theory)
- Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech, Princeton University Press, Keith E. Whittington
Government, Policy and Politics
- Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President, Oxford University Press, Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Psychology
- Living on Death Row: The Psychology of Waiting to Die, American Psychological Association, Hans Toch, James P. Acker, & Vincent Martin Bonventre
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