Recent Awards
2020
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Degrees of Difference Edited by Kimberly D. McKee and Denise A. Delgado • Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020
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On Trend Devon Powers • Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020
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Graphic News Amanda Frisken • Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020
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Kim Stanley Robinson Robert Markley A Locus 2019 Recommended Read • Finalist, non-fiction category, 2020 Locus Awards, 2020
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Traveling with Service Animals Henry Kisor and Christine Goodier • Silver Award, Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition--Guidebook Category, Society of American Travel Writers, 2020
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Homeland Maternity Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz • James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichlens Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association (NCA), 2020
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All Our Trials Emily L. Thuma * Winner, Lambda Literary Award for Best Book in LGBTQ Studies, 2020 * Finalist, Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History, Organization of American Historians, 2020 • Finalist, Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize, American Studies Association, 2020
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Joanna Russ Gwyneth Jones A PopMatters Best Non-Fiction Book of 2019 A Locus 2019 Recommended Read • Finalist, non-fiction category 2020Locus Awards, 2020
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The Taco Truck Robert Lemon • John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize, American Association of Geographers, 2020
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Queer Timing Susan Potter • John Leo and Dana Heller Award for Best Single Work, Anthology, Multi-Authored or Edited Book in LGBTQ Studies, Popular Culture Association (PCA), 2020
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Negotiating Latinidad Frances R. Aparicio • Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award, American Studies Association, 2020
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To Live Here, You Have to Fight Jessica Wilkerson • Herbert G. Gutman Award, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA), 2015 • Finalist, OAH Mary Nickliss Prize in Women's or Gender History, 2020 • Honorable Mention, Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, 2020 • H.L. Mitchell Award for Distinguished Book on the Southern Working Class, Southern Historical Association, 2020
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When the Light Is Fire Heather D. Switzer • Second runner-up, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, African Studies Association Women's Caucus, 2019 • Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), 2020
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Black Opera Naomi André • Irving Lowens Book Award, 2020 • Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award, 2020
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Media, Geopolitics, and Power Herman Wasserman • Book of the Year, Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2019 • UCT Book Award (University of Cape Town), 2020
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Banjo Roots and Branches Edited by Robert B. Winans • Nicholas Bessarboss Prize, American Musical Instrument Society, 2020
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2019
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The World in a City David M. Struthers • Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship in Transnational American Studies, International Committee of the American Studies Association (ASA), 2019
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Hockey Stephen Hardy and Andrew C. Holman • Paul Kitchen Award, Society for International Hockey Research, 2019
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Dockworker Power Peter Cole • Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and the Cornell ILR School, 2019 A Black Perspectives Best Black History Book of 2018
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Mascot Nation Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black • Outstanding Book Award, Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association, 2019 • Best Book Award, American Studies Division of the National Communication Association, 2019
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In Search of Belonging Jillian M. Báez • Bonnie Ritter Outstanding Feminist Book Award, Feminist & Women Studies Division of the National Communication Association, 2019
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In a Classroom of Their Own Keisha Lindsay • Michael Harrington Book Award, New Political Science Caucus of the American Political Science Association, 2019
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Chinatown Opera Theater in North America Nancy Yunhwa Rao • Irving Lowens Award, Society for American Music (SAM), 2019 • Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society (AMS), 2018 • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2018 • Outstanding Achievement in Humanities and Cultural Studies: Media, Visual, and Performance Studies, Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2019
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Gendered Resistance Edited by Mary E. Frederickson and Delores M. Walters • International AAHGS Book Award, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), 2019
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2018
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Making an Antislavery Nation Graham A. Peck • Finalist, Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2018 • Russell P. Strange Memorial Book Award, Illinois State Historical Society, 2018
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Pink-Slipped Jane M. Gaines • A Choice Outstanding Title, 2018
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Bluegrass Generation Neil V. Rosenberg • Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2018
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Just One of the Boys Gillian M. Rodger • Marcia Herndon Book Award, Gender and Sexualities Section, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2018
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Race News Fred Carroll • AEJMC History Division Book Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2018
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Newspaper Wars Sid Bedingfield • George C. Rogers Jr. Award, South Carolina Historical Society, 2018
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Shame Peter N. Stearns • A Choice Outstanding Title, 2018
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The Media Commons Patrick D. Murphy • Book of the Year, Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2018
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Iain M. Banks Paul Kincaid • BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction, British Science Fiction Association, 2018 • Finalist, Hugo Award for Best Related Work, 2018 • Locus Recommended Reading List, 2017
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Teacher Strike! Jon Shelton • First Book Award, International Standing Conference for the History of Education, 2018 • Herbert G. Gutman Award, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA), 2014
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Beyond Respectability Brittney C. Cooper • Merle Curti Intellectual History Award, Organization of American Historians (OAH), 2018 • A Choice Outstanding Title, 2018; One of Zora Magazine's 100 Best Books by African American Women Authors
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Six Minutes in Berlin Michael J. Socolow • Broadcast Historian Award, Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), 2018
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Chicana/o and Latina/o Fiction Ylce Irizarry • NACCS Book Award, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, 2018 • MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies, Modern Language Association, 2017
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Building Filipino Hawaii Roderick N. Labrador • Best Book Award in the Social Sciences, Filipino Section of the Association for Asian American Studies, 2018
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Islanders in the Empire JoAnna Poblete • Best Book Award in History, Filipino Section of the Association for Asian American Studies, 2018
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2017
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J. G. Ballard D. Harlan Wilson • Locus Recommended Reading List, 2017
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Baking Powder Wars Linda Civitello • Included in "The Ten Best Books about Food of 2017," Smithsonian.com
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Baring Witness Edited by Holly Welker • Honorable Mention in Creative Non-Fiction, Association for Mormon Letters, 2017
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Waiting for Buddy Guy Alan Harper • Best Blues Book of 2016, Readers Poll in Living Blues magazine, 2017 • ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award in the Pop category, ASCAP Foundation, 2017
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Slavery at Sea Sowande' M. Mustakeem • Wesley-Logan Prize, American Historical Association (AHA), 2017 •Dred Scott Freedom Award in the category Historical Literary Excellence, Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, 2020
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Cold War Games Toby C. Rider • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2017
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Blue Rhythm Fantasy John Wriggle • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2017
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A Cole Porter Companion Edited by Don M. Randel, Matthew Shaftel, and Susan Forscher Weiss • Certificate of Merit for Best Discography, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2017
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Foggy Mountain Troubadour Penny Parsons • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards (ARSC), 2017 • Named Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2016
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Afro-Paradise Christen A. Smith • Honorable mention, Errol Hill Award, American Society for Theatre Research, 2017
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Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners LaShawn Harris • Darlene Clark Hine Award, Organization of American Historians (OAH), 2017 • Philip Taft Labor Prize in Labor and Working-Class History, Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and the Cornell ILR School, 2017
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Taste of the Nation Camille Bégin • ASFS Book Award, Association for the Study of Food and Society, 2017
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Fostering on the Farm Megan Birk • Vincent De Santis First Book Prize, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE), 2017
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This Is Not Dixie Brent M. S. Campney • Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award, Prairie Heritage, Inc., 2017 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016
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Kay Boyle Kay Boyle • Honorable Mention, Morton N. Cohen Award, Modern Language Association (MLA), 2017
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Nursing Civil Rights Charissa J. Threat • Lavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research Writing, American Association for the History of Nursing, 2017
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The Real Cyber War Shawn M. Powers and Michael Jablonski • International Communication Book Award, International Studies Association, 2017
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2016
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Sex Testing Lindsay Parks Pieper • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016
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Splattered Ink Sarah E. Whitney • Co-winner, Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), 2016
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Manhood on the Line Stephen Meyer • Book of the Year, International Labor History Association, 2016
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The Man That Got Away Walter Rimler • Timothy White Award for Musical Biography, ASCAP Foundation and Virgil Thomson Foundation, 2016
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Funk the Erotic L. H. Stallings • Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work by One or More Authors in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), 2016 • Finalist, 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, LGBT Studies, 2016 • Alan Bray Memorial Book Award, GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association, 2016
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This Book Is an Action Edited by Jaime Harker and Cecilia Konchar Farr • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016
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Making Photography Matter Cara A. Finnegan • James A. Winans and Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association (NCA), 2016 • Outstanding Book of the Year, Visual Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2015
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Smokestacks in the Hills Lou Martin • Honorable mention, David Montgomery Award, Organization of American Historians (OAH), 2016
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Daisy Turner's Kin Jane C. Beck • Chicago Folklore Prize, American Folklore Society, 2016 • Wayland D. Hand Prize, History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society, 2016 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016
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A City Called Heaven Robert M. Marovich • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Soul, or R&B, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2016
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Sensing Chicago Adam Mack • Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society, 2016
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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Michael Hicks • Finalist, Utah Book Award for Nonfiction, Utah Center for the Book, 2016 • Honorable Mention, Best Biography, Mormon History Association, 2016
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The Music of the Stanley Brothers Gary B. Reid • Best Discography, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2016 • Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2015
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Disability Histories Edited by Susan Burch and Michael Rembis • Honorable Mention, Best Book Award, Disability History Association, 2016
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Beyond Partition Deepti Misri • Eugene M. Kayden Book Award in Literary Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
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Scripts of Blackness Isar P. Godreau • Co-winner of the Frank Bonilla Book Award, Puerto Rican Studies Association, 2016
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Stunning Males and Powerful Females Christina Sunardi • Co-winner, Philip Brett Award, LBTQ Study Group of the American Musicological Society (AMS), 2016 • Honorable mention, Alan Merriam Prize, 2016
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St. Louis Rising Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person • Missouri History Book Award, State Historical Society of Missouri, 2016 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015
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Sexting Panic Amy Adele Hasinoff • Diamond Anniversary Book Award, National Communication Association (NCA), 2016
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Watching Women's Liberation, 1970 Bonnie J. Dow • Bonnie Ritter Outstanding Feminist Book Award, Feminist and Women Studies Division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2016 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015
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The Beautiful Music All Around Us Stephen Wade • Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2016 • ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 2013 • Award for Excellence for Best Research in Folk, Ethnic, or World Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2013
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2015
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Qualifying Times Jaime Schultz • Honorable Mention in U.S. History, PROSE Awards, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, 2015
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Studying Appalachian Studies Edited by Chad Berry, Phillip J. Obermiller, and Shaunna L. Scott • Weatherford Award (Nonfiction), Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association, 2015
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Signal Traffic Edited by Lisa Parks and Nicole Starosielski • Best Edited Collection Award, Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), 2015-2016
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Edited by Robert Miklitsch • Nominee for Edgar® Award, Best Critical/Biographical category, 2015 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015
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Ghost Stories for Darwin Banu Subramaniam • Ludwik Fleck Prize, Society for Social Studies of Science, 2016 • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015
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Muddying the Waters Richa Nagar • Honorable Mention, Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize, National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), 2015
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Feminist Writings Simone de Beauvoir Edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2015
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Roll Over, Tchaikovsky! Stephen Amico • Marcia Herndon Prize, Gender and Sexualities Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), 2015 • Special Mention, IASPM Book Prize, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, 2015
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Kirtland Temple David J. Howlett • Best First Book Award, Mormon History Association, 2015 • Smith-Pettit Best Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association, 2015
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Blues All Day Long Wayne Everett Goins • Best Blues Book of the Year, Readers' Poll, Living Blues magazine, 2015 • Certificate of Merit, Awards for Excellence, Historical Research in Blues, Gospel, or R&B, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2015
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Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian Ethelene Whitmire • Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), 2015 • Wheatley Book Award for First Nonfiction, Harlem Book Fair and QBR: The Black Book Review, 2015
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Baseball on Trial Nathaniel Grow • Larry Ritter Book Award, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015 • Finalist, Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), 2015 • David J. Langum Sr. Prize for American Legal History/Biography, Langum Charitable Trust, 2014
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Hillary Clinton in the News Shawn J. Parry-Giles • Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, Public Address Division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2015
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Global Homophobia Edited by Meredith L. Weiss and Michael J. Bosia • Scholar Award, LGBTQA Caucus of the International Studies Association, 2015
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Strange Natures Nicole Seymour • ASLE Ecocriticism Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, 2015
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Pretty Good for a Girl Murphy Hicks Henry • Distinguished Achievement Award, International Bluegrass Musical Association (IBMA), 2015
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Dirty Words Robin E. Jensen • Distinguished Book Award, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA), 2015
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2014
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Beyond the White Negro Kimberly Chabot Davis • Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize, New England American Studies Association, 2014
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Appalachian Dance Susan Eike Spalding • Weatherford Award (Nonfiction), Berea College and the Appalachian Studies Association, 2014
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Transformation Now! AnaLouise Keating • Honorable Mention, Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award, National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), 2014
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Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed Shannon Elizabeth Bell • Association for Humanist Sociology Book Award, 2014 • Silver Winner in Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Nautilus Book Awards, 2014 • Runner-up in General Nonfiction, Green Book Festival, 2014
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Triple Entendre Hervé Vanel • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research on General Recording Topics, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2014
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Queer Migration Politics Karma R. Chávez • Book of the Year, LGBTQ Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association, 2014
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Fannie Barrier Williams Wanda A. Hendricks • Letitia Woods Brown Book Award, Association of Black Women Historians, 2014
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Workers in Hard Times Edited by Leon Fink, Joseph A. McCartin, and Joan Sangster • ILHA Book of the Year Award, International Labor History Association, 2014
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Chicago River Bridges Patrick T. McBriarty • Eugene S. Ferguson Prize, Society for the History of Technology, 2015 • Honorable Mention as a Finalist for the Traditional Nonfiction Category, Chicago Writers Association, 2014
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Rooting for the Home Team Edited by Daniel A. Nathan • Co-winner, North American Society for Sport History Book Award, Anthology, 2014
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Alec Wilder Philip Lambert • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Classical Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2014
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Southern Soul-Blues David Whiteis • Best History for Best Research in Recorded Blues, Hip-Hop, Rhythm & Blues, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2014 • Blues Book of the Year, Critics' Poll, Living Blues magazine, 2014
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The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions Patrick Taylor and Frederick I. Case, Editors • Honorable Mention, Dartmouth Medal, American Library Associations Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2014 • Outstanding References Sources list, RUSA, 2014
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The Great Orchestrator James M. Doering • Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Classical Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2014
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Squeeze This! Marion Jacobson • Klaus Wachsmann Prize for Advanced and Critical Essays in Organology, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2014
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2013
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Man of Fire Ernesto Galarza Edited by Armando Ibarra and Rodolfo D. Torres • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2013
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Ghost of the Ozarks Brooks Blevins • J. G. Ragsdale Book Award in Arkansas History, Arkansas History Association, 2013
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Rebels and Runaways Larry Eugene Rivers • Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award, Florida Historical Society, 2013 • Bronze Medal, Florida Book Awards Nonfiction Category, 2013
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Denise Levertov Dana Greene • Honorable Mention in Biography, Georgia Author of the Year Awards, 2013
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Bluegrass Bluesman Josh Graves • Certificate of Merit for Excellence for Best Research in Recorded Country Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Awards, 2013 • Fred Bartenstein (editor), Bluegrass/Media Person of the Year, International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA), 2013
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SynergiCity Edited by Paul Hardin Kapp and Paul J. Armstrong • Historic Preservation Book Prize, University of Mary Washington Center for Historic Preservation, 2013 • A Choice Outstanding Title, 2013
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Chicanas of 18th Street Leonard G. Ramírez with Yenelli Flores, María Gamboa, Isaura González, Victoria Pérez, Magda Ramírez-Castañeda, and Cristina Vital • Society of Professors of Education Book Award, 2013 • Honorable Mention, Best History/Political Book-English category, Latino Literacy Now's International Latino Book Awards, 2012
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The Rise and Fall of Early American Magazine Culture Jared Gardner • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2013 • EBSCOhost-Research Society for American Periodicals (RSAP) Book Prize, 2013 • Notable Title, Annual Book Award, Society for US Intellectual History, 2013
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Illinois in the War of 1812 Gillum Ferguson • Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS), 2013 • Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award, Illinois State Historical Society, 2012
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Use Trouble Michael S. Harper • Stephen Henderson Award, African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS), 2013 • Author is a recipient of the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Poetry Society of America, 2008
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Songlines in Michaeltree Michael S. Harper • Stephen Henderson Award, African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS), 2013 • Author is a recipient of the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Poetry Society of America, 2008
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Images of Kin Michael S. Harper • Stephen Henderson Award, African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS), 2013 • Author is a recipient of the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Poetry Society of America, 2008
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Dear John, Dear Coltrane Michael S. Harper • Stephen Henderson Award, African American Literature and Culture Society (AALCS), 2013 • Author is recipient of the Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Poetry Society of America, 2008
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