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University Press Week 2025 gratefully acknowledges the daily contributions of all members of this global community. Let’s celebrate our shared strength and power when we #TeamUP!
Make sure to check out blog posts from other university presses in the Association of University Presses’ (AUP) UP Week blog tour and browse the #TeamUP gallery and reading list here.
National Education Week starts on Monday, November 17, and we at UIP take our relationship within and in support of the education system seriously. Please enjoy our curated list of new books and journals that address different aspects of education.
Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era
By Marlee S. Bunch
Listening to Black women share their life experiences as educators
Journal of Education Finance and Law
Edited by Jennifer Sughrue and F. King Alexander
The official journal of the Education Law Association, the Journal is committed to advancing scholarship at the intersection of education, finance, and law to support and strengthen public education at all levels. From 1975 to 2024, this journal was known as the Journal of Education Finance, joining with the Education Law Association in 2025 under its current title.
Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History
Edited by Eric Fure-Slocum and Claire Goldstene
An educational crisis from its origins to present-day experiences.
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
Edited by Joseph Abramo and Patrick Schmidt
The Bulletin provides a forum where contemporary research is made accessible to all with interest in music education. Check out our recent blog post about the journal’s new editors, and reading list of free to access articles, including “Outside in the Music Teaching Machine: Remembrances of Marginalization” by Sean Rober Powell and Celeste, which is free to read until Jan. 31, 2026.
Pedagogies of Interconnectedness: Feminist-Queer Collaborative Transformation
Edited by Isis Nusair and Barbara L. Shaw
Feminist/women’s/gender/LGBTQI+ communities and a new era of imaginative practices
Journal of Aesthetic Education
Edited by Tracie Constantino
Journal of Aesthetic Education is a highly respected interdisciplinary journal that welcomes articles on philosophical aesthetics and education devoted to problem areas in education critical to arts and humanities at all institutional levels. It is also participating in Project MUSE’s Subscribe to Open program, which means that Volume 59 is now open access.
Public Education and Social Reform: A History of the Illinois Education Association
By Thomas J. Suhrbur
An insider’s institutional history of the bedrock education organization.
Italica
Edited by Giovanna Summerfield
Italica features original scholarly articles on all aspects of Italian language, literature, and culture as well as studies on language pedagogy and is the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. Listen to a podcast interview with Italica’s editor on Soundcloud.
Queer, Women of Color, and Critical Approaches to Feminist Mentorship and Pedagogy
Edited by Leandra H. Hernández, Stevie M. Munz, and Jessica Pauly
The promises, limitations, and futures of feminist mentorship and pedagogy in higher education.