First Place – Community/Home Health Care Category 
Leadership in Public and Community Health
Anita Finkelman
Leadership in Public and Community Health was awarded first place in the Community/Home Health Care category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Leadership in Public and Community Health in the Cognella Title Catalog.
First Place – Child Care Category
NICU Nursing Stories: A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse
Valerie Wright, DNP, RN, CNE, CHSE, RYT
NICU Nursing Stories: A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse was awarded first place in the Child Care category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about NICU Nursing Stories in the Cognella Title Catalog.
First Place – Nursing Research Category
First Place – Professional Issues Category
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement for Professional Nursing Practice: A Competency Based Approach
Jayne Jennings Dunlap and Julee Briscoe Waldrop, Editors
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement for Professional Nursing Practice: A Competency Based Approach was awarded first place in the Nursing Research and Professional Issues categories in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Second Place – Community/Home Health Care Category
Interprofessional Collaboration and Teams in Public and Community Health
Anita Finkelman
Interprofessional Collaboration and Teams in Public and Community Health was awarded second place in the Community/Home Health Care category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Second Place – History and Public Policy Category
Mexican American Health: Historical, Social, and Cultural Perspectives
Antonio L. Estrada
Mexican American Health: Historical, Social, and Cultural Perspective was awarded second place in the History and Public Policy category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Mexican American Health in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Second Place – Professional Issues Category
Growing into Professional Nursing: An Approach to Confident Practice
Luanne Linnard-Palmer
Growing into Professional Nursing: An Approach to Confident Practice was awarded second place in the Professional Issues category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Growing into Professional Nursing in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Third Place – Advanced Practice Nursing Category
Publishing the DNP Project: An Evidence-Based Approach
Diane B. Monsivais, Franchesca E. Nunez, and Leslie K. Robbins
Publishing the DNP Project: An Evidence-Based Approach was awarded third place in the Advanced Practice Nursing category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Publishing the DNP Project in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Third Place – History and Public Policy Category
Health Policy on the Front Line
Aislynn Moyer and Gretchen K. D. McCullough
Health Policy on the Front Line was awarded third place in the Health Policy on the Front Line category in the 2024 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Health Policy on the Front Line in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills (Ninth Edition)
Ed Jacobs, Christine J. Schimmel, Bob Masson, and Riley Harvill
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The ninth edition of Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills, written by Ed Jacobs, Christine J. Schimmel, Bob Masson, and Riley Harvill, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United States out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Group Counseling: Strategies and Skills in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Theory and Practice in Clinical Social Work (Third Edition)
Jerrold R. Brandell, Editor
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The third edition of Theory and Practice in Clinical Social Work, edited by Jerrold R. Brandell, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United States out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Theory and Practice in Clinical Social Work in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Communicating in Groups and Teams: Strategic Interactions (Fifth Edition)
Joann Keyton and Stephenson Beck
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The fifth edition of Communicating in Groups and Teams: Strategic Interactions, written by Joann Keyton and Stephenson Beck, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United States out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice (Third Edition)
Patrick Lee Plaisance
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The third edition of Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice, written by Patrick Lee Plaisance, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United States out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation
Steve Burghardt
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation, written by Steve Burghardt, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Program Development, Grantwriting, and Implementation: From Advocacy to Outcomes
Richard Hoefer and Larry D. Watson
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Program Development, Grantwriting, and Implementation: From Advocacy to Outcomes, written by Richard Hoefer and Larry D. Watson, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication
William Thompson and Nicholas Browning
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication, written by William Thompson and Nicholas Browning, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Family Theories Today: A Critical Intersectional Approach (Second Edition)
Katherine R. Allen and Angela C. Henderson
The Textbook Excellence Award
Family Theories Today: A Critical Intersectional Approach, written by Katherine R. Allen and Angela C. Henderson, received the Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Multicultural Health (Third Edition)
Lois Ritter and Donald H. Graham
The Textbook Excellence Award
Multicultural Health, written by Lois Ritter and Donald H. Graham, received the Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Multicultural Health in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Second Place – Community/Home Health Care Category
Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health (Third Edition)
Edited by Jeannine Coreil
The third edition of Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health, edited by Jeannine Coreil, was awarded second place in the Community/Home Health Care category in the 2023 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Second Place – Informatics Category
Digital Health and Public and Community Health
By Anita Finkelman
The first edition of Digital Health and Public and Community Health, written by Anita Finkelman, was awarded second place in the Informatics category in the 2023 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Digital Health and Public and Community Health in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Second Place – Nursing Education/Professional Development Category
Spotlighting Narrative Pedagogy in Nursing Education
By Susan E. Bassett
The first edition of Spotlighting Narrative Pedagogy in Nursing Education, written by Susan E. Bassett, was awarded second place in the Nursing Education/Professional Development category in the 2023 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Spotlighting Narrative Pedagogy in Nursing Education in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Third Place – Public and Population Health Category
Population Health: Practical Skills for Future Health Professionals
By Anne M. Hewitt
The first edition of Population Health: Practical Skills for Future Health Professionals, written by Anne M. Hewitt, was awarded third place in the Public and Population Health category in the 2023 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America
Literary Titan Gold Book Award
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America is the recipient of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, which is bestowed upon books that exemplify exceptional standards in the presentation of original content. The award honors the craft of elegant prose, showcasing a talent for transforming simple words into compelling, beautifully constructed text. It is a tribute to books that represent an extraordinary achievement in the literary world.
Learn more about Twelve Steps for White America in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America
First Place in the Society and Social Sciences: Race, Culture, Class, and Religion category
Second Place in the Politics and Government: Political Psychology category
Second Place in the Health and Wellness: Addiction and Recovery category
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America is the recipient of three Spring 2024 BookFest Awards: First Place in the Society and Social Sciences: Race, Culture, Class, and Religion category; Second Place in the Politics and Government: Political Psychology category; and Second Place in the Health and Wellness: Addiction and Recovery category. The BookFest Awards honors authors who create outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction. Books are judged in categories based on genre, theme, and aesthetics.
Read more about the book and the award program.
Learn more about Twelve Steps for White America in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Celebrating its 60th anniversary, the awards program is the original and premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse creatives and their departments. It spotlights graphic design for commerce and culture at its best and celebrates the knowledge and abilities inhouse designers bring to the table to support organizations, products, services, causes, and ideas.
This year, GDUSA received more than 60,000 entries. Included in the winning designs are three Cognella textbook covers created by Cognella Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, featured below.
Waves: An Anthology of Caribbean Literature (First Edition)
Edited by Patricia McDonald
Featuring cover design by Cognella Senior Graphic Designer Jess Estrella
Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence: A Holistic Perspective (First Edition)
Delia Marie Franklin
Featuring cover design by Cognella Senior Graphic Designer Emely Villavicencio
Readings in African American Culture: Resistance, Liberation, and Identity from the 1600s to the 21st Century (Second Edition)
Written and edited by Angela Schwendiman
Featuring cover design by Cognella Senior Graphic Designer Emely Villavicencio
First Place – Professional Issues Category
Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders (First Edition)
Barbara Mackoff, Ed.D.
The first edition of Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders, written by Barbara Mackoff, Ed.D, was awarded first place in the Professional Issues category in the 2022 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Leadership Laboratory for Nurse Leaders in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Third Place – History and Public Policy Category
Health Equity and Disparities (First Edition)
Anita Finkelman, MSN, RN
The first edition of Health Equity and Disparities, written by Anita Finkelman, MSN, RN, was awarded third place in the History and Public Policy category in the 2022 American Journal for Nursing Book of the Year Awards. The award program recognizes the most valuable nursing texts published annually.
Learn more about Health Equity and Disparities in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Organizational Communication: Foundations, Challenges, and Misunderstandings (Fifth Edition)
Daniel P. Modaff and Jennifer A. Butler
Outstanding Textbook Award
The fifth edition of Organizational Communication: Foundations, Challenges, and Misunderstandings, written by Daniel P. Modaff and Jennifer A. Butler, received the Outstanding Textbook Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association. The award recognizes groundbreaking work that provides overviews and syntheses of previously published theory, research, and strategies to facilitate students’ understanding and analyses of such organizational communication theory and research.
Learn more about Organizational Communication in the Cognella Title Catalog.
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 10% receive honors.
Selected from more than 6,900 entries, the nine award-winning Cognella book covers for 2022, designed by Graphic Designers Emely Villavicencio , Jess Estrella, Asfa Arshi, and Abbie Goveia reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
An Introduction to the Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication (First Edition)
Megan R. Dillow
Follow, Communicate, Lead: Creating Competent Connections (First Edition)
Michelle Terese Violanti and Cassandra Ann Ray
The Kora: A Contextual Reclamation of the African Perspective (First Edition)
Edited by Kevin B. Thompson, Ph.D.
Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication (First Edition)
William Thompson and Nicholas Browning
The End of Social Work: A Defense of the Social Worker in Times of Transformation (First Edition)
Steve Burghardt
A School Counselor’s Guide to Small Groups: Coordination, Leadership, and Assessment (Second Edition)
Sarah I. Springer, Lauren J. Moss, and Christine J. Schimmel, Editors
Clinical Interventions for Internalized Oppression (First Edition)
Jan E. Estrellado, Lou S. Felipe, and Jeannie E. Celestial
101 Thought-Provoking Questions from the Everyday Therapist (First Edition)
Ashley Evans and Tim Hollinger
Criminal Law in Context: Sensational Cases and Controversies (First Edition)
Lindsey L. Runnell
A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have: A Guide to Being a White Person or Understanding the White Persons in Your Life (Third Edition)
Janet E. Helms
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The third edition of A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have: A Guide to Being a White Person or Understanding the White Persons in Your Life, written by Janet E. Helms, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United States out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about A Race Is a Nice Thing to Have in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Empowering Public Speaking
Deanna L. Fassett and Keith Nainby
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Empowering Public Speaking, written by Deanna L. Fassett and Keith Nainby, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Empowering Public Speaking in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Introduction to 21st Century Counseling: A Multicultural and Social Justice Approach
S. Kent Butler, Anne Flores Locke, and Joel M. Filmore, Editors
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Introduction to 21st Century Counseling: A Multicultural and Social Justice Approach, edited by S. Kent Butler, Anna Flores Locke, and Joel M. Filmore, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Introduction to 21st Century Counseling in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism
Kevin Cokley, Editor
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism, edited by Kevin Cokley, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Making Black Lives Matter in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Thinking Like a Researcher: An Engaged Introduction to Communication Research Methods
Jake Harwood
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Thinking Like a Researcher: An Engaged Introduction to Communication Research Methods, written by Jake Harwood, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Thinking Like a Researcher in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Who Am I? Identity in the Age of Consumer DNA Testing
Anita Kathy Foeman and Bessie Lee Lawton
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Who Am I? Identity in the Age of Consumer DNA Testing, written by Anita Kathy Foeman and Bessie Lee Lawton, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Making Black Lives Matter: Confronting Anti-Black Racism (First Edition)
Edited by Kevin Cokley, Ph.D.
Native American History and Culture: An Anthology (First Edition)
Edited by Stacey L. Moore
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 10% receive honors.
Selected from more than 6,800 entries, the two award-winning Cognella book covers for 2021, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Emely Villavicencio and Jess Estrella, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
Child and Adolescent Development: A Social Justice Approach
By Kristine Anthis
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Child and Adolescent Development: A Social Justice Approach, written by Kristine Anthis, received the Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Learn more about Child and Adolescent Development in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Intercultural Communication: A Critical Perspective (First Edition)
Rona Tamiko Halualani
The Textbook Excellence Award
Intercultural Communication: A Critical Perspective, written by Rona Tamiko Halualani, received a Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in current textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Learn more about Intercultural Communication in the Cognella Title Catalog.
The Anthology of Death, Dying, and the Living (First Edition)
Edited by Atiba Rougier
Race and Ethnicity: The Sociological Mindful Approach
Jacqueline Brooks, Heidy Sarabia, and Aya Kimura Ida
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 15% receive honors.
Selected from more than 6,000 entries, the two award-winning Cognella book covers for 2020, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
The Neuroeducation Toolbox: Practical Translations of Neuroscience in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Written and edited by Raissa Miller and Eric T. Beeson
The 2020 Illinois Counseling Association Awards – Wendall S. Dysinger Award for Outstanding Professional Counseling Publication
Happy Body, Happy Brain: Physical Exercise for Mental Health and Wellness, a neuroeducation activity created by Michele Kerulis and Daniel Wilsea and included in The Neuroeducation Toolbox: Practical Translations of Neuroscience in Counseling and Psychotherapy, received the 2020 Wendall S. Dysinger Award for Outstanding Professional Counseling Publication from the Illinois Counseling Association (ICA). Established in 1983 and named for one of ICA’s founders, the award recognizes an outstanding published article in professional counseling, human development, student affairs, and related areas. The Neuroeducation Toolbox, written and edited by Raissa Miller and Eric T. Beeson, provides students and clinicians with a set of tools for integrating neuroscience into clinical practice.
Learn more about The Neuroeducation Toolbox in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Writing and Reporting the News for the 21st Century: The Speed at Which We Travel
By Yumi Wilson, Gina Baleria, and Grace M. Provenzano
The 2020 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Textbook Awards
Writing and Reporting the News for the 21st Century: The Speed at Which We Travel, written by Yumi Wilson, Gina Baleria, and Grace M. Provenzano, received the 2020 BEA Textbook Award. Established in 2020, the award was established to recognize an outstanding textbook written by BEA members in the field of broadcasting and mass communication. Writing and Reporting the News for the 21st Century highlights the importance of embracing technology and social media while abiding by the ethical considerations that aspiring journalists must follow.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Writing and Reporting the News for the 21st Century in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Research Methods in Social Work (Eighth Edition)
By Dr. David Royse
The William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The eighth edition of Research Methods in Social Work, written by Dr. David Royse, received the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time. It bears the name of William Holmes McGuffey, whose influential primers helped bring the United State out of frontier literacy and were in print 1836 – 1921. To be nominated, a work must be in print for 15 years and still be selling.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Research Methods in Social Work in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Women Leading Change in Academia: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper (First Edition)
Callie Rennison and Amy Bonomi, Editors
The Most Promising New Textbook Award
Women Leading Change in Academia: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper, edited by Callie Rennison and Amy Bonomi, received a Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Women Leading Change in Academia in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Family Law for Non-Lawyers (Second Edition)
By Kerry Weil Tripp
#1 Ranking on 4 Best Family Law Books for Beginners List
#10 Ranking on 31 Best Family Law Books of All Times List
The second edition of Family Law for Non-Lawyers, written by Kerry Weil Tripp, was recognized as a leading family law resource on BookAuthority, a prominent site for nonfiction book recommendations based upon public mentions, recommendations, ratings, sentiments, popularity, and sales history. The text ranked #1 on the BookAuthority’s 4 Best Family Law Books for Beginners list and #10 on its 31 Best Family Law Books of All Times list.
Learn more about Family Law for Non-Lawyers in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Reading the World: An Introduction to Sociological Critique and Analysis (Second Edition)
By Rafael F. Narváez
Current Controversies in Sports, Media, and Society (First Edition)
Cynthia M. Frisby, Ph.D.
Counseling Children and Adolescents (Fifth Edition)
Ann Vernon and Christine J. Schimmel
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 15% receive honors.
The three award-winning Cognella book covers for 2019, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
Profiling Violent Crime: A Behavioral and Forensic Approach (First Edition)
Peter M. Klismet, Jr. and Dr. Clarissa Cole
First Place – Non-Fiction, Unpublished Category – Public Safety Writers Association
Profiling Violent Crime, A Behavioral and Forensic Approach, written by Peter M. Klismet, Jr. and Dr. Clarissa Cole, earned first place in the Non-Fiction Book, Unpublished category for the 2019 Public Safety Writers Association Writing Competition.
View a complete list of the 2019 winners.
Learn more about Profiling Violent Crime in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Gateway to Music: An Introduction to American Vernacular, Western Art, and World Musical Traditions (First Edition)
Jocelyn Nelson
The Most Promising New Textbook Award – The Textbook & Academic Authors Association
Gateway to Music: An Introduction to American Vernacular, Western Art, and World Musical Traditions, written by Jocelyn Nelson, received a Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association. The award recognizes excellence in first edition textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by textbook authors and subject matter experts for their merits in four areas: pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance and design.
Read the press release announcing the award.
Learn more about Gateway to Music in the Cognella Title Catalog.
Slavic Blood: The Vampire in Russian and East European Cultures (Second Edition)
By Thomas J. Garza
Race and Racism in the West: Crusades to the Present (Third Edition)
Edited by Paul Sweeney
Ink and Edit: Making Research Matter in Writing and in Life (Fifth Edition)
Sam Bell
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 15% receive honors.
The three award-winning Cognella book covers for 2018, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
Venus in Furs (Second Edition)
By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch – A New Translation by Matthew Kaiser
Dissection Simplified: A Lab Manual for Independent Work in Human Anatomy (Revised First Edition)
By Dr. Danielle Dodenhoff
Reality’s Written Language: A Critical Anthology of Classical and Contemporary Film Theory (First Edition)
Edited with commentary by Jon Wagner and Denise Spampinato
Chronicling California: A Primary Source Reader (First Edition)
Edited by Paivi Hoikkala and Eileen V. Wallis
The Research Toolkit: Problem-Solving Processes for the Social Sciences (Third Edition)
Bruce D. Friedman
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 15% receive honors.
The five award-winning Cognella book covers for 2017, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
Politically Incorrect: Women Artists and Female Imagery in Early Modern Europe (Second Edition)
Gina Strumwasser
Organizational Behavior: A New Three Dimensional Leadership Paradigm
Written and edited by Thomas J. Starmack
The Power of Free Expression in America (Second Edition)
Written and edited by Frank Harris III and Jerry Dunklee
For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored exhibitions that feature and recognize the creativity, ingenuity, and skill of premier graphic designers. The GDUSA American Inhouse Design Awards highlight the extraordinary work of in-house graphic designers and graphic design departments in companies, organizations, and institutions across the nation. While GDUSA receives thousands of submissions for the awards each year, only about 15% receive honors.
The three award-winning Cognella book covers for 2016, designed by Senior Graphic Designers Jess Estrella and Emely Villavicencio, reflect the quality and passion Cognella strives to deliver to academic partners each and every day.
