History of Education Society Outstanding Book Award
History of Education Society Outstanding Book Award
This award recognizes the most outstanding book on the history of education published during the previous year. This includes work on schooling as well as educational institutions and processes more broadly, concerning the U.S. and/or other locations. Only books copyrighted in 2017 are eligible for consideration for the 2018 prize.
Criteria used to evaluate the books include:
- Originality of the study;
- Thoroughness of the research/scholarship;
- Contributions to the field;
- Stylistic fluidity and beauty; and
- Potential for lasting impact on the history of education.
Please ask your publisher to nominate and send your book to the committee for consideration. The deadline for this award is June 15th. In order to be considered, review copies of your book must be received by all members of the committee at the addresses listed below no later than June 15th, 2018.
2018 Members of the Committee:
Edward Janak, Gillham Hall 5000-C, Mail Stop 921, 2801 W. Bancroft, St., University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390
Sonya Ramsey, 6208 Creek Breeze Road, Charlotte, NC 28269
Milton Gaither, 2191 Bradford Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Jane Martin, Department of Education & Social Justice, School of Education, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England
Mario Rios Perez, Cultural Foundations of Education, 350 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244
Edward Janak, University of Toledo