This edited book, Quests for Questioners, by Kathryn Roulston (Ed.), presents a range of approaches to asking questions in research interviews and conversations and attending to the more-than-human aspects of the world. Authors in this book explore how to talk to people in ways that are responsive to cultural contexts and how to think with concepts drawn from an array of theories.
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Online Teaching at its Best’
Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research, 2nd Edition, by Linda B. Nilson & Ludwika A. Goodson, shows that distance is no barrier to a great education! It guides faculty on how to build an online class by using research-based strategies for course design, teaching, student motivation, active learning, scripting and recording micro-lectures, and interactive conferencing.
New Industry Professional Added to TAA Professional Directory
As a developmental editor, Karen C. Turner of TurnKey Content has worked on content development and creation in academic textbooks for more than 20 years. As a freelancer she has expanded from textbook editing and project management into editing digital question banks and ghostwriting.
“My degree in biology gives me an edge in my areas of content expertise, including anatomy/physiology, pathophysiology, nursing informatics, and USMLE-style questions,” she said. “I have a proven track record of managing large, complex products while maintaining a high level of quality. I have particular skill with high-level art programs, helping unite art with narrative in a cohesive and consistent way.”
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy & Physiology’
The fifth edition of A Visual Analogy Guide to Human Anatomy & Physiology (VAGAP), by Paul A. Krieger, uses visual analogies to assist students in learning the details of human anatomy and physiology. This new edition has been digitized to enhance learning by adding interactive self-quizzes, 3D anatomical models, videos, downloadable coloring pages, and auto-graded assessments.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Writing With Purpose, Peace & Passion: A Guide for Sustaining Your Academic Writing’
If you are an academic finding the writing difficult to do over time, you are not alone. It is one thing to master the skill of academic writing and publishing. It is quite another to keep writing over many years. Writing With Purpose, Peace & Passion: A Guide for Sustaining Your Academic Writing, by Margarita Huerta, is for anyone wanting help with sustaining an academic writing practice.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know’
While college faculty go about their jobs—doing what is seen (teaching and publishing) and unseen (class prep, grading, and researching)—little time is given to the uncomfortable acknowledgment that those acts have legal ramifications. Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know, by Kent Kauffman, addresses topics that are vital for those in academia.