TAA member Andrea Honigsfeld and her coauthors. Maria G. Dove and Carrie McDermott Goldman, published a new book, Nine Dimensions of Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners. The K-12 textbook, published by Corwin, offers content area teachers practical strategies to meet the linguistic, social-emotional, and academic needs of multilingual learners, through nine scaffolded approaches. Congratulations, Andrea!
Busy TAA People: Kevin Patton’s Podcast Receives 2025 APEX Award
TAA member Kevin Patton’s The A&P Professor podcast, won a 2025 APEX Award for Publication Excellence. Patton is author of the award-winning textbook, Anatomy & Physiology. Congratulations, Kevin!
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Keep Writing’
Keep Writing: 101 Strategies for Academic Writers, by Patricia Goodson, Ph.D. and Margarita Huerta, Ph.D.. is a reader-friendly book that contains a wealth of approaches, strategies, and tools related to academic writing. Organized into 101 short entries (fewer than 500 words each), the text is crafted to inspire and motivate academics to keep writing throughout their entire careers.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book, ‘Mathematics of Secrets’
Mathematics of Secrets by Joshua R. Holden takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography—the science of sending secret messages. Holden shows how mathematical principles underpin the ways that different codes and ciphers operate. Holden focuses on both code making and code breaking and discusses both ancient and modern ciphers.
2025 TAA Virtual Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Learning Evidence-Based Research Skills the Peak Practice Way’
Learning Evidence-based Research Skills the Peak Practice Way: A Beginners Guide by Debra R. Hanna is the first book in a three-volume series designed to help undergraduate students develop evidence-based research skills. Supplemental digital learning exercises leverage Dr. K. Anders Ericsson’s peak practice principles. This first book focuses on research language and nine basic research skills.
TAA Reduces Nomination Fees for Member Author Nominators
Starting with the 2026 Textbook Awards, TAA member author nominators will be able to nominate their works at a discounted rate. The TAA member-author nomination rate will be $250 (one book or two-book series) and $400 (three-book series). Publisher nomination rates will increase to $450 (one book or two-book series) $700 (three-book series). 2026 Textbook Awards Nominations are open September 1 to November 1.