With the increasing amount of secondary data available, researchers have a trove of sources for new investigations at their fingertips but few books to guide them. Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Research by Daphne C. Watkins provides a step-by-step guide for incorporating secondary data into mixed methods designs and identifies characteristics of existing datasets that make them good candidates for mixed methods projects. Winner of a TAA 2024 Most Promising New Textbook Award. Published by SAGE.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Invertebrate Medicine’
Invertebrate Medicine by Gregory A. Lewbart is the definitive resource on husbandry and veterinary medicine in invertebrate species. Presenting authoritative information applicable to both in-human care and wild invertebrates, this comprehensive volume addresses the medical care and clinical condition of most important invertebrate species—providing biological data for sponges, jellyfish, anemones, snails, sea hares, corals, cuttlefish, squid, octopuses, clams, oysters, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, various worms, and many other invertebrate groups. Winner of a TAA 2024 McGuffey Longevity Award. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Nominate Yourself or a Colleague for a TAA Council Award
Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of four TAA Council Awards. These awards, which recognize individual achievements in writing or in service to TAA or fellow authors, are selected each year by the TAA Council of Fellows and Awards Committee.
The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2025.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Teach: Introduction to Education’
Through a concise but wide-ranging exploration of the American public education system, Teach: Introduction to Education by Janice Koch, asks readers to imagine themselves in the classroom and develop their own ideas of what it means to be a teacher. Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, along with real-life classroom stories, Koch helps future teachers examine the ways in which society and culture shape schools. Published by SAGE.
2025 TAA Conference Bookstore Featured Book: ‘Beyond Classical Physics’
Beyond Classical Physics by Mark A. Cunningham provides an introduction to modern physics. It discusses the nature of the microscopic universe from a modern perspective, based on Einstein’s notions of relativity and Noether’s proof of the emergence of conservation laws from symmetries of the equations of motion. The second half of the book explores various aspects of many-body physics, ranging from chemical systems to plasmas to black holes. Published by Springer.
Busy TAA People: Nicole Dillard Interviewed About GAI Insights Regarding Future of Education, Workforce Development
TAA member Dr. Nicole Dillard, an Emerging Technology Fellow at the University of Minnesota, was recently interviewed as part of the Extra Points Blog series where she shared insights into her work with Generative AI (GAI) and how it’s shaping the future of education and workforce development. Congratulations, Nicole!