TAA member Steven Barkan, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Maine, published an opinion piece on CNN.com, “5 reasons why immigrants aren’t bringing higher crime, as Trump claims,” along with Michael Rocque, an associate professor and chair of sociology at Bates College.
TAA Council Awards Nominations Now Open
Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of seven 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 May 1, 2024.
New TAA eBook on Artificial Intelligence & Authoring Now Available
TAA recently published a new eBook, “Artificial Intelligence & Authoring: How Textbook & Academic Authors Are Navigating AI Tools Like ChatGPT,” that includes the results of two TAA surveys on AI and authoring and several articles showcasing how TAA members are utilizing AI tools.
AI tools like ChatGPT are being used by textbook and academic authors to increase productivity, generate first drafts, organize research, and more.
Oxford University Press Conducting Survey on Academic Researchers’ Use of AI
Oxford University Press is conducting a survey of academic researchers to find out about their views of Artificial Intelligence in academic research. The focus of the survey is on researchers’ “academic research journey – from the beginnings of your research project through the publishing process and onwards dissemination and communication.”
The anonymous 15-minute survey, “How and why you are using AI in your research?”, can be completed here. The deadline for completing the survey is April 2, 2024.
TAA Members Receive Discount on May Writing Retreat
TAA has partnered with TAA member Michelle Rivera-Clonch, Ph.D. to provide members with a discount on her 13th annual Writing in Depth: An Academic Writing Retreat, which will be held Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2024 at the Hope Springs Institute in Peebles, OH. The primarily self-directed retreat, open to faculty and graduate students, provides an environment for serious academic writing, reflecting on your writing practices, and establishing systems of accountability in regional working groups that will aid in your movement toward completing your writing project.
Gain space and support to reinvigorate your writing process and reconnect with a community of writers.
From the Archives – Articles on ‘Textbooks as Scholarship’ From TAA Report, Compiled by TAA Member Phil Wankat
The ninth installment of TAA Member Phil Wankat’s curation and commentary of the archival issues of the TAA Report (now The Academic Author), Textbooks as Scholarship, is now available. Articles include ““Textbooks as Scholarship: An Editorial”, and “Textbook/Materials as an Academic Field of Inquiry: An Introduction and a Selected Annotated Bibliography”.