2020 PROSE AWARDS CATEGORY EXCELLENCE WINNERS
Biological & Life Sciences
Biological Science
Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease Drew Harvell University of California Press
Biomedicine & Neuroscience
The Brain from Inside Out György Buzsáki Oxford University Press
Clinical Medicine
Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing Françoise Baylis Harvard University Press
Nursing & Allied Health (including Social Work)
Urban Health Sandro Galea, Catherine K. Ettman, and David Vlahov Oxford University Press
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychopharmacology: Principles and Practice S. Nassir Ghaemi Oxford University Press
Humanities
Archeology & Ancient History
Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and Effects Ian Gilligan Cambridge University Press
Architecture & Urban Planning
Brooklyn: The Once and Future City Thomas J. Campanella Princeton University Press
Art Exhibitions
Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World Edited by Elizabeth Morison With Larisa Grollemond Getty Publications
Art History & Criticism
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered Carmen C. Bambach Yale University Press
Biography & Autobiography
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age Leo Damrosch Yale University Press
Classics
Pindar, Song and Space: Towards a Lyric Archaeology Richard Neer and Leslie Kurke Johns Hopkins University Press
Language & Linguistics
Looking like a Language, Sounding like a Race Jonathan Rosa Oxford University Press
Literature
Writing Revolution in Latin America: From Martí to García Márquez to Bolaño Juan E. De Castro Vanderbilt University Press
Media and Cultural Studies
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament Orlando Patterson Harvard University Press
Music & the Performing Arts
Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music Kyle Devine The MIT Press
North American/U.S. History
The Cigarette: A Political History Sarah Milov Harvard University Press
Philosophy
Learning from My Daughter Eva Feder Kittay Oxford University Press
Outstanding Work by a Trade Publisher
Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America Jacquelyn Dowd Hall W. W. Norton & Company
Theology & Religious Studies
Biblical Theology: The Convergence of the Canon Ben Witherington, III Cambridge University Press
History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology N. T. Wright Baylor University Press
World History
The Holocaust and New World Slavery: A Comparative History Steven T. Katz Cambridge University Press
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Chemistry & Physics
Chemical, Gas, and Biosensors for Internet of Things and Related Applications Kohji Mitsubayashi, Osamu Niwa and Yuko Ueno Elsevier
Computing & Information Sciences
The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI Marcus du Sautoy Harvard University Press
Cosmology & Astronomy
The Atlas of Mars: Mapping its Geography and Geology Kenneth S. Coles, Kenneth L. Tanaka, Philip R. Christensen Cambridge University Press
Earth Science
Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries Alcides N. Sial, Claudio Gaucher, Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar, Valderez Pinto Ferreira John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Engineering & Technology
Human Body: A Wearable Product Designer's Guide Karen L. LaBat and Karen S. Ryan CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group - an informa business
Environmental Science
Global Environmental Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People Edited by UN Environment Cambridge University Press
History of STM
The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause Susan P. Mattern Princeton University Press
Mathematics
99 Variations on a Proof Philip Ording Princeton University Press
Popular Science & Popular Mathematics
The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science Gary Smith and Jay Cordes Oxford University Press
Reference Works Best New Journal
Best New Journal in Physical Sciences and Mathematics Joule Philip J. Earis, Brandon R. Sutherland, Changrong Zhu, Alexandra K. Stephan Cell Press
Best New Journal in Science, Technology and Medicine Scientific African Editor-in-Chief Benji Gyampoh. Scientific African is owned by the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and operated by the NEF Community of Scientists Elsevier
Best New Journal in Social Sciences SSM - Population Health Professor Ichiro Kawachi and Professor S. V. Subramanian Elsevier
Best New Journal in Humanities Verge: Studies in Global Asias Tina Chen University of Minnesota Press
Multivolume Reference
Multivolume Reference/Humanities A Cultural History of Work Volumes 1-6 Deborah Simonton and Anne Montenach Bloomsbury
Multivolume Reference or Textbook Social Sciences The Business & Culture of Sports: Society, Politics, Economy, Environment Joseph Maguire, Editor in Chief; Mark Falcous and Katie Liston, Associate Editors Gale, a Cengage company
Single Volume Reference
Single Volume Reference/Humanities Roman Architecture and Urbanism: From the Origins to Late Antiquity Fikret Yegül, Diane Favro Cambridge University Press
Single Volume Reference/Biological Science The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, John L. Neff, and Frances Fawcett Princeton University Press
Textbook
Textbook/Physical Sciences & Mathematics An Introduction to Electrodynamics Peter Davidson Oxford University Press
Textbook/Biological Science Fishes of the Salish Sea: Puget Sound and the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca Theodore Wells Pietsch and James Wilder Orr, Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri University of Washington Press
Textbook/Humanities On the Brink of Paradox: Highlights from the Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics Agustín Rayo The MIT Press
Textbook/Medicine and Clinical Science Handbook of Sleep Disorders in Medical Conditions Josée Savard and Marie-Christine Ouellet Elsevier
Social Sciences Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology
Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving Caitlyn Collins Princeton University Press
Business, Management & Finance
The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West Payal Arora Harvard University Press
Economics
Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events Robert J. Shiller Princeton University Press
Education Practice
How Girls Achieve Sally A. Nuamah Harvard University Press
Education Theory
Where Teachers Thrive: Organizing Schools for Success Susan Moore Johnson Harvard Education Press
Government, Policy and Politics
Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump Allison Stanger Yale University Press
Legal Studies
The Cult of the Constitution Mary Anne Franks Stanford University Press
Psychology
Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny Michael Tomasello Harvard University Press