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2010 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award Winners Announced

January 28, 2011

Contact: Anne D. Garner
(202) 862-9893
agarner@ajcunet.edu

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society proudly announce the 2010 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award winners in the category of "Professional Studies." Forty-two entries from sixteen Jesuit institutions were submitted. The category of “Professional Studies” awards prizes to the top four books. The winners each receive $1,000 and a plaque.

The winners are:

China and India in the Age of Globalization (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
By Shalendra D. Sharma, University of San Francisco

How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior (Routledge-Taylor & Francis, 2009)
By Robert J. Hume, Fordham University

Improving Urban Middle Schools: Lessons from the Nativity Schools (SUNY Press, 2009)
By L. Mickey Fenzel, Loyola University Maryland

The Battle over School Prayer: How Engle v. Vitale Changed America (University Press of Kansas, 2007)
By Bruce Dierenfield, Canisius College

The Alpha Sigma Nu Book Awards are open to all faculty and administrators, including emeritus faculty and administrators, who have published a book in the three years immediately prior to the year of the designated academic discipline. The books are judged by volunteer faculty members on the basis of scholarship, significance of topic to scholars across several disciplines, authority in interpretation, objectivity, presentation, and style. All entries are due March 1 of the category year.

The 2011 Competition will be in the category of "The Humanities," in which there will be four awards of $1,000 each. Entries for this category are due March 1, 2011. For more information on the history of the award and how to enter, please visit the Alpha Sigma Nu website: www.AlphaSigmaNu.org.