Return to News and Initiatives > Press Releases

AJCU and Alpha Sigma Nu Announce 2009 National Book Award Winners

October 1, 2009

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

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Alpha Sigma Nu proudly announce the 2009 National Book Awards winners in the category of "The Sciences."

The category of “The Sciences” is divided into four disciplines: social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and health sciences. Twenty-four entries from 12 Jesuit institutions were submitted. The winner of each discipline receives $1,000 and a plaque.

The Social Sciences: 

Art as Politics: Re-Crafting Identities, Tourism, and Power in Tana Toraja, Indonesia (University of Hawaii Press, 2006) by Kathleen M. Adams, PhD (Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago)

The Natural Sciences: 

Transport in Multilayered Nanostructures: The Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Approach (Imperial College Press, 2006) by James K. Freericks, PhD (Professor of Physics, Georgetown University)

Mathematics/Computer Science: 

Yearning for the Impossible (A. K. Peters, Ltd, 2006) by John Stillwell, PhD (Professor of Mathematics, University of San Francisco)

Health Sciences: 

Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice (Jones and Bartlett, 2008) by Pamela J. Grace, PhD, APRN (Associate Professor, Adult Health and Ethics, Boston College)

The Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit 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 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 by March 1 of the category year and awards are announced October 1.

The 2010 Competition will be in the category of "Professional Studies," in which there will be four awards of $1,000 each.  For more information on the history of the award and how to enter, please see the Alpha Sigma Nu website: www.AlphaSigmaNu.org.