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UC Press November Award Winners

Dec 09 2025
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our November 2025 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!
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Q&A with Andrea Horbinski, author of "Manga's First Century"

Dec 05 2025
Author Andrea Horbinski talks about her manga and anime interests and why the first century of the most popular form of storytelling is vital for fans and non-fans to know.
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Q&A with Samuel Shearer, author of "Kigali"

Nov 20 2025
Author and first-gen scholar Samuel Shearer discusses his book, "Kigali," an ethnography exploring the politics of urban design, displacement, and the dual crises of capitalism and ecology in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Author Ellen Muehlberger on Building a Book

Nov 19 2025
Author Ellen Muehlberger on her path to writing THINGS UNSEEN.
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Enduring Times of Hate

Nov 18 2025
Author Andrea Gómez Cervantes on the impact of changing policies on immigrants’ family dynamics, community building, inter-ethnic relationships, and work and educational experiences.
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Excerpt from "A Memory of Violence"

Nov 18 2025
An excerpt from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE with commentary from author Christine Sheparson.
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Corrine Adams and Forcing Industry to Clean Up Its Act

Nov 17 2025
Author Bob Wyss on the unexpected champion of clean air.
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How should babies be born? The question contains worlds.

Nov 15 2025
What do doula-supported births reveal about American cultural values?
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Bracero Stories: A Q&A with Michael Snodgrass

Nov 14 2025
Learn more about Michael Snodgrass's research into the bracero guest worker program.
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The Influencer Creep — and How Social Platforms Shape Artistic Work

Nov 14 2025
The pressures facing influencers—like visibility, algorithmic anxiety, and self-branding—has spread to artists and creative workers navigating platform-dependent worlds.
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