News: Recent UC Press Book Signings
We're excited to announce a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects.
Presenting Like Your Career Depends on It: How to Transform Your Research into Engaging, Effective Presentations
By Andrew Churchill
Globally recognized communications expert Andrew Churchill’s PRESENTING LIKE YOUR CAREER DEPENDS ON IT: HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR RESEARCH INTO ENGAGING, EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS, equipping early career researchers in the sciences with the confidence and skills to master oral presentations from poster sessions to dissertation defenses, startup pitches, and beyond, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (world).
The Scientist and the Story
By Kimberly W. Heiman
Marine biologist and MFA Kimberly W. Heiman’s THE SCIENTIST AND THE STORY, revealing why traditional, results-driven science communication so often fails–and arguing for character-driven narratives as an evidence-based alternative, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (world).
The Nobel Delusion: Who Can We Trust When World-Renowned Experts Give Us Dangerous Advice
By Paul A. Offit
MAHA foe Paul A. Offit’s THE NOBEL DELUSION: WHO CAN WE TRUST WHEN WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS GIVE US DANGEROUS ADVICE, profiling a rogue’s gallery of researchers to show how even the most credentialed experts fall for misinformation and how to avoid that fate, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press, at auction, by Andy Ross at The Andy Ross Agency (world).
The People v. The Cloud
By Jenna Ruddock
Organizer, legal scholar, and Advocacy Director at Free Press Jenna Ruddock's THE PEOPLE V. THE CLOUD, follows community resistance to the hyperscale data center buildout in the U.S. – looking at how strategies used both by communities and by corporations, and how local communities are using every tool at their disposal to demand a future that centers humanity, community, and the planet over tech development in the pursuit of power and profits for a few, to Michelle Lipinski for the Co-Opting AI book series at University of California Press (world).
Cleaning Our Plates: The Battle to Keep Pollutants Out of Our Food
By Amanda Clair Starbuck
Food & Water Watch research director Amanda Claire Starbuck's CLEANING OUR PLATES: THE BATTLE TO KEEP POLLUTANTS OUT OF OUR FOOD, going inside the supply chains and lobbying machines that keep factory farm runoff, heavy metals, microplastics, pesticides, and "forever chemicals" on our plates, and arguing that clean eating can't be achieved by label-reading alone, but requires fixing the system that makes pollution profitable, to Kate Marshall at University of California Press, at auction, by Max Sinsheimer at Sinsheimer Literary (world English).