Book recognition event
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the University Libraries, the annual Book Recognition Event celebrates CMU authors, editors, illustrators, and translators.
You may view the books of past recipients online, browse the book collection located at the north end of the Park Library’s second floor, or view the honorees by year.
This year’s event
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
2:00 p.m. in the Park Library Opperman Auditorium
Followed by a reception in the Clarke Historical Library’s reading room.
2026 annual Book Recognition Event honorees:
Abdelgawad, Ahmed, Co-Editor, School of Engineering and Technology. Intelligent Systems, Blockchain, and Communication Technologies: Selected papers from the International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Blockchain, and Communication Technologies (ISBCom25), Volume 2. Springer, 2025.
Bobier, Christopher, Co-Author, Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine. Exploring the Ethics of Clinical Xenotransplantation. Routledge, 2026.
Boles, Frank, Author, Director Emeritus. Visiting Mackinac: 150 Years of Tourism at Michigan's Fabled Straits. Michigan State University Press, 2026.
Buschlen, Eric L., Co-Editor, Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, and Higher Education, DiOrio, Adel C., Co-Editor, CMU Online. The Coach's Playbook: Becoming a Transformational Coach and Leader. ICPEL Publishing, 2025.
Erzikova, Elina V., Co-Editor, School of Communication, Journalism and Media. Handbook of Innovations in Strategic Communication: AI, Futurism and Directions. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
Fanning, Robert, Author, Department of English Language and Literature. All We Are Given We Cannot Hold. Dzanc Books, 2025.
Hartshorne, Timothy S., Co-Editor, Professor Emeritus. Learning, Education, and Support of Deafblind Children and Adults: An Interdisciplinary Lifespan Approach. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Juris, Stephen J., Author, Curriculum and Instructional Support. Immunology (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press, 2025.
Lambrecht, Timothy A., Author, Department of History, World Languages and Cultures. Budget Challenge Personal Finance (2nd ed.). Budget Challenge, 2024.
Li, Bin, Co-Author, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Spatial Autocorrelation: A Fundamental Property of Geospatial Phenomena. Elsevier, 2025.
Minelli, Mark J., Author, CMU Online. Drug Abuse in Sports: A Student Course Manual (9th ed.). Stipes Publishing LLC, 2025.
Moslener, Sara, Author, Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion. After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America. Beacon Press, 2025.
Murphy, Kelly J., Co-Editor, Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion. Apocalypses in Context: Apocalyptic Currents Through History (2nd ed.). Fortress Press, 2025.
Noggle, Robert, Author, Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion. Manipulation: Its Nature, Mechanisms, and Moral Status. Oxford University Press, 2025.
Paik, Won Kwang, Translator, Professor Emeritus, May, Hope Elizabeth, Editor, Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion. Forgotten Pain: An Untold Story of the Korean War, by Eun Yong Chung. The Cora di Brazzà Foundation, 2025.
Stairs, David, Author, Department of Art and Design. Okuwangaala: The Resilience of Vernacular in Everyday African Design. Designers Without Borders, 2025.
Zheng, Yunfang, Co-Author, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Hearing Aid Selection for Dispensing Clinicians: A Comprehensive Resource for Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction. Nova Science Publishers, 2026.
