Books for Review [English]
We are currently seeking reviewers for the following recently published or soon-to-be-published books. Our intention with this call is obtain publishable reviews during Fall 2026. We do not require notification prior to submission of a review, and we expect (and hope) to publish multiple reviews of some books. If we need to arrange a copy of the book to be sent to a reviewer, we will establish a deadline; if a copy is not needed, the reviewer is able to submit a review at any time.
If you wish to submit a review, please visit the submissions page for our author guidelines.
If you are the author of a book with a 2025 or 2026 copyright and the title is not on this list, please write to the managing editor at ssmcb@asu.edu.
Higher Education
The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood - William Whyte
Our Contentious Universities: A Personal History - Neil L. Rudenstine
Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital - Georgina Brewis & Sam Blaxland [Open access]
Universities and Climate Action - Tristan McCowan [Open access]
City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University - Nicholas B. Dirks
Betrayal U: The Politics of Belonging in Higher Education - Rebecca G. Martínez & Monica J. Casper (Eds.)
Teaching and Learning
Simulated Thinking: Reclaiming the Mind in an Age of Delegated Thinking - Jae Hyoung Jo
From Antiracism to Abolition: Professional Learning for Liberating Schools - Abigail Emerson
Land as Relation: Teaching and Learning through Place, People, and Practices - Margaret Kress & Kahente Horn-Miller
College Writing Without the Guesswork: A Practical Workbook for Academic Success - Markton D. Cole
H.E.L.P.: How Ethos, Logos, and Pathos Transform the Way You Teach - Kyle Elsbernd
The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results - Gleb Tsipursky
Schools and Students
School Renewal in the Bifurcated Educational System - Jianping Shen
Developing Conscious Gratitude in Schools: A Blueprint for Shifting from Burdens to Brilliance - Jerell Hill
Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy - Scott R. Levy
A Chance to Solve Their Own Problems: Inside the New Methods Seeking to Remake Public Schools - Jal Mehta et al.
School Adjustment: Why Some Students Fade and Others Flourish - Moshe Israelashvili
The Learning Household: How to Help Your Child Get More out of School - Ken Bain
Children’s Agency in the National Curriculum: The Promise of Structured Freedom - Yana Manyukhina & Dominic Wyse [Open access]
Alianzas Familiares in Multilingual Education - Eric J. Johnson & Luz A. Murillo (Eds.) [First bilingual volume on family engagement in multilingual education]
Education Policy and Finance
Putting Our Youngest Children First - Lois Vermilya and Stephen Preskill
No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids - Vladmir Kogan
Who Controls Education? The Rising Power of Vested Interests in Europe - Susanne Wiborg
Financing Institutions of Higher Education - John Y. Campbell & Kaye Husbands Fealing (Eds.)
Social Justice and Race
Collectives and the Commons: The Role of Educational Scholars in Movement Building for Justice - Kevin Kumashiro (Ed.)
The Critical Importance of Teacher Advocacy: Empowered Educators on the Front Lines - Melissa Tomlinson & Brianne Kramer (Eds.)
Suspended Futures: Transforming Racial Inequities in School Discipline - Richard O. Welsh
Just Schools: The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education - David L. Kirp
Special Education and Disability Studies
Ghost of the Bell Curve: Ableism in American Education and an Agenda for Change - Rebecca Cruz & Allison Firestone
Attaining a Just Future: Disability Studies Examines Curriculum and Transition for Students Labeled with Intellectual Disability - Jessica K. Bacon
Beyond Labels: Understanding Refugee Students with Disabilities in Educational Contexts - Sadia Warsi
Case Studies for Special Education Law: One Foot in the Real World, the Other Grounded in the Law - Michael B. Shaffer & Linda Dowell (Eds.)
Faith, Family, and Neurodiversity: Islamic Approaches to Understanding Autism - Sadia Warsi & Sophia Memon
Education Philosophy, Research, and Theory:
Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices - Tania Ferfolia et al.
Reading Randomised Controlled Trials: Opening the Book - Robert Savage et al. [Open access]
Educating Anthropologists in the Contemporary World: Rethinking Teaching, Learning, and Disciplinary Boundaries - Lorenzo Cañás Bottos et al. (Eds.)
(Available in 2027) Understanding Philosophy of Education - Liz Jackson [Open access]
Emotions: Philosophy of Education in Practice - Liz Jackson [Open access]
Regional Focus: Asia/Pacific
The Society That Learns: Constructionism and Lifelong Learning in Thailand - Paulo Blikstein & Deborah A. Fields [Open access]
Women and Educational Reform in History: Japan in a Transnational World - Joyce Goodman & Setsuko Kagawa (Eds.)
Indonesian Education: Past, Present, and Future - Gusti Ngurah Darmawan et al.
Reforming Literature Education in Malaysia 1957 – 2020: Development of Post-secondary Literature in English - Jia Wei Lim
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Teachers and Australian Settler Colonialism: A History - Kay Whitehead
Future-oriented Learning and Skills Development for Employability: Insights from Singapore and Some Asia-Pacific Contexts - Ai Noi Lee & Youyan Nie (Eds.)
