Books for Review [English]
We are currently seeking reviewers for the following list of recently published or soon-to-be-published books. Our intention with this call is obtain publishable reviews for the Summer and 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 of one of these titles, please visit the submissions page for details concerning our author guidelines and checklist.
If you are the author of a book with a 2025 or 2026 copyright and your contribution is not on this list, please write to the managing editor at ssmcb@asu.edu so that we can begin to seek a reviewer for your book.
Higher Education
Governance and Administration
Crafting Ethical Scholarship: A Practical Guide to Academic Integrity and the Mission of Higher Education - Karyn Elizabeth Kessler, Paul Jarod Michiels, Paul Michael Rogers
Invent Ed: How an American Tradition of Innovation Can Transform College Today - Caroline Field Levander
Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education - Chris W. Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry and Kevin G. Smith
Public Higher Education in California - Neil J. Smelser & Gabriel A. Almond (Eds.)
The War on Tenure - Deepa Das Acevedo
University History and Culture
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
Equity and Access in Higher Education
One Classroom at a Time: How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable - David Gooblar
The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China - Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Claire Cousineau
Betrayal U: The Politics of Belonging in Higher Education - Rebecca G. Martínez & Monica J. Casper (Eds.)
Teaching and Pedagogy
Teaching Ambitiously in Elementary School: Preparing Beginning Teachers - Peter Youngs and Dorothea Anagnostopoulos
The Reasons Teachers Stay: Lessons from High-Retention Schools, Districts, and Communities - Douglas B. Larkin and Suzanne Poole Patzelt
Alternative Pedagogical Spaces: From Utopia to Institutionalization - Anna Colin
Beyond Bad Apples: Teacher Education for Police-Free Schools - Hannah Carson Baggett
Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World (2nd ed.) - Daniel A. Wagner [Open Access]
Schools and Students
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.
Getting Real About Sex Ed: What Today's Students Need - Shafia Zaloom
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
The Miseducation of the Student-Athlete: How to Fix College Sports - Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr.
Education Policy and Finance
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.)
Segregation and School Funding: How States Reinforce Inequality and What to Do About It - Matthew Di Carlo and Bruce D. Baker
Social Justice and Race
Just Schools: The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education - David L. Kirp
Disrupting White Noise: Challenging Beliefs About Race on Campus - Zak Foste and Lauren N. Irwin
Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era - Julie J. Park
Discipline Problems: How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools - Tadashi Dozono
Education 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]
