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Rectangular photo of Carlos Hoyt’s office bookshelf showing books on race, sociology, gender, disability, blind spots, empathy, and other topics, along with a copy of Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. Photo credit: Carlos Hoyt.

Carlos Hoyt (NASW Member) with Minna Han—Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators

Principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity (DEI) are as American as apple pie, NASW Member Carlos Hoyt and Minna Ham assert in Diversity Without Divisiveness: A Guide to DEI Practice for K-12 Educators. While some label DEI as “reverse discrimination,” Hoyt and Ham show how DEI can boost student engagement, prepare students to live in a global society, and encourage critical thinking.

Rectangular photo of Olivia Campbell’s office bookshelf showing works on women in Nazi Germany, scientists under Hitler, displaced scholars in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and physics. Photo credit: Olivia Campbell.

Olivia Campbell—Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History

When the Nazis took control of Germany in the 1930s, they stripped Jewish citizens and women of their academic positions. In Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History, Olivia Campbell describes the women’s harrowing journeys to freedom and later success in Sweden and the US, flourishing, she notes, “in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.”

Rectangular photo of Christopher Pollon’s office bookshelf showing works on mining, capitalism, colonialism, sustainability, gold, oil, geology, wars, and various countries. Photo credit: Christopher Pollon.

Christopher Pollon—Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

“Even though the world needs mining more than ever, the world needs mining to change,” Christopher Pollon writes in Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places, recipient of NASW’s 2024 Science in Society Book Award. It’s sometimes better to leave metals in the ground, he suggests, and capture those needed for present-day use by recycling outdated products, such as smartphones.

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