The Association of American Publishers Announces 2025 PROSE Award Winners for Excellence and the R.R. Hawkins Award

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the four Area of Excellence winners of its annual PROSE Awards, recognizing outstanding scholarly publications in four categories: Biological & Life Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, and Social Sciences.

AAP has awarded the prestigious R.R. Hawkins Award —the top honor of the PROSE Awards —to University of California Press for Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border by Ieva Jusionyte.

“We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the University of California Press, Elsevier Inc., and Princeton University Press, whose exceptional entries demonstrate groundbreaking scholarship and a dedication to publishing excellence,” commented Syreeta Swann, Chief Operating Officer at AAP. “We also extend a thank you to our esteemed panel of judges, who year-after-year express unwavering commitment to evaluating submissions with care and expertise, as well as all entrants who continue to advance the scholarly publishing community.”
more at: https://publishers.org/news/the-association-of-american-publishers-announces-2025-prose-award-winners-for-excellence-and-the-r-r-hawkins-award/

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