News: Recent UC Press Book Signings
We're excited to announce a selection of our latest book signings! We look forward to working with these authors on their upcoming projects.
Curated: The Reality of Ingredient Safety
By Elisabeth Anderson and Joseph W. Zagorski
Michigan State University Director of Science Communication Elisabeth Anderson and Assistant Professor of Toxicology Joseph W. Zagorski's CURATED: THE REALITY OF INGREDIENT SAFETY, an accessible guide demystifying the science of what’s in our food–and our social media feeds–and how it got there, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).
A Lady in a Hurry: The Dorothy Kenyon Story
By Jennifer L. Brinkley
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of West Florida and author of BIRDS IN THE CITY: POEMS Jennifer L. Brinkley’s A LADY IN A HURRY: THE DOROTHY KENYON STORY, the first biography of the trailblazing lawyer, judge, activist, and architect of the twentieth century litigation strategies that enshrined sex equality in law, to Maura Roessner at the University of California Press for publication in the Fall of 2026 (World).
Checkmarked: The Power and Politics of Online Verification
By Robyn Caplan
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University Robyn Caplan’s CHECKMARKED: THE POWER AND POLITICS OF ONLINE VERIFICATION, investigating the evolution of online verification to reveal key debates about online identity and privacy, cultural power, and how we decide whom (or what) to trust in an increasingly mediated world, to Michelle Lipinski at the University of California Press (World).
The Embodied Athlete
By Victoria Lambert and Monica Van Winkle
Sports and dance dietitians Victoria Lambert and Monica Van Winkle’s THE EMBODIED ATHLETE, a playbook for athletic and artistic achievement with a science-based rebuttal to the all too common belief that appearance determines athletic performance, to Chloe Layman at the University of California Press (World).
Climate Change Hates Mothers
By Jade S. Sasser
Associate Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies at UC Riverside and author of ON INFERTILE GROUND and CLIMATE ANXIETY AND THE KID QUESTION Jade S. Sasser’s CLIMATE CHANGE HATES MOTHERS, an exploration of motherhood in the era of climate change, delving into the ways motherhood is becoming imperiled by the disruptions of oil, gas, temperature, and weather, now and in the future, to Naja Pulliam Collins at the University of California Press, at auction, by Sarah Khalil at Calligraph (World English).