The New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance has announced the winners of its 2014 author awards. The awards are given to authors of works that give new understanding of New Jersey’s history and culture, demonstrate original research into New Jersey’s resources, and/or reveal new insights into a topic.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients:
Non-fiction scholarly category:
Walter D. Greason. Suburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey, Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 2013.
Non-fiction popular category:
Leonard DeGraaf. Edison and the Rise of Innovation, New York: Sterling Publishing, 2013.
Greason and DeGraaf will discuss their works at a panel discussion on December 2nd, 4pm, in the Pane Room of Alexander Library at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.