Special Features of TAA Award-Winning Textbooks: From the Awardees

Moderators: Al Trujillo and Dave Dillon
Presenters: Karen Morris, author of Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Law; Kathleen King, author of Technology and Innovation in Adult Learning; and Michael Sullivan and Kathleen Miranda, authors of Calculus for the AP Course

Each year TAA honors textbook authors in categories that include excellence, longevity, and promise of their textbooks. Ever wonder what it is about those texts that make them award winners? 2018 TAA Textbook Award-winning authors give a series of mini-presentations sharing special features of their texts that contributed to the success of their textbooks.

Moderator: Al Trujillo is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Earth Sciences and Co-Director of the Oceanography Program at Palomar College near San Diego, California. He is a co-author of two leading college-level oceanography textbooks: Essentials of Oceanographyand Introductory Oceanography. The 10th edition of the textbook Essentials of Oceanography was awarded the TAA Texty Award for textbook excellence, and the 12th edition was awarded the TAA McGuffey Award for textbook longevity.

Moderator: Dave Dillon is counseling faculty and a Professor at Grossmont College in San Diego. He is a general counselor and teaches College Success courses. He has authored and curated College Success textbooks and is a TAA Council Member. He is passionate about student success, textbook quality, access, and design.