Richard Aquila (Buffalo, NY) is professor emeritus of history and American Studies at Penn State University and the former host of NPR's Rock & Roll America. He is the author of The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America and Let's Rock! How 1950s America Created Elvis and the Rock & Roll Craze.
Sponsoring Organization: German Chemical Society (Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft)Award Level: Winner | Award Year: 2024Winner(s): In the Land of Marvels: Science, Fabricated Realities, and Industrial Espionage in the Age of the Grand Tour, by Paola Bertucci
Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles TimesAward Level: Finalist | Award Year: 2024Award Category: Science & TechnologyWinner(s): Math in Drag, by Kyne Santos
Sponsoring Organization: Modern Studies Association Award Level: Shortlisted| Award Year: 2024Winner(s): The Academic Avante Garde: Poetry and the American University, by Kimberly Quiogue Andrews