Out Now! "The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes" by @flowerdarby.bsky.social offers accessible, inspiring, common-sense hacks for connecting with students, finding passion, navigating the structural inequities of higher ed, and more. www.oupress.com/978080619652...
Traveling this weekend? We recommend taking a copy of Jeffrey Schmidt's "Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds" with you! tulsaflyer.org/2026/04/11/n...
What's playing at our office today? The playlist for Swensen's "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape"! Tune in here ➡️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3l9...
Out Now! "Where Next, Columbus?: A Native Punk Mixtape" by Thomas Michael Swensen juxtaposes different types of cultural production to explore how Native America and punk coexist, inform each other, and together articulate their own politics. www.oupress.com/978080619664...
Spotted in the wild! Last night OUP author Carolin Görgen spoke about her book "The California Camera Club: Collective Visions in the Making of the American West" at the Russell Center. In attendance were Riley Hines, Acquisitions Coordinator, and director of the Russell Center, Emily Burns.
Out Now! "Tumbleweed Underworld: A Saga of Morphine and Mayhem in the Arizona Territory" by Eduardo Obregón Pagán, is the biography of Georgie Clifford that sheds light on the little-known story of drug use in the 19th-century West. www.oupress.com/978080619648...
We love to see OUP titles on the Oklahoma Bestsellers List! What good company we're in. Thank you, Oklahoma Readers! tulsaflyer.org/2026/04/05/c...
Out Now! "We Are Black, Too: Aboriginal Australians and the Black Panther Party" by Jacynda Ammons traces Aboriginal Australians' adoption of strains of Black activism from Marcus Garvey through the Civil Rights Movement and ultimately the Black Panther Party. www.oupress.com/978080619657...
Booknotes: "Mollie Brumley's Civil War: Surviving the Guerrilla War in Arkansas" by Theodore Catton. cwba.blogspot.com/2026/04/book...
Nothing but love for Jeff and the whole team at @magiccitybooks.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...
Out Now! "The Lighthorse Police: A History of Tribal Justice" by Donald L. Fixico is the first comprehensive history of the legendary Five Tribes' law enforcement agencies. www.oupress.com/978080619649...
Best. Blurb. Ever. 😀We love it.
Tom Tobin peers gleefully over the covers of two books: *A Practical Guide to Teaching Neurodivergent College Students* and *The Joyful Online Teacher.*
This is like chocolate & peanut butter. Get 'em both.
Jen Pusateri, @harvardpress.bsky.social: A Practical Guide to Teaching Neurodivergent College Students
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@flowerdarby.bsky.social, @oupress.bsky.social: The Joyful Online Teacher
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Out Now! "Hungry Oklahoma: Confronting Poverty and Food Insecurity" by Robert Lee Maril is a critical exploration of the myths about and causes of poverty in Oklahoma. www.oupress.com/978080619656...
A book cover with a man's face.
Thrilled to see @oupress.bsky.social in the bookstore of the National Museum of African American History and Culture—especially when it is represented by Amina Hassan's superb biography, "Loren Miller: Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist."
Just in time for #SMH2026, a new review of SKI, CLIMB, FIGHT in On Point: The Journal of Army History! Read the review here ➡️ armyhistory.org/ski-climb-fi...
I have no clue how or why Amazon's algorithms do what they do, but the hardcover of _Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels_ is currently on sale for 20 percent off.
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OHS Executive Director Trait Thompson (left) with Lynne Levy and Dr. Rob Griswold posing in front of a backdrop with the Oklahoma Historical Society logo
Lynne Levy speaks at the lectern while Dr. Rob Griswold looks on in the background.
Dr. Rob Griswold speaks to the banquet crowd.
Medals for the four inductees: Donald L. Fixico, David W. Levy, Linda D. Wilson, and Timothy A. Zwink
Dr. David Levy was posthumously inducted into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame on March 19. Lynne Levy accepted on his behalf. Professor Emeritus and longtime OU History Department Chair Rob Griswold spoke on Dr. Levy’s impact. Thank you to the OHS for honoring Dr. Levy!
Beer
& Books
& Campaigns
& Commanders
Friday, 3/27 at 3pm at #SMH2026 in the exhibits area.
A colleague and I will be handing out tickets for free beer & wine at the @oupress.bsky.social exhibit to celebrate the legendary C&C series. Come say hello!
Check it out! @science.org calls The Isthmian Script: Deciphering Ancient Mesoamerican Writing by Martha J. Macri "intriguing"! Find out why ➡ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A statue of William Bennett Bizzell stands on a stone pedestal amidst a field of vibrant red tulips. In the background, University of Oklahoma buildings are visible, with the sun shining through a tree.
A vibrant field of red and white tulips in various stages of bloom, set against a blurred background of a brick wall and trees.
Good morning, Sooner Nation 🌷☀️
Out Now! "The Isthmian Script: Deciphering Ancient Mesoamerican Writing" by Martha J. Macri calls for a new generation of investigators into the Isthmian script and inspires a renewed interest in the process of script invention among early Mesoamerican peoples. www.oupress.com/978080619609...
Book cover for *UDL at Scale: Whole-Campus Universal Design for Learning* by Thomas J. Tobin. Background of the book cover is a field of night-time stars with a large red nebula glowing in the center.
UDL at Scale Pre-Orders Now OPEN!
Pre-orders for my new @oupress.bsky.social book, *UDL at Scale,* are open at www.oupress.com/978080619706....
Get one for yourself . . . heck, at only $20, get one for your boss, too.
Please share this to your networks, and thank you!
If you can't join us in person for this one, we actually feel sorry for you 🍻. BUT! You can still browse our virtual booth during the conference. Use promo code '18SMH26' at checkout and save 30% off select titles. Shop Here ➡️ www.oupress.com/2026-smh/
Out Now! "Mollie Brumley's Civil War: Surviving the Guerrilla War in Arkansas" by Theodore Catton is an unprecedented picture of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West and a remarkable coming-of-age story shaped by the fight against slavery. www.oupress.com/978080619650...
Save the Date: The Pre-Columbian Society to Host Martha Macri: "The Isthmian Script: A New Approach to Decipherment" March 14th at 1:30pm! More information here ➡️ precolumbian.org/next-meeting/
Book cover for *UDL at Scale: Whole-Campus Universal Design for Learning* by Thomas J. Tobin. Background image is the visible-light image of the Trifid Nebula, taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope.
NEW UDL BOOK Coming August 1!
Okay, friends, I'm excited. *UDL at Scale* has a cover & an August 2026 release date.
Watch for the @oupress.bsky.social pre-order web site to go live at the end of March.
Who wants one? And who wants me to visit or give a webinar?
Let’s go #OLA2026! @oupress.bsky.social is ready for you! Can’t join us in person? You can still shop our booth. Use promo code 18OLA26 at oupress.com and get 40% off your order!
Save the Date, Chicago!
It's been a blast showing off books in the @oupress.bsky.social "Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed" series at the Transformative Learning Conference at UCO today.
Many thanks to @thetattooedprof.bsky.social for modeling with a complete set of books in the series so far!