Senior Scholar Category

The AAHHE Books of the Year Awards are a celebration of Hispanic culture, history and research excellence and are presented to Latinx/a/o authors to celebrate and recognize their contributions to higher education. AAHHE acknowledges and honors the power of the written word to share the Hispanic experience and celebrates the Hispanic culture, history and research excellence. The AAHHE Books of the Year Awards recipients' accomplishments are at the highest levels of literature and scholarship.  The AAHHE Books of the Year Awards are presented at the annual AAHHE national conference. No other higher education organization provides these significant awards.

Senior Scholar Category – recognizes a book by a senior scholar whose career shows a high level of productivity and excellence and whose career has advanced more than 20 years after receiving a doctoral degree. The award goes to a work that speaks to contemporary or historical issues in the field of Latinx and education with relevance beyond our discipline and beyond the academy. The book should have been published within two years of the deadline, and may not have been previously submitted for this award.

2024 AAHHE Books of the Year Award Recipient
Senior Scholar Category

A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant in Los Angeles Nourished its Community (2022)

Natalia Molina, PhD
Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
Dean’s Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California

Past Recipients of the AAHHE Books of the Year Award in the Senior Scholar Category:

• 2023 Adam McGlynn, PhD & Jessica Lavariega Montfordi, PhD - Proving Patriotismo Latino Military Recruitment, Service, and Belonging in the US, 2021