Gillian Stewart just completed an introductory oceanography textbook, published by W.W. Norton and Co. This book builds on her 20+ years of teaching experience at Queens College and in SEES, teaching diverse students with a range of backgrounds. Dr. Stewart used examples and analogies that have been successful in her classes, and the book is written in a conversational and narrative tone. She tested potential text, images, concepts, and approaches in both her Geo 08 (non-majors) and Geo 216 (majors) classes, and students overall were enthusiastic about the material. The book is called Oceanography, an Interdisciplinary Approach, and uses a novel scheme to address the material in an oceanography course by dividing the book by oceanic realm (the deep ocean, the atmosphere/surface ocean, the open ocean, the coastal ocean, and the polar oceans) instead of dividing the book by discipline (geological, physical, chemical, and biological oceanography). This approach has been helpful in retaining student engagement with the material because many students are most interested in marine biology, and the alien and unique ecosystems in the various marine regions are useful to demonstrate complex chemical, geological, and physical phenomena in a more easily digestible manner. Finally, the book uses anthropogenic climate change and the carbon cycle as a thread throughout, reflecting Dr. Stewart’s research tracing carbon in the ocean.