Come learn what distinguishes a dissertation from a book manuscript,
what editors are looking for in book proposals, what to expect from the
process, how to think about the market/readership for your book and
more.
Join us for a panel discussion with academic press editors:
Kenneth Wissoker
is Senior Executive Editor at Duke University Press, acquiring books
across the humanities, social sciences, and the arts. He joined the
Press as an Acquisitions Editor in 1991; became Editor-in-Chief in 1997;
was named Editorial Director in 2005; and assumed his current position
in 2020. In addition to his duties at the Press, he serves as Director
of Intellectual Publics at The Graduate Center, CUNY in New York City.
He has published more than a thousand books which have won over one
hundred and fifty prizes. Among the authors whose books he has published
are Stuart Hall, Donna Haraway, Achille Mbembe, Lauren Berlant, Jack
Halberstam, Sara Ahmed, Christina Sharpe, Fred Moten, Jose Munoz, and
Lisa Lowe. He speaks regularly on publishing at universities in the US
and around the world.
Marcela Cristina Maxfield
is Senior Editor at Stanford University Press acquiring books in
sociology and law. Across both list areas, her acquisitions focus on
social justice and inequality, immigration, science and technology,
culture, and politics. Her portfolio includes Phi Hong Su’s The Border Within, I. India Thusi’s Policing Bodies, Oliver Rollins’s Conviction, and Tahseen Shams’ Here, There, and Elsewhere (all
of which are first books based on dissertation work). She also supports
work for Stanford University Press’s Redwood Press imprint and the
Stanford Briefs imprint, publishing books intended for the general
public and short-form books on pressing issues related to current
events, respectively.
Priya Nelson
is Senior Editor at Princeton University Press, where she publishes
scholarly monographs and general interest books in history. Her area of
acquisition reflects her academic training at the University of Chicago
and the University of Texas at Austin.