Each June, university presses from all over the world are invited to attend and participate in the annual industry conference of the Association of University Presses. Here, seasoned professionals and those in …
Read More >Alberto García is Assistant Professor of History at San José State University. Abandoning Their Beloved Land offers an essential new history of the Bracero Program, a bilateral initiative that allowed Mexican men to work …
Read More >“Behind the Scenes” series uncovers elements of book-making and publishing that make up our industry. A book represents a physical object that took the creative labor of a variety of people and …
Read More >Wondering how a book cover comes to be? In this video, UC Press Marketing Associate and FirstGen Program Committee member Sara Fan interviews Senior Book Designer Kevin Barrett Kane about how he …
Read More >Part of our Feminist Media Histories series, A Queer Way of Feeling gathers an unexplored archive of fan-made scrapbooks, letters, diaries, and photographs to explore how girls coming of age in the United States in …
Read More >The Tropical Turn chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials …
Read More >We’re pleased to announce that Naja Pulliam Collins is our new Associate Editor of Geography and Environmental Studies! Naja joined UC Press in 2021 and assisted the editors for environmental studies and …
Read More >In this video, our Associate Publicity Director Emily Grandstaff provides a brief overview of what to expect when it comes to book publicity, including what publicity is, what kinds of tasks a book publicist typically handles, and what authors can do to support publicity efforts.
Read More >Janet Garcia-Hallett, an Afro-Latina mother, first-gen scholar, and a product of Harlem, is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven’s Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and …
Read More >Michaela Soyer is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and a first-generation scholar. Her current work focuses on delinquency, incarceration, recidivism and social theory. She has also conducted research about …
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