Now Hiring: 2018-2019 University Press Diversity Fellowship

The University of Georgia Press is now accepting applications for the 2018–2019 Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship Program. The University Press Diversity Fellowship Program seeks to increase diversity in scholarly publishing by providing year-long fellowships in the acquisitions departments of four university presses – the University of Washington Press, Duke University Press, MIT Press, and the University…

UGA Press Mellon Diversity Fellow Moves On

In January 2016 the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a four-year, $682,000 grant to the University of Washington Press to create a pipeline program to diversify academic publishing by offering apprenticeships in acquisitions departments. The University of Georgia Press, the MIT Press, Duke University Press, and the AAUP  signed on as partners, and the University Press Diversity…

$682,000 Mellon grant to help academic publishers increase workforce diversity

The University of Georgia Press, the MIT Press, Duke University Press, the University of Washington Press, and the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) join forces to create the University Press Diversity Fellowship program. A four-year, $682,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded to the University of Washington will help four university presses…