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…
The University of Georgia Press is looking for some talented students to fill our spring internship positions. Interns work directly with Press staff on ongoing projects. They will get hands-on experience with working in the publishing industry and gain skills that can translate well to other art or entertainment jobs in the future. Editorial Intern…
Informally, it’s career week here at UGA Press. On Wednesday we are hosting a Careers in Publishing Panel with the English Department and The Georgia Review on the main UGA campus. (Click here to see the event page on Facebook if you’re in/near Athens and would like to attend.) Monday is also the application deadline for spring 2016…
Interested in a career in publishing? Want to try your hand at it for a semester? What luck! We’re looking for interns! The UGA Press is putting out a call for interns for the spring semester. We have openings in acquisitions, editorial, marketing, and design and production. Come learn how books are made, from soup to nuts,…
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