AUP Week: Whom Do University Presses Help #SpeakUP?
At SUNY Press, we help our diverse and welcoming community #SpeakUP! Hear some of our devoted employees from various functions and departments share how they're helping support the important mission of bringing scholarly work into the world.
A special thanks to our awesome intern, Fiona, for making the video!
Video Transcript:
Marlene Pratt, Director of SUNY Press: "We help authors communicate, translate, even debate in the service of knowledge and understanding of all people in all places around the world."
Tanja Eise, Director of Marketing and Sales: "We help authors from all over the State University of New York system, all over the US, and all over the world bring new ideas and research to their target audiences."
Richard Carlin, Senior Acquisitions Editor: "We help authors who need some extra encouragement and confirmation to make a great book!"
Michelle Alamillo, Promotions Manager: "We help first time authors bring their books into the world."
Kate Seburyamo, Senior Marketing Manager: "We help senior scholars in their fields."
Jenn Bennett-Genthner, Manager, Training, Development and Services: "We help amplify author’s voices by publishing open access."
Rebecca Colesworthy, Senior Acquisitions Editor: "We foster collaboration by engaging scholars not only as authors but also as peer reviewers, series editors, and editorial board members."
Fiona Faccilonga, Intern: "We give voices to those who are underrepresented in literature."
