Do not fear open access. Embrace it!
Guest post by Rebecca Anne Goetz In the recent controversy over the American Historical Association’s statement on open access dissertations, I found myself reliving an old argument about how scholars...
View ArticleMeet Us in Chicago: American Association for the History of Medicine
By Jacqueline C. Wehmueller At Johns Hopkins Press we get a kick from communicating with authors and readers via Twitter and other social media platforms. We can now share good news immediately:...
View ArticleMeet Us in Chicago: Latin American Studies Association
By Suzanne K. Flinchbaugh If a modern-day Rip or Rita Van Winkle woke up today, having napped through the last several years, he or she might think that democracy movements were only recently born in...
View ArticleMeet us in Oklahoma City: American Society of Mammalogists
by Vincent J. Burke America’s Premier Mammalogy Publisher will be at the ASM annual meeting in Oklahoma City Once again Johns Hopkins University Press will present its line of top-selling Mammalogy...
View ArticleMeet us in Baltimore: Society of Civil War Historians
By Robert J. Brugger It will be a great pleasure to welcome members of the Society of Civil War Historians to Baltimore, scene of so many events leading up to the sectional conflict and such deep...
View ArticleElizabeth Sherburn Demers to Join Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Sherburn Demers has been named senior acquisitions editor for American history and politics. Demers has over 15 years of experience...
View ArticleRobin W. Coleman joins Johns Hopkins University Press
Johns Hopkins University Press has appointed Robin W. Coleman as acquisitions editor for public health, global health, and health policy. He will join the Books Division’s editorial department of nine...
View ArticleAuthors as Passengers . . . or Partners
Guest post by James Martin and James E. Samels One of the many sins an author can commit is to be a “passenger” on the publishing journey of her or his own book. We have heard colleagues admit, “I just...
View ArticleMeet us in Chicago: American Educational Research Association
By Greg Britton American education is a place of remarkable dynamism right now. The popular media is awash in stories that consider everything from the efficacy of how we test our children to how we...
View ArticlePreview our Fall 2015 catalog
We’re excited about the books we’re publishing this fall, and we invite your to browse this online version of our brand new catalog. All titles available for pre-order. Enter code HDPD at checkout on...
View ArticleOur spring 2016 books catalog is here!
JHUP’s catalog of forthcoming books for spring and summer 2016 has landed! Browse the online version and use promo code “HDPD” to receive a 30% discount on your pre-publication orders!
View Article