A virtual panel discussion with three editors focused on publishing in an Interdisciplinary World with discussion topics including but not limited to:

1. turning the dissertation into a book
2. publishing articles
3. first books, second books and beyond

The workshop is geared to postdocs and grad students across the humanities and social sciences. 

Meet The Speakers

Ken Wissoker acquires books in anthropology, cultural studies, and social theory; globalization and postcolonial studies; Asian, African, and American studies; music, film and television; race, gender and sexuality; science studies; and other areas in the humanities, social sciences, media, and the arts. He joined the Press as an Acquisition Editor in 1991; became Editor-in-Chief in 1997; and was named Editorial Director in 2005. In addition to his duties at the Press, he serves as Director of Intellectual Publics at The Graduate Center, CUNY, in New York City.

Rachael Levay publishes sociology and anthropology books for both disciplinary audiences and general readers. These fields share a deep investment in ethnographic methods and methodologies that illuminate human perspectives on culture and society, offering new ways to understand both the past and the present. She enjoys working with authors who write in an accessible and engaging style to bring scholarly knowledge to broad readerships. She is particularly interested in books that offer new empirical findings and seeks to partner with authors exploring innovative methods and methodologies. In addition to acquiring books for general readers and scholars, she also acquires a select number of sociology and anthropology textbooks aimed at undergraduate and graduate students.

Levay looks for books that examine questions of injustice, inequality, and inequity, with a particular focus on the gendered and racialized roots and realities of modern societies. In her acquisitions, she seeks to uphold Princeton University Press’s commitments to equity, inclusion, and belonging and is eager to work on topics—and with authors—from groups that have been historically marginalized or underrepresented in higher education and publishing more broadly.

Anthony Arnove is a cofounder and editorial director of Haymarket Books. He is the editor of several books, including Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which he co-edited with Howard Zinn, and Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the Twenty-First Century, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. He also wrote the introduction for the new 35th anniversary edition of Zinn’s classic book A People’s History of the United States.