2024-2025
Committee Roster
Stephanye Hunter, Florida, Co-Chair (sah AT upress DOT ufl DOT edu)
Alison Syring, Illinois, Co-Chair (asyring2 AT illinois DOT edu)
Madison Allums, Michigan
Gabriela Bueno Gibbs, MIT
Elizabeth Demers, Michigan
Andreina Feran, North Carolina
Yasmine Hung, Hong Kong,
Margo Irvin, California
Elisabeth Maselli, Pennsylvania
Megan Michael Mendonca, Princeton
Bethany Wasik, Cornell
Board Liaison
Douglas Hildebrand, British Columbia
Central Office Liaison
Brenna McLaughlin
Charges
General Objective:
- Develop and manage tools, programs, and resources to assist the Association’s members in establishing best practices for acquisitions editors and fostering conversation and collaboration amongst acquisitions editors.
Specific Charges to the Acquisitions Editorial Committee:
- Finalize revisions and distribute to members an accessible 2025 Editorial Board survey report. Develop an op-ed or essay on the value such editorial boards bring to scholarship. Begin development of an Editorial Board Guidebook, highlighting norms and the range of good practices and governance concepts that support the efficient operation of such boards
- Promote conversation and collaboration amongst acquisitions editors through virtual hangouts and networking events, including one to coincide with Peer Review Week in September, and through planned sessions at the annual meeting.
- Continue to consult with EJIB Committee as needed, develop programming and information regarding peer review of scholarship involving indigenous communities and knowledge.
- Consider proposals to expand the materials collected in the acquisitions editorial sample libraries.
Common Charges to All Committees of the Association:
- Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 10 October 2025, and 27 February 2026; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 22 May 2026. Follow guidelines for preparing reports found in the Chair Handbook in the Committee and Task Force Chairs Group on UP Commons.
- Follow all guidelines and requirements published in the AUPresses Chair Handbook, including those regarding the use of UP Commons, inclusion of board and staff liaisons, scheduling webinars & hangouts, and any research or survey projects.
- Appoint a member of your committee, ideally not the chair or cochair, to serve as a liaison to the Equity, Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee. This role provides updates on your committee’s efforts in support of equity and inclusion, seeks information, support, or guidance on EJIB matters as needed, and attends a Fall meeting for liaisons hosted by EJIB Committee.
- On or after the date of the first interim report, suggest one or more panel or speaker ideas to the Annual Meeting Program Committee
- Consider nominating a member of your committee, or a member of the community with whom your committee interacts, for the AUPresses Constituency Award when announced
- Review your General Objective and Specific Tasks at the end of the service year and recommend changes for next year to the Executive Director..