2026
Task Force Roster
Kevin Worrall, Edinburgh, chair (Kevin DOT Worrall AT eup DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk)
Carrie Adams, Chicago
Julie Atkins, Bristol
Erik Beranek, Princeton
Catherine Berry, Bristol
Catherine Dutton, Liverpool
Julia Haav, Princeton
Catherine Hobbs, Columbia
Cate Hodorowicz, North Carolina
Gigi Lamm, Indiana
Nicole Utter, Michigan State
Maya Ventresca, Toronto
Board Liaison
Doug Hildebrand, British Columbia
Central Office Liaison
Annette Windhorn
Central Office Staff Support
McKenzi Thi Murphy
Campaign Publicists
Lauren Carrane, Sharp Pencil Marketing
Jeremy Wang-Iverson, Vesto PR
Charge
General Objective:
- To plan for the fifteenth annual University Press Week, November 9-13, 2026
What is University Press Week?
November 11-17, 2012 was the first annual University Press Week, an opportunity to raise awareness of the work of university presses within their communities and around the world. University presses and other nonprofit scholarly publishers perform invaluable services for the scholarly establishment—researchers, teachers, librarians, and the rest of the university community—but also for the broader world of readers, and ultimately to society itself. While AUPresses members undertake this work year-round and individually highlight and communicate what they do, University Press Week allows us to celebrate the value and quality of university presses with one voice.
University Press Week events and activities have included: an online gallery of publications selected by presses to exemplify their work; local events, including talks, publishing workshops, and bookstore displays; partnerships with publishing service providers to highlight AUPresses members’ books and projects; and online tools to promote greater awareness of the breadth and depth of university press contributions to scholarship and society.