2025-2026
Committee Roster
Rebecca Colesworthy, SUNY, Co-Chair (rebecca DOT colesworthy AT sunypress DOT edu)
Alec Loganbill, Kansas, Co-Chair (atloganbill AT ku DOT edu)
Gregory Britton, Johns Hopkins
Emma Burridge, Liverpool
Amber Cederstrom, Wisconsin
Jane Ferreyra, Nebraska
Shannon Fortner, Johns Hopkins
Kayowa Gibson-Tshilenge, Pennsylvania
Brian Halley, Massachusets
Caroline McKusick, Stanford
Heather Stauffer, Syracuse
Board Liaison
Tara Cyphers, Ohio State
Central Office Liaison
Annette Windhorn
Charge
General Objective:
- Create, implement, and monitor programs to help scholars improve their understanding of scholarly publishing, the role of university presses, and the value of peer review, primarily as a service to scholarship but also to support individual Association members in demonstrating value to their parent institutions and develop a community of faculty advocates for presses everywhere; consider especially the needs of historically underrepresented, marginalized, underfunded, and/or independent scholars in your activities.
Specific Charges to the Faculty Outreach Committee:
- Continue to develop new content for the “Ask UP” website, especially with regard to shifts in open access policy and emerging Generative AI questions —engaging with other committees as needed (particularly the Generative AI Task Force) and with an eye toward integrating equity, justice, and inclusion concerns throughout. Continue to evaluate the sustainability of content development protocols, including the recruitment of new hosts and rotation of responsibility for monitoring and answering visitor-submitted questions. Create a plan to assess and update aging content. Work with Central Office staff to continue to promote the Ask UP site.
- Finalize a Glossary of Scholarly Publishing.
- Expand outreach to scholarly societies and society caucuses. Utilize and promote existing online request form to allow scholarly societies to request support in offering publishing panels and webinars, within or outside of their annual conferences.
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.
Committee Projects
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