Study Scholarly Publishing at Arizona State University

The Scholarly Publishing Certificate Program offers graduate students in any discipline the opportunity to receive training in publishing studies. The program prepares students to enter scholarly publishing fields—university presses, higher education publishing, reference publishing—or to engage successfully in publishing activities they will encounter as academic professionals, such as journal publishing and documentary editing.

The director works with each student individually to organize a job search and plan a career. Students are also assisted in investigating career opportunities through class projects and internship planning.

Graduates of the program have recently accepted positions at the Getty Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, the American Political Science Association, the Adams Papers, and the Harvard Business School Press.

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What Alumni Say about the Program

“Skills I learned in the program allowed me to step directly into publishing jobs. It’s an exceptional program.” Karin Park, Arizona State University, certificate 1995

“My scholarly publishing education had a tremendous impact on my career. I had worked as a production editor and this program allowed me to make the switch from production to editorial, and accelerated my career by several years.” Suzanne E. Guiod, University of Rochester Press, certificate 1998

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Program of Study

Students take a series of core courses; additional courses in editing, marketing, or design and production; and electives (some of which may be drawn from their major fields). At least one hour of credit must come from a short course taught by a visiting publishing professional. All students complete a 320-hour paid internship (one hour coursework).

Editing emphasis

Design emphasis

Design and production options

Electives offered recently

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Internships and Assistantships

The Director of Scholarly Publishing assists students in finding suitable internships with university presses, commercial scholarly publishers, college textbook publishers, scholarly journals, or other institutions. The internship may be completed during the school year through an on-campus placement or during the summer.

On-campus internships are available in the Journals Office of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Administration, the Bilingual Press, and other publishing programs. Summer internships are available nationwide. In recent years, students have interned at the University of Arizona Press, the University of California Press, Harvard University Press, W. W. Norton & Company, the Poisoned Pen Press, the University of Oklahoma Press, and Yale University Press.

Graduate research and teaching assistantships are available through the degree-granting departments and administrative offices. Certificate students are eligible for assistantships and loans. These assistantships include a waiver of out-of-state tuition.

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Faculty

Kent Calder: J. Kent Calder is the director of the Scholarly Publishing Program. He has more than twenty-five years' experience in scholarly and educational publishing, having served as director of publications for the Texas State Historical Association Press, editorial director for the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, managing editor for the Indiana Historical Society Press, manager of development and permissions for Harcourt College Publishers, and senior director for editorial services at Harcourt Assessment. 

Susan E. Gray is co-editor of Frontiers:  A Journal of Women Studies, where she supervises interns from the Scholarly Publishing Program who work as editorial assistants for the journal.  She has also directed a number of graduate and undergraduate projects in documentary editing.

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Application Procedures

The application deadline is February 1. Please contact Susan Valeri for more information.

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For further information

If you have questions, please get in touch with the Scholarly Publishing Director:

Kent Calder
Scholarly Publishing Program
History Department
Arizona State University
PO Box 874302
Tempe, AZ  85287-4302
Phone: 480-965-7726
Fax: 480-965-0310
Email: Kent.Calder@asu.edu
www.asu.edu/clas/history/graduate/

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