'Amherst College Press and open access,' with Beth Bouloukos and Hannah Brooks-Motl

Five College Seminar in Book History

Amherst College Press is a fully open access scholarly book publisher funded by Amherst College. The Press charges no fees to its authors or their institutions and engages in the same rigorous peer review process as traditional university presses. The press publishes titles in art history and visual studies, Latin American studies, literary studies, music and sound studies, and Russian, East European and Eurasian studies with a deep interest in interdisciplinary scholarship. the press publishes books on Fulcrum, a platform created by University of Michigan Publishing, allowing narrative to be richly integrated with multimedia and optimized for long-term preservation and accessibility.

Beth Bouloukos is the director of Amherst College Press; she also acquires books in Latin American studies, activist studies, visual culture, literary studies, and music. Before beginning at Amherst College, Beth acquired books in education, Latin American/Latinx studies, and gender and sexuality studies at the State University of New York Press. She received her doctorate from Cornell University where she researched Latin American literature, film, and culture through a feminist lens. 

Hannah Brooks-Motl is an acquisitions editor with Amherst College Press where she acquires books in art history and visual/design studies; digital and games studies; literary and new media studies; music and sound studies; and Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. She also runs ACP's internship program, which offers pre-professional experience to Amherst College students in open access and scholarly publishing. She earned an MFA from UMass-Amherst and PhD from the University of Chicago, where she was the poetry editor for the Chicago Review. She is the author of three books of poetry, two chapbooks, and a number of essays and articles on poetry and poets.

This talk is free of charge and open to the public.