In this talk, acquisitions editor Caitlin Tyler-Richards will demystify the book publishing process, from preparing a proposal to publicizing the finished book. She will cover common issues like identifying the right press, navigating peer review and contract offers, and making sure your book finds its readers. A Q& A will follow. First time and previously published authors welcome!  […]

Bring your lunch and enjoy some snacks with the SPPGA community as Sociology Assistant Professor Holly Hummer provides a thought-provoking lunchtime talk that will draw on interview data with women in Japan and the United States who never had children for various reasons. Dr. Holly Hummer is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British […]

If we believe that public scholarship is a condition for informed public discourse and open, democratic societies, what do we do if the conception of the “public” differs from the ways in which people actually engage with information in today’s world? Rather than understanding public scholarship as a type of contribution to a “marketplace of […]