Experience

The University of North Carolina Press

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wyndham Robertson Editorial Director

  • Jun 2011 - Present



University Of North Carolina Press, Incorporated

• Acquistions Editor

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2011

  Developed and acquired a list of 20 books annually. Built new lists in Native American and Indigenous studies and environmental history from the ground up. Expanded UNC Press’s regional interest list by developing new “Southern Gateways Guides” line. Worked cooperatively with three other university presses to secure an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for the “First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies” initiative. Collaborated with colleagues and external partners to secure and implement an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for the “Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement” project.

• Editor for Special Projects

  • May 2004 - Jun 2006

  Successfully oversaw the publication of The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, a major multi-year project resulting in an authoritative one-volume encyclopedia for the state of North Carolina. Also initiated and managed publication process for the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (2006-2013), working in association with partners at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi.

• Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief/Assistant Editor/Associate Editor

  • Sep 1999 - Jun 2004

• Assistant Editor/Reprints Editor

  • Aug 1998 - Sep 1999



Early American Literature (Scholarly Journal)

• Editorial Assistant

  • Aug 1995 - Aug 1998