Today for University Press Week we are featuring an interview with Will Masami Hammell, who recently joined the Press as Senior Acquisitions Editor to build new lists in Asian Studies and Africana Studies.  Below he discusses his personal and professional background as well as his editorial process. Q; What drew you to the University of Pittsburgh Press? A: I’ve admired the gumption of the Press since my earliest days as an editor. When I was starting out in acquisitions at Temple University Press, I lost my first competitive project to the Pitt Latin American Series, and I remember my less-than-mature…

We hope to see you at these upcoming conferences: American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) April 29-May 3, 2015 New Haven, CT histmed.org Representative: Abby Collier (Acquisitions Editor)   Latin American Studies Association (LASA) May 27-30, 2015 San Juan, Puerto Rico lasa.international.pitt.edu Representative: Joshua Shanholtzer (Sr. Acquisitions Editor)  

We hope to see you at these upcoming conferences: Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) April 8-11, 2015 Minneapolis, MN Convention Center awpwriter.org Representatives: David Baumann (Marketing Director), Maria Sticco (Publicist), Greta Polo (Web & Social Media Coordinator/Graphic Designer), and Alexander Wolfe (Editorial and Production Manager) AWP provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 130 writers’ conferences and centers. Their mission is to foster literary achievement, advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing. Pitt Poets…