Professional Development Session: Publishing a Monograph (Panel)

Type of Abstract (select): Panel Discussion

Abstract (max. 250 words):
This Professional Development Panel Discussion on Publishing a Monograph is proposed as part of AHEA’s new Early Career Scholars Network programming. In this panel discussion, scholars will share their experiences in book publishing. After a brief introduction by the moderator, each panelist will speak for 10-15 minutes. A Question and Answer session will follow, and during this time all panelists will have the opportunity to answer audience questions based on their relevant experiences. Topics of discussion will include: advice on selecting and approaching an editor or scholarly press, how to choose a topic of interest to publishers, the steps of the book publication process (initial conversations with editors, proposal development and submission, acceptance, revision, marketing, etc.), as well as other related topics, such as working with a translator, obtaining and documenting permissions to publish documents from archives, applying for subventions, etc. As a supplement to the discussion, a book publishing resource guide will be distributed to the session participants. The session is intended to benefit scholars in graduate school or less than ten years out of their doctoral programs who have questions about writing a first book, however, middle- and later-career scholars might also benefit from the discussion and contribute to it by sharing their own experiences in the Q&A session.


Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Sarah Lucas is Assistant Professor at Texas A&M