The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) announces the ten recipients of funding available through the Society’s travel grant program, which supports travel to and attendance at the SSP Annual Meeting for students of publishing and information science, and early career publishing professionals in the first three years of employment.

The following individuals were selected from a highly competitive group of applicants:

Five Early Career Awards:

 

Katherine Bridgewater, Wiley-Blackwell

Lauren Crocker, Wayne State University Press

Dawn Durante, University of Illinois Press

Korey Jackson, MPublishing – University of Michigan

Crystal Thompson, Families in Society, Alliance for Children and Families

 

Five Student Awards:

 

Joana Costa Knufinke, New York University

Anamika Dasgupta, Long Island University

Emily McHugh, McGill University

Erich Purpur, University of North Carolina

Nicholas Weber, University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign

Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management positions within SSP member organizations.   Mentors will help the award winners connect into the educational and networking opportunities available at the Annual Conference, which will be held May 30-June 1 in Arlington, Virginia. For details, visit the SSP website, http://www.sspnet.org.

“The winners of these 2012 awards, who come from commercial, university, and society publishers, are reflective of a large portion of SSP’s membership, and so in part they represent the future of the society and of scholarly publishing overall. The travel grant program, now in its XX year is visible proof of SSP’s continuing commitment to innovation and growth in the scholarly publishing community,” said Terry Van Schaik, President of SSP.

The Society for Scholarly Publishing gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by the sponsors of the Travel Grants program.  Sponsors of the 2012 awards included the Copyright Clearance Center, Inera's eXtyles, The Rockefeller University Press, and SAGE. The Society for Scholarly Publishing gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided by the sponsors of the Travel Grants program.  Sponsors of the 2012 awards included the Copyright Clearance Center, Inera's eXtyles, The Rockefeller University Press, and SAGE.

 

About the Society for Scholarly Publishing 

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization formed to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information dissemination, and facilitation of new developments in the field. 

Contact Information:

 

Ann Mehan Crosse, Executive Director

 

Society for Scholarly Publishing

 

Direct: 720-881-6114

Email: amehan@resourcenter.com

 

Submitted by Karen King

On behalf of the Society for Scholarly Publishing