Call for Applications: UCLA Editor-in-Residence Program with Courtney Berger

Are you seeking expert feedback on a book project or book proposal? Don’t miss the chance to participate in an individual consultation with Courtney Berger, Executive Editor at Duke University Press and UCLA’s Editor-in-Residence.

When: Individual meetings will be scheduled on April 23–25, 2025.

Please note that applicants must be able to attend at least one of the public events featuring Berger. First-time authors should make every effort to attend both events:

  • Wednesday, April 23, 10:30 am-11:30 am: Writing Books People Will Want to Read: Advice for First-Time Authors
  • Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:45 pm: Writing and Publishing as a Scholar-Activist

The Editor-in-Residence (University Press) program offers UCLA community members the opportunity for one-on-one meetings with a university press editor to receive direct feedback on their research projects.

Eligibility

Applications are open to:

  • Ladder faculty
  • Adjuncts and lecturers
  • Postdoctoral researchers*
  • Advanced graduate students (ATC status)*

*With confirmation from their faculty mentor or dissertation chair that they recommend the application to meet with the Editor-in-Residence.

To apply, you must be affiliated with one of the following co-sponsoring units:

  • Center for the Study of Women|Streisand Center
  • Divisions of Humanities or Social Sciences
  • Herb Alpert School of Music
  • Bixby Center on Population and Reproductive Health

How to Apply

Submit your application here.

Deadline: Sunday, February 23, 2025. 

The apply for an individual meeting, please attach to the application form:

ATC Graduate Students:

Requirements: Minimum 3 chapters of the dissertation should be completed; application should be accompanied by a faculty email confirming support of the student’s application, one sentence confirming dissertation status and dissertation chair agreement with participation suffices; confirmation of applicant attendance at least one of the talks, and must complete post meeting questionnaires.

  1. Brief project précis – up to 300 words book description, including rationale for why the book should be published with the given press, followed by a list of chapter titles. (If you note related books published by the press, please refer to books published within the last 5 years.)

  2. If your project does not seem connected to the given press’s publication program, describe briefly the types of mentoring questions you wish to discuss with the editor.

  3. A brief confirmation letter from the dissertation Chair that confirms they support a potential meeting with the editor.

  4. CV – abridged version (max 1 page).

Faculty/ Lecturer and UCLA Postdocs: 

  1. Brief project précis – up to 300 words book description, including rationale for why the book should be published with the given press, followed by a list of chapter titles. (If you note related books published by the press, please refer to books published within the last 5 years.)

  2. If your project does not seem connected to the given press’s publication program, describe briefly the types of mentoring questions you wish to discuss with the editor.

  3. CV – abridged version (max 1 page).

Requirements: Early-Career: Lecturer, Post-Doc and/or Assistant Professor, tenure- track, and currently without a book contract; confirmation of applicant attendance at one of the talks, must complete post meeting questionnaires.

Take advantage of this incredible opportunity to refine your work with guidance from a leading University Press editor.