Meet with a Humanities Editor: Editor-in-Residence Program

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Flier for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s University Press Editor-in-Residence Program: an individual consultation with Leah Pennywark, Humanities Editor at the University of Minnesota Press. Applications are due Sunday, December 13, 2026, for consultations on February 23-24, 2027. Open to ladder faculty, adjuncts and lecturers, postdocs, and advanced graduate students. A QR code labeled “Scan to learn more and apply” links to the application. Logos of the Barbra Streisand Center and UCLA co-sponsoring units appear at the bottom.

The Editor-in-Residence Program gives members of the UCLA community the chance to meet one-on-one with an editor and get direct feedback on their book project. This year’s consultations are with Leah Pennywark, Humanities Editor at the University of Minnesota Press.

Applications due: Sunday December 13, 2026

Consultations: February 23–24, 2027

Apply for an Individual Consultation

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 events, 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 / Lecturers 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 events; must complete post-meeting questionnaires.

Apply for an Individual Consultation