New York University Press
New York University Press is a university press that is part of New York University.History
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.Directors
- Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932
- no director, 1932–1946
- Jean B. Barr, 1946–1952
- Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957
- Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958
- William B. Harvey, 1958–1966
- Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974
- Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981
- Colin Jones, 1981–1996
- Niko Pfund, 1996–2000
- Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014
- Ellen Chodosh, 2014–present
Once best known for publishing The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman, NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins, The Rabbi's Wife by Shuly Schwartz, and The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. Other well-known names published by the press include Cary Nelson, Jonathon Hafetz, Samuel R. Delany, and Mark Denbeaux.
