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The{{Short '''University of Alabama Press''' was founded in 1945 and is the scholarly publishingdescription|Publishing arm of the [[University of Alabama]].}}
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| founder = James Benjamin McMillan
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| headquarters = [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
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The '''University of Alabama Press''' is a [[university press]] founded in 1945 and is the scholarly publishing arm of the [[University of Alabama]]. An Editorial[[editorial Boardboard]] composed of representatives from all doctoral degree granting public universities within Alabama oversees the publishing program. Projects are selected that support, extend, and preserve academic research. The Press also publishes books that foster an understanding of the history and culture of this state and region. The Press strives to publish works in a wide variety of formats such as print, electronic, and on-demand technologies to ensure that the works are widely available.
 
The University of Alabama Press publishes in a variety of subject areas, including [[anthropology]] and [[archeology]], biography and memoir, the [[Civil Rights movement]], fiction, food and [[agriculture]], gender and sexuality studies, the history of medicine, [[Judaism]] and [[Holocaust]] studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, [[language]] and [[linguistics]], law and legal studies, [[literary criticism]], military studies and military history, Native American studies, nature, religion, [[rhetoric]], and sports.<ref>{{cite web |title=AUPresses Subject Area Grid |url=https://aupresses.org/resources/aupresses-subject-area-grid/ |website=aupresses.org/ |publisher=The Association of University Presses |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
 
As the only academic publisher for the state of Alabama, The University of Alabama Press has alsoin fosteredthe past severalundertaken publishing partnerships with such institutions as the [[Birmingham Museum of Art;]] and [[Samford University;]], and The College of Agriculture, the [[Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art]], and the PebbleCaroline HillMarshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill<ref>{{cite web |title=Pebble Hill |url=https://cla.auburn.edu/cah/pebble-hill/ |website=Auburn University; andCollege of Liberal Arts |publisher=Auburn University |access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref> at [[Auburn University]]. It serves as the publisher of the [[Fiction Collective Two]] (FC2) imprint for experimental fiction.▼
 
==History==
[[File:James B. McMillan Building, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa.jpg|thumb|James B. McMillan Building houses the offices of UAP.<ref>{{cite web |title=James B. McMillan Building |url=https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1222#!m/324830?s/ |website=Interactive Map of the University of Alabama |publisher=University of Alabama |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>]]
The University of Alabama Press was founded in the fall of 1945 with J. B. McMillan as founding director. The Press’s first work was Roscoe Martin's ''New Horizons in Public Administration'', which appeared in February 1946. In 1964, the Press joined the [[Association of American University Presses]].
Today, as the scholarly publishing arm of The University of Alabama, the Press seeks to be an agent in the advancement of learning and the dissemination of knowledge. UAP applies the highest standards to all phases of publishing including acquisitions, editorial, design and production, and marketing. An Editorial Board of representatives from all doctoral degree granting public universities within Alabama oversees the publishing program. Projects are selected that support, extend, and preserve academic research. The Press also publishes books that foster an understanding of the history and culture of this state and region.
 
The University of Alabama Press was founded in the fall of 1945 with James Benjamin McMillan as founding director.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slowe |first1=Betty |title=LOOKING BACK |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20100412/looking-back |access-date=15 August 2021 |work=Tuscaloosa News |date=April 12, 2010 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=McMILLAN, JAMES BENJAMIN, 1907-1996 |url=https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=1754 |publisher=Alabama Authors |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> The Press's first work was [[Roscoe C. Martin]]'s ''New Horizons in Public Administration'', which appeared in February 1946. In 1964, the Press joined the organization now known as the [[Association of University Presses]].
The Press strives to publish works in a wide variety of formats such as print, electronic, and on-demand technologies to ensure that the works are widely available.
 
In January, 2023, the University of Alabama Press joined the University of Alabama Libraries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kirch |first1=Claire |title=J.D. Wilson Joins U of Alabama Press as Director |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4006 |website=PublishersWeekly.com/ |publisher=PWxyz, LLC. |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
The Press has won numerous awards for its publications over the years,{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} and has developed a solid list of titles in archaeology, public administration, and several areas of literature and history. With a staff of 17, the Press publishes between 80 and 90 books a year and has a backlist of approximately 1,350 titles.
▲As the only academic publisher for the state of Alabama, The University of Alabama Press has also fostered several publishing partnerships with such institutions as the Birmingham Museum of Art; Samford University; and The College of Agriculture, the Jule Collins Smith Museum, and the Pebble Hill Center for the Humanities at Auburn University; and serves as the publisher of the Fiction Collective Two (FC2) imprint for experimental fiction.
 
It was awarded the General Basil W. Duke Award from the [[Military Order of the Stars and Bars]] for its re-publication of [[Marcus B. Toney]]'s Civil War memoir, ''The Privations of a Private'', in 2006.<ref name="montgomeryadvertiserhistoryhonors">{{cite news|title=History Honors Given to UA Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261669051/?terms=%22Marcus%2BB.%2BToney%22|access-date=May 25, 2018|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|date=September 17, 2006|page=69|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration }}</ref>
==Editorial Board==
 
*Dr. [[Philip Beidler|Philip D. Beidler]], Professor of English, The University of Alabama
==Journals==
*Dr. Kathryn Holland Braund, Professor of History, Auburn University
The University of Alabama Press publishes ''[[Theatre History Studies]]'', the journal of the Mid-America Theatre Conference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Theatre History Studies — The MATC Journal |url=https://matc.us/theatre-history-studies-4/theatre-history-studies-the-matc-journal |website=MATC.com |publisher=Mid-America Theatre Conference |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> It also publishes ''Theatre Symposium'', an annual scholarly publication featuring papers presented at the annual two-day conference of the Southeastern Theatre Conference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Publications |url=https://setc.org/publications/ |website=SETC.org |publisher=The Southeastern Theatre Conference |access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref>
*Dr. Barbara Chotiner, Professor of Political Science, The University of Alabama
 
*Dr. Larry Clayton, Professor and Chair of the Department of History, The University of Alabama
 
*Dr. Ronald Dulek, John R. Miller Professor of Management, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama
==See also==
*Dr. Janis L. Edwards, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Alabama
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*Dr. [[Hank Lazer]], Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, The University of Alabama
* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
*Dr. Brian J. Martine, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
* [[List of university presses]]
*Dr. Pamela S. Murray, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Alabama at Birmingham
 
*Dr. Louis Pitschmann, Dean of University Libraries, The University of Alabama Library
==References==
*Dr. George Rable, Charles G. Summersell Professor of Southern History, The University of Alabama
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*Dr. Julia A. Cherry, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and New College, The University of Alabama
*Dr. Mattie Thomas, Professor and Chair, English and Foreign Languages, Alabama A&M University
*Dr. Greg A. Waselkov, Professor of Anthropology, University of South Alabama
 
==External links==
*[ {{Official website|http://www.uapress.ua.edu/ University of Alabama Press]}}
 
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