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| Sue Berger Ramin | |
Effective July 1, Sue Berger Ramin is joining Brandeis University Press as director, a newly created position. She was formerly associate publisher at David R. Godine, Publisher, and earlier worked at Penguin Books as v-p of film and TV publishing, and at Macmillan Press in academic and humanities publishing. She also taught as an adjunct professor in the Publishing and Writing Masters Program at Emerson College.
Brandeis University Press was founded more than 45 years ago and was a long-time member of the University Press of New England. When the consortium dissolved last year, Brandeis remained committed to maintaining and growing the publishing program. Last November, Brandeis University Press established a partnership with the University of Chicago Press's Chicago Distribution Center for the distribution, marketing and sales of new and existing titles.
"We are so pleased that Sue Berger Ramin will be joining us as the inaugural director of Brandeis University Press," said Brandeis University Provost Lisa Lynch. "BUP is an important part of our institutional mission and I look forward to Sue's leadership to build our portfolio to even greater prominence and impact."
"I'm very excited to be joining Brandeis University Press at this important moment in time," Ramin said. "Brandeis is an outstanding university that is so well-respected both nationally and internationally and I am honored to be entrusted with continuing its tradition of excellent publishing and taking it into the future. At a time when the written word is coming under siege, it is significant that Brandeis has chosen to make a commitment to its press."
The Press has more than 300 titles in print, and the majority of its publishing is in its eight series: the Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life; the Hadassah Brandeis Institute Series on Jewish Women; Schusterman Series in Israel Studies; Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry; Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought; Brandeis Series on Gender, Culture, Religion, and Law; Mandel Lectures in the Humanities; and the Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures (sponsored by the Historical Society of Israel).