Penn State University Press


The Penn State University Press, also known as The Pennsylvania State University Press, is a non-profit publisher of scholarly books and journals. Established in 1956, it is the independent publishing branch of the Pennsylvania State University and is a division of the Penn State University Library system.
Penn State University Press publishes books and journals of interest to scholars and general audiences. As a part of a land-grant university with a mandate to serve the citizens of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it also specializes in works about Penn State University, Pennsylvania, and the mid-Atlantic region. The areas of scholarship the Press is best known for are art history, medieval studies, Latin American studies, rhetoric and communication, religious studies, and graphic medicine.
The press produces about 80 books a year and over 60 journals. The Press employs 25 to 30 people, and has several internship programs for Penn State students interested in a publishing career.

History

The first book published by Penn State University Press was Penn State Yankee: The Autobiography of Fred Lewis Pattee, the autobiography of a noted Penn State faculty member who was the first professor of American literature in the United States.
In 2016 the Press launched PSU Press Unlocked, an open-access platform featuring over 70 books and journals. The Press acquired academic publisher Eisenbrauns, which specializes in ancient Near East and biblical studies, in November 2017. Eisenbrauns continues to publish as an imprint of the Press. In 2021, the Press launched the Graphic Mundi graphic novel imprint.

Notable titles

The Hidden Life of Life: A Walk through the Reaches of Time by Elizabeth Marshall ThomasThe Noisy Renaissance: Sound, Architecture, and Florentine Urban Life by Niall AtkinsonGraphic Medicine Manifesto by MK Czerwiec, Ian Williams, Susan Merrill Squier, Michael J. Green, Kimberly R. Myers, and Scott T. SmithHenry James and American Painting by Colm Tóibín, Marc Simpson and Declan KielyMedieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James by Patrick MurphyField Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic by Bill RussellErnest Hemingway: A New Life by James M. Hutchisson
  • The English translation of The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti by Robert Thurman
  • The Novels of the Harlem Renaissance:Twelve Black Writers, 1923–1933 by Amritjit Singh

Journals

ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples' Cultures, edited by Australian linguist Jakelin Troy The first issue was published in 2017, but as of 2023 appears to be archived.AMP: American Music PerspectivesThe Arthur Miller JournalBishop–Lowell StudiesBulletin for Biblical ResearchBustan: The Middle East Book ReviewCalíope: Journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic PoetryThe Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary CriticismComedia Performance: Journal of the Association for Hispanic Classical TheaterComparative Literature StudiesThe Cormac McCarthy JournalCritical Philosophy of RaceDickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian FictionEcumenica: Performance and ReligionThe Edgar Allan Poe ReviewEdith Wharton ReviewThe Eugene O'Neill ReviewThe F. Scott Fitzgerald ReviewGeorge Eliot–George Henry Lewes StudiesGestalt ReviewThe Good Society: A Journal of Civic StudiesThe Harold Pinter Review: Essays on Contemporary DramaHiperboreeaHungarian Studies ReviewInterdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and TheoryInternational Journal of Persian LiteratureJournal for the Study of Paul and His LettersJournal of African DevelopmentJournal of Africana ReligionsJournal of Asia-Pacific Pop CultureThe Journal of Assessment and Institutional EffectivenessJournal of Austrian-American HistoryThe Journal of Ayn Rand StudiesJournal of Comparative PhilologyJournal of Development PerspectivesJournal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage StudiesJournal of General Education: A Curricular Commons of the Humanities and SciencesJournal of Information PolicyThe Journal of Jewish EthicsJournal of Medieval Religious CulturesJournal of Minority Achievement, Creativity, and LeadershipJournal of Modern Periodical StudiesJournal of Moravian HistoryJournal of Natural Resources Policy ResearchThe Journal of Nietzsche StudiesJournal of Posthuman Studies: Philosophy, Technology, MediaJournal of Speculative PhilosophyJournal of the Pennsylvania Academy of ScienceJournal of Theological InterpretationThe Journal of World ChristianityThe Korean Language in AmericaThe Langston Hughes ReviewLibraries: Culture, History, and SocietyThe Mark Twain AnnualMediterranean StudiesMilton StudiesNathaniel Hawthorne ReviewNineteenth Century StudiesPacific Coast PhilologyPennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic StudiesPhilosophia Africana: Analysis of Philosophy and Issues in Africa and the Black DiasporaPhilosophy & RhetoricPreternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the PreternaturalReception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, HistoryResources for American Literary StudySHAW: The Journal of Bernard Shaw StudiesSoundings: An Interdisciplinary JournalSteinbeck ReviewStudies in American HumorStudies in American Jewish LiteratureStudies in the American Short StoryStyleTheatre and Performance Notes and CounternotesThornton Wilder JournalTransformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and PedagogyTransportation JournalUtopian StudiesVictorians Institute JournalWesley and Methodist Studies
  • ''William Carlos Williams Review''