How to submit a manuscript proposal
to Duke University Press

Your proposal should include:
1) a cover letter, noting the anticipated length of the manuscript and the anticipated date of completion;
2) a prospectus (with chapter outlines);
3) a c.v.;
4) a sample chapter (if available);
5) essay abstracts (for edited collections).

Please submit your proposal to only one editor.

Please do not submit your complete manuscript until an editor has invited you to do so.

We request that you submit a printed copy of your proposal by mail. If you’d like to inquire about potential interest in your project, you may submit a short query by e-mail. Please do not submit full proposals electronically unless specifically asked to do so.

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Duke University Press
905 West Main Street, Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27701

Press Editors

Ken Wissoker, Editorial Director
kwiss@duke.edu
919-687-3648

areas of specialization: Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Lesbian and Gay Studies, Construction of Race, Gender and National Identity, Social Studies of Science, New Media, Literary Criticism, Film and Television, Popular Music, Visual Studies

Mandy Earley, Editorial Associate
919-687-3677

Leigh Barnwell, Editorial Associate
919-687-8012

J. Reynolds Smith, Executive Editor
j.smith@duke.edu
919-687-3637

areas of specialization: Literary Theory and History, Cultural Theory and Practice, Religion, American Studies, Latin American Studies, Asian Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology, Contemporary Music

Sharon Parks Torian, Editorial Associate
storian@dukeupress.edu
919-687-3632

Valerie Millholland, Senior Editor
vmill@duke.edu
919-687-3628

areas of specialization: Latin American History and Politics, European History and Politics, American History, Women’s History, Environmental Studies, Labor History, Political Science

Miriam Angress, Associate Editor
mangress@dukeupress.edu
919-687-3601

Courtney Berger, Editor
cberger@dukeupress.edu
919-687-3652

areas of specialization: Political Theory, Social Theory, Geography, Gender Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Film and Television, Cultural Studies of Food

Miriam Angress, Associate Editor
mangress@dukeupress.edu
919-687-3601

areas of specialization: Religion, Women’s Studies, World History, Humanities, Cultural Studies

 
             
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