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Niko Pfund, OUP’s academic and trade publisher, answers a frequent question – how do you decide what to publish, and what not to publish? Oxford has a rigorous review process through which we vet all prospective publications. If you e-mail a proposal to an OUP editor, here’s what happens…
Today we have the honor of having Niko Pfund, publisher-extraordinaire, answer some questions he is often asked. Be sure to check back tomorrow to see part two of this series. Having worked at both a midsized press (NYU) and the world’s largest university press (OUP), and with experience as both an editor and a manager, […]
Mark McNeilly criticizes civic knowledge of American citizens.
To celebrate the publication of the AANB we asked Dr. Marybeth Gasman to contribute to the OUPblog.
Ben celebrates Geography Awareness Week!
If you increasingly feel that information about your life is taking on a life of its own; collected, monitored, and transmitted by interests outside your control—you’re probably not paranoid. A recent story tells of a school in England, that’s experimenting with electronic tracking of its pupils.
Over the past century, researchers have studied business entrepreneurs extensively. They have analyzed their orientation to action, to risk, and to growth; they have explored the entrepreneur’s “personal value orientation” and “internal locus of control” and searched for clues to explain change.
An excerpt from The Complete Writing Guide to NIH Behavioral Science Grants.
Philip Davis is back!
D. Michael Lindsay looks at the changes in faith on campus.
Below Philip Davis, author of Bernard Malamud: A Writer’s Life, combines science with literature to convince us to read out loud more often.
Philip Davis’s second blog.
Author Philip Davis begins his blog.
Evan Schnittman sings the praises of CafeScribe.
Advice to help you get your teenager out of bed.
When should you allow your child to stay home from school?