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.[2][3]
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.
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.[4]
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.[5]Eisenbrauns continues to publish as an imprint of the Press. In 2021, the Press launched the Graphic Mundi graphic novel imprint.[6]
ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples' Cultures, edited by Australian linguist Jakelin Troy[7][8] The first issue was published in 2017,[9] but as of 2023 appears to be archived.[10]
AMP: American Music Perspectives
The Arthur Miller Journal
Bishop–Lowell Studies
Bulletin for Biblical Research
Bustan: The Middle East Book Review
Calíope: Journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry
The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval Studies and Literary Criticism
Comedia Performance: Journal of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater