UCP News

Chicago’s new director announced

jacket imageGarrett P. Kiely has been named as the new Director of the University of Chicago Press. The news was released yesterday by the Office of the Provost.
Kiely is an academic publishing veteran and currently President of Palgrave Macmillan (formerly St. Martin’s Press Scholarly & Reference Division). He will begin his duties as director at Chicago on September 1. At Palgrave, Kiely previously served as both Sales and Marketing Director, and as Vice President of the Scholarly and Reference Division.
Kiely succeeds Paula Barker Duffy, who led the Press since 2000. Chris Heiser, Deputy Director of the Press, will serve as Interim Director, beginning July 1.