Nicole Mitchell to Lead the University of Washington Press

Nicole Mitchell was named director of the University of Washington Press, effective in January. The University of Washington Press is housed within the university’s graduate school. Since 2000, Mitchell has been the director of the University of Georgia Press.

Mitchell began her career in 1983 at Cambridge University Press. In 1988, she was named an assistant editor of the University of Alabama Press. She was promoted to acquiring editor and was named director of the press in 1996. After 12 years at the University of Alabama, she was named director of the University of Georgia Press.