Gillian Berchowitz Is the New Leader of the Ohio University Press

Gillian Berchowitz was named director of the Ohio University Press. The Ohio University Press is the largest scholarly press in the state of Ohio. With a staff of 12, it publishes 50 titles a year and generates more than $1 million dollars in annual book sales. There are approximately 600 active titles in the Ohio University Press catalog.

Berchowitz has been with the press since 1988 and most recently served as editorial director. Berchowitz began her career with Oxford University Press in Johannesburg, South Africa. She then was sales manager for Raven Press, an antiapartheid scholarly and literary press.