Jenny Keegan
@jennykeegan.bsky.social
Trade acquisitions editor at LSU Press (plus fan studies, Caribbean studies, & social justice issues in the South). Member of AUPresses Faculty Outreach Committee.
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Louisiana is rolling back legal safeguards for death row prisoners, limiting appeals and making it harder to challenge convictions. The changes will “make it much, much harder for lawyers for people on death row to keep them out of the execution chamber.”
The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
boltsmag.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Louisiana is rolling back legal safeguards for death row prisoners, limiting appeals and making it harder to challenge convictions. The changes will “make it much, much harder for lawyers for people on death row to keep them out of the execution chamber.”
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We are excited to be a part of the Ask UP program! Have you ever wondered why the University Press of Kansas only publishes in certain subjects? Or maybe how a series is made. We are happy to answer all your UP questions. Submit your questions here: ask.up.hcommons.org/host/. #AskUp
June 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We are excited to be a part of the Ask UP program! Have you ever wondered why the University Press of Kansas only publishes in certain subjects? Or maybe how a series is made. We are happy to answer all your UP questions. Submit your questions here: ask.up.hcommons.org/host/. #AskUp
would it be unprofesh to start a Secret Lives of Mormon Wives discussion thread in the #AUPresses2025 community board on Whova
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
would it be unprofesh to start a Secret Lives of Mormon Wives discussion thread in the #AUPresses2025 community board on Whova
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H-Net earned a 2025 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency! Keep up with our work using the link below:
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It will give you unlimited access. We rely on our profile to gather support; it enables funders and donors to find us and learn about our impact.
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It will give you unlimited access. We rely on our profile to gather support; it enables funders and donors to find us and learn about our impact.
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
H-Net earned a 2025 Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency! Keep up with our work using the link below:
app.candid.org/profile/6938...
It will give you unlimited access. We rely on our profile to gather support; it enables funders and donors to find us and learn about our impact.
app.candid.org/profile/6938...
It will give you unlimited access. We rely on our profile to gather support; it enables funders and donors to find us and learn about our impact.
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What is the role of a series editor? https://bit.ly/3ATouTY
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
May 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What is the role of a series editor? https://bit.ly/3ATouTY
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
oh what's that you say? the fantastic and amazing Wendy Gaudin in the New York Times explaining the Pope's Louisiana Creole ancestry? you should buy her book perhaps?
Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
oh what's that you say? the fantastic and amazing Wendy Gaudin in the New York Times explaining the Pope's Louisiana Creole ancestry? you should buy her book perhaps?
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@arl.org responds to the news about Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress.
Read our full statement: 🔗https://www.arl.org/news/arl-comments-on-the-dismissal-of-dr-carla-hayden-from-the-library-of-congress/
#ARLStatements #ARLUpdates @librarycongress.bsky.social
Read our full statement: 🔗https://www.arl.org/news/arl-comments-on-the-dismissal-of-dr-carla-hayden-from-the-library-of-congress/
#ARLStatements #ARLUpdates @librarycongress.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@arl.org responds to the news about Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress.
Read our full statement: 🔗https://www.arl.org/news/arl-comments-on-the-dismissal-of-dr-carla-hayden-from-the-library-of-congress/
#ARLStatements #ARLUpdates @librarycongress.bsky.social
Read our full statement: 🔗https://www.arl.org/news/arl-comments-on-the-dismissal-of-dr-carla-hayden-from-the-library-of-congress/
#ARLStatements #ARLUpdates @librarycongress.bsky.social
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Support for UBI comes from many different places and from people who do not usually work together, follow similar strategies, or adhere to similar ideologies.
The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
May 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Support for UBI comes from many different places and from people who do not usually work together, follow similar strategies, or adhere to similar ideologies.
my colleague Michelle Neustrom, a genius of design, has won SEVEN of these. SEVEN.
......SEVEN.
I'm so fortunate to be working with Michelle and with all of our incredible designers. They make my job as an acquisitions editors easy -- I just point to our books and authors are like "whoa."
......SEVEN.
I'm so fortunate to be working with Michelle and with all of our incredible designers. They make my job as an acquisitions editors easy -- I just point to our books and authors are like "whoa."
Introducing the 2025 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show: 115 examples of outstanding university press design from the past year.
Hearty congratulations to all design & production professionals whose works are honored here.
Read more & visit the virtual display: https://bit.ly/4iR61dI
Hearty congratulations to all design & production professionals whose works are honored here.
Read more & visit the virtual display: https://bit.ly/4iR61dI
May 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
my colleague Michelle Neustrom, a genius of design, has won SEVEN of these. SEVEN.
......SEVEN.
I'm so fortunate to be working with Michelle and with all of our incredible designers. They make my job as an acquisitions editors easy -- I just point to our books and authors are like "whoa."
......SEVEN.
I'm so fortunate to be working with Michelle and with all of our incredible designers. They make my job as an acquisitions editors easy -- I just point to our books and authors are like "whoa."
oh wow, this was awful to read. the phrase "after nine acquisitions editors departed the press" made me physically shudder. so sorry to pals in publishing who have dealt with this type of environment.
One takeaway of the HUP story is that it's been really, really hard to work at HUP for a number of yrs now. The director is the most Harvard to ever Harvard but ultimately it sounds like a ROUGH workplace, which is highly relatable for a lot of scholars, I think.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale | News | The Harvard Crimson
Since George T. Andreou ’87 became the press’s director in 2017, staff alleged — in interviews, union surveys, and letters to Harvard officials — that he belittled employees and mismanaged the publish...
www.thecrimson.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
oh wow, this was awful to read. the phrase "after nine acquisitions editors departed the press" made me physically shudder. so sorry to pals in publishing who have dealt with this type of environment.
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AUPresses joins @aacu.org & hundreds of higher ed leaders to speak against the unprecedented government overreach now endangering the advance of research-based knowledge.
We call for a return to constructive engagement between government & civil society for the common good. https://bit.ly/4i69BkJ
We call for a return to constructive engagement between government & civil society for the common good. https://bit.ly/4i69BkJ
Responding to the Current Political Moment in the United States - Association of University Presses
AUPresses resolves to speak out - on behalf of our member presses and in concert with the wide scholarly community - about the very real threats to knowledge and scholarship posed by the current flood of US federal government policy mandates.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AUPresses joins @aacu.org & hundreds of higher ed leaders to speak against the unprecedented government overreach now endangering the advance of research-based knowledge.
We call for a return to constructive engagement between government & civil society for the common good. https://bit.ly/4i69BkJ
We call for a return to constructive engagement between government & civil society for the common good. https://bit.ly/4i69BkJ
Bolts is an incredible resource. So happy this exists.
Did you know Bolts has a *state-by-state* guide to all state supreme courts?? Not just how justices are selected, and what powers they have...
... but also what we know about the composition of each court!
It's all crucial to know right now, so bookmark: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
... but also what we know about the composition of each court!
It's all crucial to know right now, so bookmark: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
April 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Bolts is an incredible resource. So happy this exists.
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Let’s see EBSCO respond to this emergency the way many publishers did during COVID: make the databases free to users in Mississippi.
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Let’s see EBSCO respond to this emergency the way many publishers did during COVID: make the databases free to users in Mississippi.
this is a targeted strike against the publishing industry
April 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is a targeted strike against the publishing industry
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Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change.
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
grist.org/arts-culture...
#Indigenous #Music #HeavyMetal #Bands #Culture
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
grist.org/arts-culture...
#Indigenous #Music #HeavyMetal #Bands #Culture
Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
grist.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change.
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
grist.org/arts-culture...
#Indigenous #Music #HeavyMetal #Bands #Culture
Indigenous bands have always been part of metal, creating a place for musicians and fans to channel anger and find community.
grist.org/arts-culture...
#Indigenous #Music #HeavyMetal #Bands #Culture
Mike the Tiger would prefer not to.
March 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Mike the Tiger would prefer not to.
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Why does my publisher want to change the title of my book? https://bit.ly/3lP8jCO
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
March 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why does my publisher want to change the title of my book? https://bit.ly/3lP8jCO
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site.
Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
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This project is special to me because it was one I wanted to do as editor-in-chief of The Reveille. We put in several public records requests, but right when we did, LSU decided it would start charging student media for records again and we couldn’t afford to continue investigating.
#LSU’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry goes way back. What started as a simple business transaction in the early 20th century, money for the mineral rights to LSU land, has grown over nearly a century into a full blown-partnership #lalege #lagov
Fueling Knowledge: LSU’s ties to oil and gas stretch back to the 1930s • Louisiana Illuminator
This is part one of a two-part investigative series about the long-held relationship between the fossil fuel industry and LSU and was reported in partnership with WWNO, WRKF and Floodlight. You can li...
lailluminator.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This project is special to me because it was one I wanted to do as editor-in-chief of The Reveille. We put in several public records requests, but right when we did, LSU decided it would start charging student media for records again and we couldn’t afford to continue investigating.
oh nooooo this is so cute
The University of Wisconsin Press is delighted to reveal our new logo and redesigned website!
Read the full announcement: tinyurl.com/y573haz6
To celebrate, almost all our print books and all new journal subscriptions will be 30% off with code NEWUWP through May 10, 2025!
Read the full announcement: tinyurl.com/y573haz6
To celebrate, almost all our print books and all new journal subscriptions will be 30% off with code NEWUWP through May 10, 2025!
March 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
oh nooooo this is so cute
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Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social . #AHAOnline 🗃️
Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public
YouTube video by American Historical Association
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March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social . #AHAOnline 🗃️
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next PAGES Book Club meeting
March 20, noon ET
the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman
if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 20, noon ET
the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman
if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
next PAGES Book Club meeting
March 20, noon ET
the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman
if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 20, noon ET
the book: Meet Me at the Library: A Place to Foster Social Connection and Promote Democracy, by Shamichael Hallman
if you want to join, you are welcome! register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
honestly can't wait for this. I love hearing from my UP colleagues. also I get lots of book recommendations when the conference is virtual.
"did you go into publishing just to get a constant stream of book recommendations from book people" NO YOU DID
"did you go into publishing just to get a constant stream of book recommendations from book people" NO YOU DID
Save the date for our flagship community event: the AUPresses 2025 Virtual Annual Meeting #aupresses25 will take place online June 9-12.
Look for a preliminary program in February, with registration opening in March, and plan to attend, no matter where you are! https://bit.ly/4gUj4eJ
Look for a preliminary program in February, with registration opening in March, and plan to attend, no matter where you are! https://bit.ly/4gUj4eJ
February 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
honestly can't wait for this. I love hearing from my UP colleagues. also I get lots of book recommendations when the conference is virtual.
"did you go into publishing just to get a constant stream of book recommendations from book people" NO YOU DID
"did you go into publishing just to get a constant stream of book recommendations from book people" NO YOU DID
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On this 3rd annniversary of Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine, our community’s resources for understanding the region & this brutal war continue to offer much-needed knowledge & context. https://bit.ly/3kcAg6R #ReadUP
AUPresses Gathers Resources for Understanding Russia's Invasion of Ukraine - Association of University Presses
Some essential reading from our member presses and their expert authors, for all who seek to understand the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On this 3rd annniversary of Russia’s horrific invasion of Ukraine, our community’s resources for understanding the region & this brutal war continue to offer much-needed knowledge & context. https://bit.ly/3kcAg6R #ReadUP
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From whiskey distilleries to film studios, homeless shelters to hotels, former jail and prison sites are turned into a variety of adaptive reuse projects.
But in St. Louis, formerly incarcerated organizers were determined to chart a different course.
boltsmag.org/st-loui...
But in St. Louis, formerly incarcerated organizers were determined to chart a different course.
boltsmag.org/st-loui...
How Do You Repurpose a Closed Jail? Competing Visions Clash in St. Louis
The closure of an infamous jail kicked off a process for community members to imagine what should come next. St. Louis city leaders heard them out, but also made their own plans.
boltsmag.org
February 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
From whiskey distilleries to film studios, homeless shelters to hotels, former jail and prison sites are turned into a variety of adaptive reuse projects.
But in St. Louis, formerly incarcerated organizers were determined to chart a different course.
boltsmag.org/st-loui...
But in St. Louis, formerly incarcerated organizers were determined to chart a different course.
boltsmag.org/st-loui...
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This is a write up about my beloved Aunt Elsie (my grandma's sister) who was Black History embodied! Happy Black History Month to Aunt Elsie and everyone else! You continue to inspire me. <3
#everymonthisblackhistorymonth
#everymonthisblackhistorymonth
February 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is a write up about my beloved Aunt Elsie (my grandma's sister) who was Black History embodied! Happy Black History Month to Aunt Elsie and everyone else! You continue to inspire me. <3
#everymonthisblackhistorymonth
#everymonthisblackhistorymonth