Michigan State University Press publishes scholarly books in African studies, animal studies, environmental and natural resources studies, higher education, Latinx history and contemporary issues, Michigan and Great Lakes history and politics, mimetic studies, Native American history and culture, rhetoric and communications, and general audience books on Great Lakes history, culture, and environment.
Acquisitions Editors
Press Director Elizabeth Demers
- Environmental history
- Great Lakes studies and regional history
- Native American and Indigenous studies, especially Anishinaabe history and culture
Senior Acquisitions Editor Judith Lakamper
- African studies
- African diaspora studies
- African American studies
- Animal studies
- Environmental studies
- Environmental and natural resources studies
- Rhetoric and communication, especially environmental and gender studies
The press also works with the series editors for American Indian Studies; Makwa Enewed imprint; Breakthroughs in Mimetic Theory; Environmental Studies of the Great Lakes; Latinos in the United States; Papers of the Algonquian Conference; Rhetoric of Power and Protest; Studies in Violence, Mimesis, and Culture; Transformations in Higher Education; US‒China Relations in the Age of Globalization; Wheelbarrow Books imprint; African Humanities and the Arts; African History and Culture; The Animal Turn; Environment, Health, and Well-being; and Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora.
We do not publish memoirs, Festschrifts, or unrevised dissertations. You can learn more about revising your dissertation by clicking here.
If you wish to submit to a series, please direct your inquiry to Judith Lakamper and, where applicable, a series editor. For a complete list of subject areas, series pages, and series editor information, visit https://msupress.org/series/.