Michigan State University Press is the distinguished, scholarly publishing arm of historic Michigan State University, the original pioneer land-grant university. Located on a 5,200-acre campus, the university was founded in 1855 as Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C). Michigan State University Press traces its origins to 1947 when John Hannah, twelfth President of Michigan State College, recommended that Michigan State College Press be created. Hannah served from 1941 to 1969, with a tenure characterized by extensive growth of the University. Since its inception, Michigan State University Press has notably represented both scholarly publishing and the mission of Michigan State University in a worldwide arena with the publication of numerous award-winning books and scholarly journals.

Since its founding, the Press has had six directors: James H. Denison (1947-1955), G. Lyle Blair (1955-1980), Jean W. Busfield (1980-1987), Richard Chapin (1987-1990), Fredric C. Bohm (1990-2007), and Gabriel Dotto (2007-present).

Today, MSU Press publishes many new books annually plus ten scholarly journals across a wide variety of academic disciplines. MSU Press has won many international awards, including American Book Awards, Pushcart prizes, and Michigan Notable Book Awards. In addition, the Press distributes books in the United States for multiple Canadian publishers and is the sole North American distributor for books from the African Books Collective. Our mission is to be a catalyst for positive intellectual, social, and technological change through the publication of research and intellectual inquiry, making significant contributions to scholarship in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

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