Washington State University (WSU) Press has announced the appointment of Linda Bathgate as Editor‑in‑Chief, starting September 3.
Replacing Robert A. Clark, who retired in January 2019, Bathgate comes to WSU Press after working for the University Press of Florida (UPF) in Gainesville, Florida, where she was Deputy Director and Editor‑in‑Chief. She has extensive editorial experience, including book and journal acquisitions, development, writing, technical editing, and project coordination.
At UPF, she acquired and developed trade and academic resources, including scholarly monographs in space history, gardening, and natural history. She also managed an acquisitions team with annual revenues of over $2 million and facilitated the expansion of their journals program from two to ten. Prior to her time at UPF, she served on the editorial staff at several publishing companies, including Routledge/Taylor & Francis, LLC, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
A non-profit academic publisher associated with WSU in Pullman, Wash., WSU Press concentrates on telling unique, focused stories of the Northwest.
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