Editorial, Design, and Production

A native of Lincoln and graduate of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, I first came to UNP as a freelance copyeditor. I joined the in-house staff in 2003, and in 2007 was named senior project editor and manager of the Editorial, Design, and Production Department. Every day in publishing is unique, just like every other day in publishing.

I joined UNP in the fall of 2018 after receiving a graduate certificate in publishing from the University of Denver. I am an alumna of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, with a BA in Spanish, and the University of Nebraska Omaha, with an MA in Spanish language teaching.

I graduated with a BA in English with a minor in sociology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in spring 2018, interned with the press just after that, and became the EDP editorial assistant in July of that same year. I am now an assistant project editor at UNP and looking forward to many more years in publishing. Someday I’ll finish writing a novel, but in the meantime I am creating polymer clay earrings and dreaming of getting a dog.

I’m an alumna of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where I studied English and political science. I received my BA in 2020 and joined UNP the following year. The books that interest me most tend to address topics such as sustainable agriculture, environmental policy, and political behavior.

I worked as a graphic designer in New York for ten years, and was graphic design director for Hixon Design Consultants from 1987 to 1991. I started at UNP in 1994 as marketing designer and Bison Books cover designer, added book-interior design in 2002, and became senior book designer in 2006.

I grew up in a small northeast Nebraska town. I received a degree in commercial art and have been a book designer at the Press since 1992. I have designed close to one thousand book covers and more than three hundred interiors, covering everything from military history to poetry.

I began book design work in 1999 with an internship learning from Richard Eckersley at the University of Nebraska Press. After studying abroad at the Santa Reparata Graphic Studio in Florence, Italy, I worked in advertising and newspapers from Denver to Vail to Los Angeles. I returned to Nebraska in 2009 to do what I always wanted: design books.

I joined the Press as a typesetter in 2013 and now serve on the design team. I have a MA in new arts journalism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Some of my favorite books published by UNP are from the American Transnationalism: Perspectives from the Sheldon Museum of Art series. My favorite color, in design and otherwise, is Pantone 2230 C.

In 2016 I received my BJ in English and advertising & public relations from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The following year I joined UNP. My favorite books include Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. I also really love succulents and currently own a Madagascar dragon tree.

I am originally from Colorado and am an alumna of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where I received both my BA and MA in English. I specialized in literary and cultural studies with an emphasis in nineteenth-century British literature. My thesis was focused on the author George Eliot and familial relationships in her life and fiction. I first joined UNP as an EDP and marketing intern in 2017, and then worked as a marketing assistant from 2018 to 2019. When I am not working with books I am usually outside or spending time with my cat, Boo.