Date:
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Location:
Niles Gallery
Speaker(s) / Presenter(s):
Dr. Mike McGrath, Editor-in-Chief of Juan de la Cuesta, Georgia Southern University
Since 2008, Dr. McGrath has been the editor of Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs,one of
the foremost publishers of Hispanic literary, linguistic, and cultural studies in the world. Under Dr.
McGrath’s editorial guidance, Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs has published over 50 books
by leading scholars in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and England. In this workshop,
Dr. McGrath will talk about several topics, including his editorial duties and experiences, editorship
as a career option, the personal traits of a successful editor, what publishers do, and how to prepare a
successful manuscript proposal.