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New director of UNT Press named
Ronald Chrisman, acquisitions editor for the University of Oklahoma Press, has been named director of the UNT Press. His appointment is effective Sept. 1.
Chrisman replaces Frances Vick, who has served as director of the UNT Press since helping to establish it in 1987. Vick is retiring from the university.
UNT Press books generally focus on history, Texana, Western Americana, multicultural topics and women's issues. More than 25 publications have won regional and national awards, including awards from the Texas Historical Commission, the New York Public Library, the American Library Association, the Military Book Club and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Chrisman says he is looking forward to expanding the press's offerings as its new director.
"I would like it to publish more quality books that are tied to the university's strengths, particularly military history," he says. "It's a small press, but we can really build on teamwork. It's a good fit for me."
Chrisman began his career in publishing at the Syracuse University Press, where he served as assistant acquisitions editor from 1988 to 1993 before going to work for the University of Oklahoma Press.
In 1997, he began an initiative to acquire new books and reprints in military history. He bolstered the University of Oklahoma Press' list of books with several classic works in military history and also began a series to publish books that combined traditional campaign narratives or biographies of leaders with the findings of new military history. The series, "Campaigns and Commanders," currently has more than a dozen books in progress, including two under contract.
Chrisman is a member of the Society for Military History and was chair of a session on scholarly publishing at the 1998 Western Historical Association conference.
He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He received his master's degree in social science, with an emphasis in U.S. history, military history and international law, from Syracuse University.
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