Mary C. Francis

Director, University of Pennsylvania Press. Listener, reader, traveler; opinions my own.

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

We are hiring--@PennPress seeks a senior editor to join our stellar acquisitions team. Find the details and apply at https://t.co/KZ68WtpnyC
@PocPub @BookOutside @queerinpub @LatinxinPub @MinoritiesinPub @Womenpublishing @aupresses

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

So pleased to share the news that the remarkable @byjennytan will be stewarding the @PennPress Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern lists

[byjennytan.bsky.social @byjennytan]

I wrote a thing! On the controversy over signposting and “I argue that...”

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

Come work with my amazing colleagues in Philly! @PocPub @BookOutside @queerinpub @LatinxinPub @MinoritiesinPub @Womenpublishing @aupresses

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

Friends, Penn Press is hiring! We are looking for a Journals Managing Editor: https://t.co/Tn441Iz1rt and an Editorial Assistant for our Acquisitions team: https://t.co/D8Mx3IeOm5

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

@byjennytan Geminis rule. That’s the tweet.

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

@PennPress very proud to be part of this remarkable community, responding so much integrity and generosity to the 1776 Report #ReadUP

[no otro lado @marissajv]

PHILLY! Instead of scrolling an app or cable, there are two “count every vote/don’t let them steal the election” protests!

1pm at Independence Mall

5pm at City Hall

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

To hear more about Dr. Schroedel's remarkable work on voting rights, listen in on her conversation with @GigiBLamm hosted by our friends @Pennalumni: https://t.co/yXloZgOPaO

[Penn Press @PennPress]

Author Jean Reith Schroedel (VOTING IN INDIAN COUNTRY) has written a vitally important op-ed about Native American voting rights as we approach next week's election https://t.co/pK09M2yReT

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

@shegiles2010 @thunder_rhoda @alexcho47 @l_e_s @ineill So excited for you all—hope your engagement metrics are through the roof!

[redheadedreader...gone gray @GigiBLamm]

I wish all a happy and celebratory #IndigenousPeoplesDay2020
Relatedly, tomorrow, at 7pm ET, I will be moderating a virtual interview and Q&A on Native American voting rights with the author of this remarkable book.
It is open to the public! To register:
https://t.co/xYeChPh7XJ

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

ICYMI @kcarterjackson gave a thought-provoking talk supported by our @Pennalumni colleagues: catch up on her prize-winning work and check out up-coming Behind the Book with Penn Press talks: https://t.co/dIiUZTpwjy

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

A day well spent with @unrulymusic

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

Excited to announce a lunchtime presentation by Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson this Thursday on her prize-winning @PennPress book Force and Freedom: our partners are the amazing @Pennalumni team. Register today at:
https://t.co/dIiUZTpwjy

[The Pennsylvania Gazette @PennGazette]

New leadership—plus the pandemic and protests—are fueling change at the venerable @PennPress.
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It was just last September that @MaryCFrancis was named director. Then, in January, @walter_biggins was appointed editor in chief.
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👉 https://t.co/25Vt0lnvJg

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

@geminiz my favorite detail is the @riverwest24 t-shirt—Viva the People’s Holiday! Miss you two (three if Maggie acknowledges me)

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

Big thanks to our @PennGazette friends; it was fun to share ideas about new ways to serve the @Penn community, and recognize yet again how grateful I am to have @walter_biggins on our team.

[Penn Press @PennPress]

Don't miss this @PennGazette feature highlighting recent changes at Penn Press under the new leadership of director @MaryCFrancis and editor-in-chief @walter_biggins https://t.co/mkchOycLVV

[Penn Press @PennPress]

Congratulations to author @kcarterjackson, whose book FORCE AND FREEDOM has won the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic! https://t.co/2veESq2eWv

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

History Now https://t.co/KUYIZPXuQy

[Mary C. Francis @MaryCFrancis]

Just saw Philly Elmo and their amazing drum line posse on my street. Philly Elmo > random fireworks for damn sure.