For many years, academic publishing was considered a man’s world. But a cursory read through the spring 2016 university press catalogues suggests that while gender disparities still exist, they are shrinking. Are manuscripts by female scholars garnering the same consideration as those of their male counterparts? What impediments are preventing women from producing books? And if the publish-or-perish mantra still holds true, what does that imbalance mean for women?
ILLUSTRATION BY KATIE CAREY
Many academic publishers across the country express their awareness of these issues, but also note the many complexities that underpin the problem. There are no easy fixes, it seems.