Subjects: American history; Chicago and other regional publishing

Series: American Beginnings, 1500-1900; Chicago Visions and Revisions; Historical Studies of Urban America

I acquire trade and scholarly books in American history, including urban, economic, environmental, and political history. In addition, I acquire and commission nonfiction of all sorts related to the history, culture, and people of Chicago and its region.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, FIT NATION
Heather Hendershot, WHEN THE NEWS BROKE
Kathryn McGarr, CITY OF NEWSMEN
Wendy A. Woloson, CRAP: A HISTORY OF CHEAP STUFF IN AMERICA (NBCC finalist)
Kermit Roosevelt III, THE AMERICA THAT NEVER WAS
Edward H. Miller, A CONSPIRATORIAL LIFE
Lawrence Tabak, FOXCONNED
Destin Jenkins, THE BONDS OF INEQUALITY
Dr. David A. Ansell, THE DEATH GAP
Pamela Bannos, VIVIAN MAIER: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF A PHOTOGRAPHER
Andrew Hartman, A WAR FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICA

Jeremy Varon, NOT IN OUR NAME
John Kinder, THE ARK AND THE FLOOD
Joanna Dee Das, FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
David Alff, CORRIDOR
Neil Young, COMING OUT REPUBLICAN

I came to the Press in 2013. Previously, I held editorial positions at the American Planning Association, Random House Adult Trade, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Artforum/Bookforum, and Princeton University Press. I've also been a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation, the Museum of the City of New York, the Municipal Art Society, and other institutions. I hold a BA in English from Carleton College and a PhD in Geography from the University of Minnesota.