New York University Press

New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University.

History
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.

Directors

 * Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932
 * No director, 1932–1946
 * Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946–1952
 * Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957
 * Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958
 * William B. Harvey, 1958–1966
 * Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974
 * Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981
 * Colin Jones, 1981–1996
 * Niko Pfund, 1996–2000
 * Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014
 * Ellen Chodosh, 2014–present

Notable publications
Once best known for publishing The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman, NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as Convergence Culture (2007) by Henry Jenkins, The Rabbi's Wife (2006) by Shuly Schwartz, and The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2002). Other well-known names published by the press include Cary Nelson, Jonathon Hafetz, Samuel R. Delany, and Mark Denbeaux.