Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome and Opening Remarks

John W. Warren, Director and Associate Professor, Publishing, George Washington University

John W. Warren is Director and Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Publishing, College of Professional Studies, at The George Washington University. He launched and directed the George Mason University Press; and was Marketing & Sales Director, Georgetown University Press; Director of Marketing, Publications, RAND Corporation; and Marketing Manager at Sage Publications and Fondo de Cultura Económica. He has a master’s degree in international management from the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, a frequent speaker at international publishing conferences, and author of several articles about the evolution of eBooks. He is a classical guitarist and composer, and a contributor to Classical Guitar and Acoustic Guitar magazines. He is founder and publisher of the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing, co-organizer of the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference, and founder and co-organizer of the Student Journal Symposium for Literary and Research Publications.