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  1. GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2025
  2. RSVP/Eventbrite
  3. 2025 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE • ABBREVIATED
    1. Schedule subject to change; all times listed EST
      1. Hosted by the Graduate Program in Publishing at the George Washington University
  4. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    1. 9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
    2. 9:15 am – Equity and Inclusion in Publishing
      1. Equity at the Editorial Table: Rethinking Board Policies for Inclusive, Ethical Publishing
      2. The Rhetoric of Hybrid Publishing: Negotiating Legitimacy and Stigma in the Modern Publishing Landscape
      3. The Primary Beneficiary: Equity in Publishing Internships
    3. 10:45 am – Ethics and Peer Review
      1. Ethics Over Optics: Reimagining Peer Review Reform for Lasting Change
      2. Beyond Compliance: Rooting Ethics in Peer Review for a Transformative Publishing Landscape
      3. The Challenges of Peer Review: An Ethical Approach
    4. 12:00 pm – LUNCH
    5. 1:30 pm – Keynote: Five Elements of Ethical Publishing
    6. 2:15 pm – Accessible and Inclusive Publishing
      1. A Case Study in Accessible Publishing: How One Library Publishing Program is Working to Embed Accessibility in their Workflows
      2. Accessibility in Publishing: Stakeholders and Impact
      3. Inclusive Publishing Strategies for Journal Staff and Prospective Authors
    7. 3:45 pm – Publishing for Diverse Audiences
      1. The AI Medium is The Message
      2. Book Indexing and Artificial Intelligence
      3. Ethical Collaboration: Strategies for Supporting Neurodivergent Authors
      4. Revenue, Region, and Racial Demographics: A Case Study of College Publishing Programs and Presses
    8. 5:00 pm – Closing Remarks – Day 1
    9. 5:15 pm - In-person Social Hour to follow conference; location TBA
  5. FRIDAY, October 10, 2025 (online only) | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    1. 11:00 am – Opening Remarks
    2. 11:10 am – Trust and Research Integrity
      1. Advancing Principles of Trust and Research Integrity
    3. 12:00 pm – Transparency and Access
      1. Class Stratification and Contracts
      2. Counting the Hands: Understanding Labor, Compensation, and Ethics in Library Publishing
      3. From Principles to Practice: The Implementation of the Revised Antiracism Toolkit for Allies in Scholarly Publishing
    4. 1:10 pm – break
    5. 1:30 pm – Reading and Censorship
      1. The Fight Against Book Bans: An Analysis of Issues and Solutions Surrounding Readership, Authorship, and the Publishing Business
      2. A Clue in the Blue-Bound Books: An Exploration into the Censorship and Gatekeeping of Historic Children’s Literature
      3. Choosing Not to Choose: The Ethics of Soft Censorship in U.S. School Library Collections
    6. 2:30 pm – Infrastructure and Workflows
      1. Tracking and tracing the scholarly record through metadata
      2. The Pros and Cons of the Peer Review Process in the Field of Academic Publishing
      3. Publishing Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
    7. 3:30 pm – Publishing for Diverse Audiences pt 2
      1. More than Fiction in English: Translating and Editing Different Languages
      2. Considering Accessible Text Formatting and Layout Design in Print Format Children’s Publishing
    8. 4:00 pm – Closing Remarks
      1. HOSTED BY:
      2. Conference co-organizers:
      3. SPONSORED BY:

GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2025

RSVP/Eventbrite

2025 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE • ABBREVIATED

Schedule subject to change; all times listed EST

See also Full Conference Schedule with Abstracts and Bios

Thursday, October 9, 2025

9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST

Hybrid Format—In-Person and Online Presenters and Attendees

GW Arlington Education Center

950 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203

Friday, October 10, 2025

11:00 am to 4:00 pm EST

Virtual: Online Presenters and Attendees

Hosted by the Graduate Program in Publishing at the George Washington University

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

GW Arlington Education Center

950 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203

9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks

Puja Telikicherla, Licensing and Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association

John W. Warren, Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Publishing, George Washington University

9:15 am – Equity and Inclusion in Publishing

Moderated by Yael Fitzpatrick, Gazelle Consultancy

Equity at the Editorial Table: Rethinking Board Policies for Inclusive, Ethical Publishing

Daniella Thoren and Jennifer Regala, Wolters Kluwer

The Rhetoric of Hybrid Publishing: Negotiating Legitimacy and Stigma in the Modern Publishing Landscape

Brittany Griffiths, DePaul University

The Primary Beneficiary: Equity in Publishing Internships

Jolie Hale and Dianne Wade, University of South Carolina Press

10:45 am – Ethics and Peer Review

Moderated by Tina Donnelly, Penguin Random House

Ethics Over Optics: Reimagining Peer Review Reform for Lasting Change

Maryam Sayab, Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE)

Beyond Compliance: Rooting Ethics in Peer Review for a Transformative Publishing Landscape

Ana Lewis, Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and Julia Mullen, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

The Challenges of Peer Review: An Ethical Approach

Richard Easby and Eleanor Smith, Alliance of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS)

12:00 pm – LUNCH

1:15 pm – Afternoon Welcome and Introduction

M. Luisa B. Simpson, Executive Vice President, Global Policy, Association of American Publishers

1:30 pm – Keynote: Five Elements of Ethical Publishing

Christie Henry, Director, Princeton University Press

2:15 pm – Accessible and Inclusive Publishing

Moderated by Anand Balasubramani, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

A Case Study in Accessible Publishing: How One Library Publishing Program is Working to Embed Accessibility in their Workflows

Angel Peterson, Penn State University Libraries

Accessibility in Publishing: Stakeholders and Impact

Simon Holt, Elsevier, Sean Concannon, Atypon, and Jennifer Kemp, Strategies for Open Science (Stratos)

Inclusive Publishing Strategies for Journal Staff and Prospective Authors

Rachel Schrauben Yeates, Kennesaw State University

3:45 pm – Publishing for Diverse Audiences

Moderated by Anna Jester, Wiley

The AI Medium is The Message

Christopher Kenneally

Book Indexing and Artificial Intelligence

Elizabeth Bartmess

Ethical Collaboration: Strategies for Supporting Neurodivergent Authors

Angela Lauria Kingdon, University of Kent, Autistic Culture Press

Revenue, Region, and Racial Demographics: A Case Study of College Publishing Programs and Presses

Mikayla Lee, MPS in Publishing, GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing

5:00 pm – Closing Remarks – Day 1

5:15 pm - In-person Social Hour to follow conference; location TBA

FRIDAY, October 10, 2025 (online only) | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

11:00 am – Opening Remarks

11:10 am – Trust and Research Integrity

Moderated by Jennifer Regala, Wolters Kluwer

Advancing Principles of Trust and Research Integrity

Melanie Dolechek, Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), and Caroline Sutton, International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM)

12:00 pm – Transparency and Access

Moderated by Kiriana McAffee, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

Class Stratification and Contracts

Gianna Mosser, Vanderbilt University Press

Counting the Hands: Understanding Labor, Compensation, and Ethics in Library Publishing

Melissa Chim, Excelsior University, Bailey Lake, Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Lauren Collister, Invest in Open Infrastructure, Michelle Brailey, University of Alberta, Miranda Phair, Towson University

From Principles to Practice: The Implementation of the Revised Antiracism Toolkit for Allies in Scholarly Publishing

Faye DeBroux, Duke University Press, Nataliia Kaliuzhna, Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Damita Snow, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Randy Townsend, George Washington University

1:10 pm – break

1:30 pm – Reading and Censorship

Moderated by Gwendolyn Harrison, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

The Fight Against Book Bans: An Analysis of Issues and Solutions Surrounding Readership, Authorship, and the Publishing Business

Ashley Elizalde, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

A Clue in the Blue-Bound Books: An Exploration into the Censorship and Gatekeeping of Historic Children’s Literature

Kyra Droog, Master of Publishing, Simon Fraser University

Choosing Not to Choose: The Ethics of Soft Censorship in U.S. School Library Collections

Myranda Lockwood, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

2:30 pm – Infrastructure and Workflows

Moderated by Hind Berji, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

Tracking and tracing the scholarly record through metadata

Danielle Padula, Scholastica; Alice Meadows, MoreBrains Cooperative

The Pros and Cons of the Peer Review Process in the Field of Academic Publishing

Philip J. Boutin, Jr., MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

Publishing Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Ashutosh Ghildiyal, Integra

3:30 pm – Publishing for Diverse Audiences pt 2

Moderated by Cecilia Gray, MPS in Publishing, George Washington University

More than Fiction in English: Translating and Editing Different Languages

Keila Gallardo Cubas

Considering Accessible Text Formatting and Layout Design in Print Format Children’s Publishing

Aurora Miner, Master in Book Publishing, Portland State University

4:00 pm – Closing Remarks

HOSTED BY:

The Graduate Program in Publishing, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University

Conference co-organizers:

Puja Telikicherla, Licensing and Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association

John W. Warren, Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Publishing, George Washington University

Jessica Wilcox, MPS in Publishing student, George Washington University

SPONSORED BY:

  • Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  • Association of University Presses (AUPresses)
  • Book Industry Study Group (BISG)
  • Council of Science Editors (CSE)
  • International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE)
  • Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)

AAP - Association of American Publishers

Association of University Presses

Book Industry Study Group (BISG)

Council of Science Editors

ISMTE

Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)

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