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The University of Scranton Press was the
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of the
University of Scranton The University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St. Thomas College. In 1938, the college was elevated to university status and took ...
, headquartered on its campus in
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. The press published more than 200 books and other publications between 1988 and 2010. The majority of the University of Scranton Press' catalog are scholarly works dealing with religious issues, such
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,
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and the
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tradition, as well as regional issues specifically related to
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. The University of Scranton Press published approximately 24 publications annually at its height.


History

The University of Scranton Press was founded in 1988 by Reverend Richard W. Rousseau, S.J., who served as the
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of the university's Department of
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and
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at the time. In the mid-1990s, Father Richard Rousseau hired Trinka Ravaioli, a
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, to design the covers for its publications. Ravaioli continued to design most of the covers for the books published by the University of Scranton Press from the mid-1990s until the press ceased publication in 2010. Approximately one-third of the press' books and other publications dealt directly with issues related to
Northeastern Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA or Nepa) is a region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton (the area's largest city), Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Ha ...
, including its
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, culture and
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. Many of the books were written or submitted by local authors and writers based in the region. Titles related to Catholicism, with an emphasis on Jesuit issues, constituted most of the rest of the press' catalog. The press was housed in the University of Scranton's Smurfit Art Center, a former Universalist church purchased by the university in 1987. The University of Scranton Press is a founding member of the Association of Jesuit University Presses, but was not a current member of the Association of American University Presses as of 2010. Some of the University of Scranton Press' most recent publications included a
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of
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and a book exploring the lives of early 20th Century European immigrant
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in
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.


Closure

The University of Scranton Press began declining the submission of new works in early 2010. In August 2010, the University of Scranton's provost and vice president for academic affairs, Harold Baillie, announced that the press would close at the end of summer 2010. Baillie cited cost-cutting measures and changing financial priorities for the decision to close the university's scholarly publisher, "Basically, it was a budgetary decision. We are a tuition-driven institution, and these are tough economic times...Our main priority is the education of our students, and that takes precedence in the distribution of our resources."


See also

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