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Meet the team

Paula Kennedy

Head of Publishing

Paula Kennedy has overall responsibility for the University of London Press and its strategy. She leads and manages the Press team and its collaborations with a range of publishing partners and other presses, particularly regarding open access publishing. She is also a co-founder and the Chair of the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA). Before moving to UoL Press in 2021, Paula worked for academic publishers including Palgrave Macmillan as the Global Head of Humanities (Scholarly Division) and Publisher for Literature and Theatre/Performance Studies, at the AHRC as Head of Creative Arts and Digital Humanities and as a freelance impact consultant for universities. Paula is a member of the Advisory Board for the ‘Open Book Futures’ project and a member of the OPERAS Open Access Books Network (OABN) Special Interest Group.

paula.kennedy@sas.ac.uk

Emma Gallon

Publisher

Emma is responsible for the commissioning and development of the Press’s books programme, across all subject areas in the humanities. She oversees the publication process from proposal to production, working closely with authors, editors and partners to publish high-quality scholarly books and build an impactful open access programme. With a background in research, academic publishing and open access, Emma held roles at Ashgate Publishing, Routledge, the University of Roehampton and Epigeum/Oxford University Press before joining UoL Press in 2021.

emma.gallon@sas.ac.uk

Tim Kapp

Production Manager

Tim oversees the production process for books, taking your work from edited manuscript to finished product. He has 25 years of book production experience, making a start at Palgrave Macmillan before moving on to a digital learning position at McGraw-Hill. After a second stint at Palgrave, he moved into a position at CABI which saw him transition from book production work to database and digital product management.

timothy.kapp@sas.ac.uk

Katharine Nelson

Sales and Marketing Manager

Katharine oversees the sales and marketing function at the Press. She works closely with our distributors to ensure our books reach the widest possible readership. Her background is in academic publishing, with marketing roles at Bloomsbury Academic and Palgrave Macmillan. She was previously Director of Marketing, EMEA at Lonely Planet, and Director of Sales, Marketing and Publicity at indie non-fiction publisher Canbury Press. She manages the Publications Officer.

katharine.nelson@sas.ac.uk

Sara Charles

Journals Manager

Sara is Co-Editor of Historical Research, the flagship journal from the Institute of Historical Research, published by OUP. She is also Managing Editor of the Journal of Romance Studies from the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Society, published by LUP. Sara trained as a librarian before moving into editing and previously worked on the Bibliography of British and Irish History.

sara.charles@sas.ac.uk

Amaan Hyder

Journals Manager

Amaan is responsible for managing SAS institute journals published by external publishers. He has a background in research, teaching and publishing, and has held roles at Sage, Springer Nature and Royal Holloway, University of London.

amaan.hyder@sas.ac.uk

Faridha Karim

Publications Officer

Faridha supports the Press team primarily with the marketing, sales and distribution of books, as well as general administrative tasks across other Press functions, including editorial and production. Faridha has spent several years coordinating community heritage projects across London. She was part of the Transforming Archives programme at the National Archives and worked as a Development Officer at the London Metropolitan Archives. She is currently completing her Masters in Library Science at City, University of London.

faridha.karim@sas.ac.uk

Natalia Fantetti

Editorial Assistant

Natalia provides editorial and production support for the UoL Press, aiding the development of books from commissioning to proofreading. She has a background in academic research, earning her PhD in 2024, and is forging an eclectic career between publishing and research that draws on her breadth of experience.

natalia.fantetti@sas.ac.uk

Internship opportunities

We usually run 1 or 2 short paid work experience placements each year, usually for 2-3 weeks of work each. One of these work experience placements is reserved for students based at the School of Advanced Studies, with the other placement open to anyone. These placements usually focus on particular projects to help the Press, and we ensure that people on the placements get training on the job and an opportunity to meet people across the publishing team to find out more about working in the publishing industry during their time with us. We advertise placements on our News page.