Southern Illinois University Press

Southern Illinois University Press, founded in 1956, is a university press located in Carbondale, Illinois.

The press publishes approximately 50 titles annually, among its more than 1,200 titles currently in print.

Southern Illinois University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses.

Mission statement
The mission of Southern Illinois University Press is to disseminate knowledge by a diverse authorship for a global readership, to expand the University’s presence in ongoing scholarly dialogue, and to promote understanding of the region’s history and culture.

History
Southern Illinois University Press was founded by President Delyte Morris in the mid-1950s, and its first book—Charles E. Colby's A Pilot Study of Southern Illinois—was published on October 20, 1956. The Press has mounted a global mission, reaching out through all avenues of the worldwide network of scholarship to attract manuscripts from an international corps of authors. Throughout its existence, the Press has published an enviable mixture of solid younger scholars balanced by those with established reputations. Publishing primarily in the humanities and social sciences, it has made substantial contributions in a wide range of subject areas: art and architecture, classical studies, history (world and American), literary criticism, philosophy, religion, rhetoric and composition, speech communication, and theatre.

The Press has become especially well known for its publications in First Amendment Studies, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre, and Rhetoric and Composition, and for two exceptional multi-volume scholarly works: The Early, Middle, and Later Works of John Dewey, and The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. In addition, the Press has developed and maintained lists that celebrate and document the history and culture of southern Illinois, the state and the Midwest region. Press books can be found in libraries, bookstores, and homes throughout the U.S. and in many parts of the world, and they have been reviewed in international newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, and by broadcast and virtual media. In addition, Press books have won many awards over the years.

In recent years, Southern Illinois University Press has focused its list on a smaller number of areas of publication: American history (Civil War and Lincoln), aviation, botany, film studies, legal history, poetry, regional studies, rhetoric and composition, and theatre.

Main Areas of Print
Anthropology

Archaeology

Architecture

Art

Botany

Classical Studies

Communications

Composition

Criminology

Dance

Economics and Business

Education

Engineering

Fiction

Film Studies

History / American

History / Civil War

History / Regional

History / World

Law

Lincoln

Linguistics

Literacy

Literature

Media Studies

Medical Science

Music

Natural History / Midwestern

Philosophy

Poetry

Political Science

Popular Culture

Psychology

Reference

Regional

Religion

Rhetoric

Scandinavian Studies

Sociology

Sports / Baseball

Theatre / History

Theatre / Plays

Theatre / Stagecraft

Transportation

Authors
Dr. Larry A. Hickman