Schedule and Program for the 2024 Conference—Registration is free of charge.

Join us for 14th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference, which will be held as a hybrid conference on Thursday, October 10th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET (in person and virtual) and Friday, October 11, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm ET (virtual only).

We are expecting 500 attendees, including ~100 in person attendees, and 21 presentations from ~40 publishing and library professionals and students from Mexico, Colombia, UK, and the United States.

The Full Schedule is now available—see the abbreviated schedule below.

Registration for the GW Ethics in PublishingConference is free of charge.

RSVP for in-person or virtual attendance.

Organized and hosted by the George Washington University Graduate Program in Publishing, College of Professional Studies, in collaboration with the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing.

Conference sponsors:
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)

Additional sponsorship from Scholastica.

The GW Ethics in Publishing Conference is organized by Puja Telikicherla, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and John W. Warren, Director and Association Professor, Master of Professional Studies in Publishing, George Washington University. Ethics in Publishing Conference Assistant, Taylor Dent.

Attendance (in person and virtual) to the conference will be free-of-charge. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees, and a social hour will follow the conference. We look forward to seeing you, in-person or virtually!

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Abbreviated Schedule – See the Full Schedule and Program with Bios and Descriptions of all presentations

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2024 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

GW City View Room, Foggy Bottom Campus

Elliott School of International Affairs

1957 E Street NW Washington, DC 20052

And Virtual

9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks

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

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

9:15 am – In Other Words: Addressing Language and Multilingualism

Says Who?: Language Discrimination in Academic Publishing

Stella Sanchez, MPS in Publishing graduate, George Washington University; Assistant Managing Editor, Aerospace Medical Association

Networks and Collaborative Alliances Towards Latin America

Edgar García-Valencia, Veracruzana University

Does the Editor Need to be a Translator to Offer Quality Multilingual Content?

Laura Rodríguez Mejía, Independent Editor, Proofreader and Translator

10:30 am – Advancing Editorial Equity in Scholarly Publishing

Moderated by Jennifer Regala, Associate Director, Publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health

Toward Decolonizing Knowledge Production in Global Public Health: Efforts by a Global Health Peer Reviewed Journal

Sonia Abraham, MA, Scientific Editor, Global Health: Science and Practice

Natalie Culbertson, Managing Editor, Global Health: Science and Practice, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Peter Waiswa, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Makerere University, Uganda, and Karolinska Institute; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Global Health: Science and Practice

From Bias to Integrity: Fostering Equitable Science through Author Submission Guides and Policies

Steph Pollock, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Lead, American Psychological Association

Mia Ricci, Director of Publications Operations, American Geophysical Union

Cindy B. Veldhuis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Diversity in OA Publishing: What Does the Data Tell Us?

Casey Pickering, Director, Product Marketing, CCC

Increasing Diversity of Editorial Boards: A Literature Review and Case Study Analysis

Tammy Brodie, Editorial and Peer Review Coordinator, The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Elizabeth Brown, Editorial Coordinator, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

12:00 pm – Lunch

1:15 pm – Afternoon Welcome

Liesl Riddle, Ph.D., Dean, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University

1:30 pm – AI and Responsible Publishing

Moderated by Wendy Queen, Director, Project Muse

The Rights-Ethics Relationship in the Era of AI

Simone Taylor, Chief, Publishing, American Psychiatric Association

One Step Ahead: Proactive Versus Reactive Approaches to Avoiding Research Integrity Issues

Anna Jester, Director, Business Development, Wiley Partner Solutions

Jennifer Workman, Senior Business Development Manager, Wiley Partner Solutions

The Integrity Algorithm

Christopher Kenneally

2:30 pm – break

3:00 pm – From the Editor’s Desk

Moderated by Hind Berji, MPS in Publishing student; Managing Editor, GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing, George Washington University

How to Not Get Exploited as a Freelance Academic Editor

Bailey Harrington, freelance editor; part-time staff editor, Washington State University

From Funding to Publication: The Impact of the Geopolitical Landscape on Scholarly Communication

Andrew Bostjancic, Senior Manager Policy and External Affairs, Taylor & Francis Group

Nicko Goncharoff, Managing Director, Osmanthus Consulting

Ginny Herbert, Associate Publisher, Researcher Engagement and Experience, AIP Publishing

Protecting Their Innocence: Modifying Mature Content for Young Readers

Amy Hall, Amethyst Harbor, Inc.

Authenticity as Ethos: Why Diversity Alone Won’t Build Integrity in Publishing

Liliann Albelbaisi, Publicity Representative, Stirred Stories

Kelsea Johnson, Co-Founder, Stirred Stories

Redefining the Future of Peer Review: Black Stripe’s Community-Centered Practices and Their Impact on Open Access and Diverse Submissions

Mikayla Lee, MPS Publishing student, George Washington University

4:30 pm – Closing Remarks – Day 1

5:30 pm – In-person Social Hour to follow conference; location TBA

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2024 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – virtual only

11:00 am – Opening Remarks

11:15 am – Rethinking Peer Review

Moderated by Josephine E. Sciortino, Editorial Director, Canadian Science Publishing

Openness and the Ethics of Peer Engagement

Rebecca Kennison, Digital Content Editor, Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

AI in the Academic Context: Intellectual Property, Peer-reviewing and Editors’ challenges

Marco Giraldo Barreto, Editor in Chief, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano

12:30 pm – Collaborative Publishing

Advancing HBCU Scholarship, Diversifying Digital Publishing

Sara Jo Cohen, Editorial Director, University of Michigan Press

Clare Jones, Assistant Editor, Brown University Digital Publications

Diona E. Layden, Special Collections Librarian, Fisk University

La Tanya L. Reese Rogers, Associate Professor of Literature and Drama, Fisk University

Adventures in Digital Publishing: Opportunities, Challenges, Looking Ahead

Ana Maria Jimenez-Moreno, Acquisitions Editor, The Ohio State University Press

Allison Levy, Director, Brown University Digital Publications

Mae Velloso-Lyons, Associate Director, Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University

Why Publishers Should Invest in Libraries to Cultivate Lifelong Readers

Rachel Kahn, MPS, George Washington University; Co-founder, Words for Libraries

Leo Postovoit; Co-founder, Words for Libraries

2:00 pm – break

2:15 pm – Updates from the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing

Lois Jones, Peer Review Director, American Psychological Association; Editor-in-Chief, GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing

Student Committee Leads, GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing

2:30 pm – Building an Inclusive Scholarly Publishing Workforce

Building an Inclusive Scholarly Publishing Workforce: What we are learning from the Workplace Equity Survey

Maribel Gomez, MPS in Publishing Graduate, George Washington University, Publishing Inventory Associate, CCC

Camille Lemieux, Manager, Data Projects, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Springer Nature

Paige Wooden, Director of Publications, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

3:30 pm – Closing Remarks

The George Washington University Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program is soliciting papers for the Journal of Ethics in Publishing (GWJEP), a new, open access journal. The GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing welcomes articles, case studies, and conference presentations from scholars, students, and publishing professionals on topics including, but not limited to, diversity and inclusion, accessibility, peer review, open access, sustainability, publishing metrics, equity, and other aspects and issues of ethics in publishing. This online journal will be managed by students in the GW Publishing program. We envision publication of GWJEP commencing in Fall 2020.

We are soliciting papers from publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and publishing students, on topic areas such as:

Ways to ensure publishing is inclusive: in all its dimensions
Making sure diverse voices are part of the conversation about inclusion, equity, and accessibility
Work to ensure peer review, authorship, editing, publications metrics, etc., are equitable and free of bias
Can equitable, inclusive, and accessible publishing become a reality instead of a goal?
Institutional efforts to increase diversity, for example, within the Association of University Press (AUPresses), Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), and other publishing institutions.
Financial equity and sustainability, including institutional support, and access to research and publications, as ethical issues.
Accessibility as an ethical issue
How publishers can ensure publications are more accessible

Please share the Call for Papers, which is ongoing: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15fgxqJqkAIH3KZI6PVyU5k2v868aybpxYfCTZLqhGYs/edit

Alumni of and current students in the GW Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program are invited to present on their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects, including both “Making the World Better” projects and Case Studies.

Scholarly articles, case studies, and “Making the World Better” projects will generally be subject to peer review, unless invited. Peer review will generally comprise “Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author” peer review (wherein neither the author nor the reviewer know each other’s identity), but the journal may also experiment, with authors’ permission, in open peer review and alternative forms of peer review. Papers from underrepresented voices are especially encouraged.

GWJEP is being launched in conjunction with the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference (postponed to Fall 2020). Conference presentations as well as papers based on previously-presented material are also encouraged.

The GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing will accept four main categories of articles:

Scholarly articles and case studies presenting research about ethical issues in publishing
“Making the World Better” articles and projects that explore ways of contributing to communities, including local, regional, or global publishing communities or other communities on aspects of publishing, literacy, and so on.
Reviews of books, websites, digital projects, and other web resources with a focus or considerable aspect of ethics in publishing.
Conference presentations

Each submission should include:

The e-mail address of the primary author as well as names and e-mail addresses of other contributing authors.
A narrative biography of each author, of no more than 125 words.
A short abstract of your article of no more than 300 words.
The URL of the author’s personal home page, project or university department.
Article or presentation (as an attachment). Articles of 6,000 – 7,000 words are recommended, but shorter articles will also be considered.

GWJEP uses The Chicago Manual of Style for footnotes and references. All links to reference sources, examples, etc., should be checked twice. Hyperlinks to articles or other references should also include date of last reference (i.e. Accessed December 21, 2019).

Innovative forms of scholarship, such as video or audio recordings, podcasts, or narratives, are also encouraged.

The GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing also requires that all published articles meet basic digital accessibility standards for visual resources. Papers accepted for publication that include images, charts, videos, or other visual assets must include alt-text (or long descriptions) for each visual asset, as well as appropriate captions. For more information on the basic principles of describing visual resources for accessibility in arts and humanities publications, please visit Describing Visual Resources.org.