GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2025: Conference videos and presentation slides are now available as resources on the conference website.
The goal of our conference is to create a community and foster conversations on ethical issues in publishing.
We have been intentional about including students and professionals as presenters and moderators.
Special thanks to Puja Telikicherla for co-organizing the conference, schedule, and co-hosting the event. We both found the caliber of presentations to be outstanding.
Our sincere thanks to Jessica Wilcox, MPS student, who co-organized this year’s conference; Jessica Hyland, CPS events manager, Dean Liesl Riddle, our entire CPS team, our sponsors, and all of our stellar presenters and moderators, who made this conference exceed our expectations.
One of the hallmarks of our conference, besides being free-of-charge, is publishing the videos and presentation slides for posterity, and to encourage future research on the topics.
We would also like to encourage all presenters and attendees to submit a paper to our GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing, an award winning, student-managed journal that is completely open access and free to publish.
GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2025
- October 9-10, 2025
- Abbreviated Schedule
- Full Schedule with Abstracts and Bios
- Videos and Presentation Slides
- YouTube Playlist of all Conference presentation videos
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- John W. Warren, Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Publishing, George Washington University
- Liesl Riddle, Ph.D., Dean, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University
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
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)
Keynote: Five Elements of Ethical Publishing
- Welcome: Puja Telikicherla, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and George Washington University
- Moderator: M. Luisa B. Simpson, Executive Vice President, Global Policy, Association of American Publishers
- Keynote: The Five Elements of Ethical Publishing
Christie Henry, Director, Princeton University Press
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
- Sean Concannon, Atypon, Simon Holt, Elsevier, Kyle Keane, University of Bristol, and Jennifer Kemp, Strategies for Open Science (Stratos)
Inclusive Publishing Strategies for Journal Staff and Prospective Authors
- Rachel Schrauben Yeates, Kennesaw State University
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
Friday, October 10, 2025
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)
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
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
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
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
Closing Remarks: John W. Warren
ORGANIZED AND 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 W:ilcox, 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)
Member News Release submitted by George Washington University on 11/03/2025.
