1869, Ep. 103 with Allegra Martschenko, CUP Acquisitions Assistant and Mellon Diversity Fellow

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/careers-and-internships/ Cornell University Press is proud to be a participant in the Andrew W. Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship Program which was developed in 2016 to help bring more diversity into academic publishing. The Fellowship Program actively works to address diversity issues by providing underrepresented individuals an opportunity to have real work experience in scholarly publishing and a network of peers and mentors to assist them in their professional development. We are excited to inform you that the new Mellon Diversity fellowship position at the Press is officially open for applications. This fourteen-month position, which begins June 1st is within the Cornell University Press acquisitions department where the Mellon Diversity Fellow will provide support to one or more Acquisitions Editors in acquiring scholarly books. The application deadline is midnight of March 14th, 2021. You can learn more information about this position by visiting the Careers and Internships page on our website – https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/careers-and-internships/ as well as listening to this episode as we’ll be speaking with our current Mellon Diversity Fellow at Cornell University Press Allegra Martschenko. Allegra Martschenko joined Cornell University Press in June 2020 as an acquisitions assistant. She has a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture with minors in Urban Studies and Creative Writing, so she’s always looking at the way space shapes people and stories. In her free time, she reads speculative fiction, writes novels, and builds architectural models (just for fun). We spoke with Allegra about how she heard about the position and what inspired her to apply, what are some of her favorite experiences at the Press so far, and the advice she would give to anyone who’s interested in applying. Transcript for podcast: https://otter.ai/u/rzDHOezOXRb6XDwafTU6uFcmaHI