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| Director |
Ivar Nelson took over direction of the EWU Press in summer 2004, after being Director of the University of Idaho Press for the previous five years. Ivar has a degree in Swedish history, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, a Foreign Service Officer in Swaziland and the United Nations, and a College Discovery teacher at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He co-founded the bookstore Bookpeople of Moscow, published Palouse Journal, and managed Solstice Press. He co-authored Mining Town (University of Washington Press) with his wife, Pat Hart. Their daughter Katrina is currently in Buenos Aires.
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| Managing Editor |
Born and largely raised in Canada, Pamela Holway did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley, where her focus was Sanskrit literature. Impressed by the wide array of job opportunities in her chosen field, she jettisoned her Ph.D. dissertation and fled into the world of publishing. In addition to working freelance, she has been a production editor at the University of California Press and at Stanford University Press, where she also served as managing editor. She joined Eastern Washington University Press in December 2005. Her principal interests include photography (which she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design), film, and graphic art, including book design and Web design. She also enjoys gardening and music, notably Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven, Philip Glass, and anything medieval. She lives in Spokane. |
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| Senior Editor |
| Christopher Howell has been publisher/editor of Lynx House Press, an independent, non-profit literary publisher, since 1975. He was the director of the university press and professor of English at Emporia State University from 1988 to 1996. Chris is the author of Light’s Ladder (2004) and six other collections of poems. He has won two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, the Washington State Governor’s Writers Award, and been in the Pushcart Prize anthology three times. Since 1996, he has taught in the graduate Creative Writing program at EWU, edited the Willow Springs literary journal, and directed the EWU Press. Chris lives in Spokane with his wife Barbara and son Evan. |
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| Sales and Publicity Manager |
| Stephen Meyer came to EWU Press in 2004 after four years as sales manager for the University of Idaho Press . For 26 years, Steve and his wife Janis were the co-owners of The Bookseller, a cultural institution in Coeur d'Alene , Idaho.. During that time, he was on the board of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and served on the CdA City Planning Commission. Steve has worked as a longshoreman, pinball mechanic, teamster, musician, surveyor, homebuilder, instrument maker, glass blower, and hardest of all, father of two daughters (both employed.) His hobbies include hiking, tractor wrenching, airplane building, photography, and travel. |
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| Operations Manager |
Born in Boston to devoted Red Sox fans, Jane Noonan grew up in New England and later studied the dismal science at a prominent western Junior University. She has worked in investments, consumer product marketing and academic research, and volunteered in a wide range of community organizations. She enjoys outdoor recreation and listens to Mozart and Dave Mallet. Since March 2006, she has been sorting out the administrative affairs of Eastern Washington University Press. Jane and her husband, Dave, share their North Spokane home with their teenage son and daughter, and guinea pigs El Cid and Nomar. |
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| Web Master and Get Lit! Assistant |
| Marty Maley brings to the EWU Press her enthusiasm for communication and the media. She is currently a Master’s in Public Administration graduate student at Eastern Washington University, with an undergraduate degree in Communication and Journalism from Central Washington University. With the ultimate goal of working in the non-profit sector, Marty has experience as a journalist, an editor and a web developer. She currently volunteers as the newsletter editor and grant coordinator for a small Portland based non-profit organization, where she holds a board of directors’ position. Previously, Marty spent three years as a docent with the Chimpanzee Human Communication Institute. In her free time she enjoys hiking, biking and kayaking. Marty lives in Spokane. |
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| Assistant Editor and Intern Coordinator |
Christine Nicolai is an MFA student studying fiction. |
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| Marketing and Publicity Assistant |
A Southern California transplant, Erin Dodge grew up as an avid reader and bookworm, while juggling time between competitive dance, softball and frequent family trips, boating on the Colorado River and off-roading on the Imperial sand dunes. She has taught English Composition at EWU, as well as creative writing to teens, elementary and middle school students, and spry senior citizens. Since August 2006, Erin has been an associate editor for StringTown Press. Currently an MFA candidate in fiction and studying for an MA in Publishing at EWU, she enjoys the dynamics of all four seasons in Spokane which are not fully experienced in milder climates. Erin now juggles her many activities around spending time with her husband, Mark, and their two-year-old daughter, Delani. |
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