University Press of America

University Press of America

Parent company	Rowman & Littlefield
Founded	1975
Founder	Raymond D. Fellers and Stanley D. Plotnick
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Lanham, Maryland, U.S.
Publication types	Academic books
Official website	www.univpress.com

University Press of America (UPA) is the former name of an American academic publishing company based in Lanham, Maryland, which became the parent company of Rowman & Littlefield publishing house, then was later re-introduced as the name of an imprint of "itself" after changing the name of the parent company.

Originally founded in 1975, as a standalone academic publisher, University Press of America purchased the Rowman & Littlefield publishing house in 1987. In 1998, University Press of America adopted the Rowman & Littlefield name as its own, ^{[1] [2]} while introducing the University Press of America name as an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, specializing in the publication of scholarly works. ^[3]

In 2024 Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Rowman & Littlefield. ^[4]

References

1. Streitfeld, David (September 13, 1998). "Book Report" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on August 27, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
2. McDowell, Edwin (November 27, 1989). "University Press, An Academic Publisher That Deals In Bulk" . The New York Times . p. D8. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024.
3. "University Press of America". Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012.
4. Arnold, Ginni (May 29, 2024). "Bloomsbury acquires Rowman & Littlefield Academic" . Retrieved February 16, 2025.