Mary Ann Kernan

Director, Publishing Studies MA

Centre for Creative Writing, Translation and Publishing

Email: Maryann.Kernan.1@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 0100
Twitter: @citypublishing

Overview

Mary Ann has been Director of the MA in Publishing Studies since 2006 having previously taught the Book Commissioning module. In her teaching, she draws on a long career as a successful commercial publisher as well as a variety of achievements as a consultant since 1991.

Early in her career, Mary Ann was a commissioning editor in academic and professional publishing with highly regarded lists in Geography, Psychology and Management. She was a Director of Methuen & Co Ltd and Deputy Publisher at Routledge. Since then, she has worked as a consultant in e-learning, publishing, training and product development.

In addition to the Course Director role at City, she currently teaches at Kingston University, and has taught previously for the School of Management, University of Surrey, the Open University and Middlesex University.

She also works as a consultant, both for commercial publishers and as a management training analyst, designer and deliverer. A 2008 project took her to India to advise HarperCollins' educational and reference divisions.

In early 2006, Mary Ann was awarded an MSc (with Distinction) in Research Methods from the University of Surrey. In 2008, she was one of three City University Technology Champions in recognition of her innovations in teaching, and visited India and China to meet with publishers and prospective students.

She is a member of the executive board for the University's Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice, launched in 2009, and is on the programme committee for the interdisciplinary Masters in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership.

Mary Ann was awarded one of three City University awards in 2009 for Enhancing Student Employability; and her recent conference papers include 'Enhancing Student Employability through an MA in Publishing Studies' at the 7th International Conference of the Book (October 2009).

Teaching

Modules 

JOM601 The World of the Book

JOM608 The Publishing Process

JOM609 Work Placement  

JOM610 Dissertation