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Writing a book might be a solitary endeavor, but publishing one is definitely not. If you have any questions about the Teaching Press, please reach out to us! We can help with questions about internships, working with us, where to buy our books and publishing advice. Even if you just want to talk about writing, contact us! We live and breathe books.

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Professor Rebecca Meacham

The Teaching Press at UW-Green Bay started as a proposal by Professor Rebecca Meacham, a Professor of Humanities, English, Writing, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Funded in 2017 by then-Dean Scott Furlong, the Press launched in 2019 with its first book.

Professor Meacham’s vision for the press is to connect UW-Green Bay students to the larger communities of NE Wisconsin through high-impact, hands-on, authentic professional experience. Along the way, she hopes to enable students to graduate with a portfolio of publications they’ve directed, gleaning professional expertise adaptable to any business environment.

Plus, she just really, really loves books.

As an author, Dr. Meacham’s story collection, Let’s Do, won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction from UNT Press. was a Barnes & Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection, was a finalist for both the Paterson Fiction Prize and the ForeWord Book of the Year, and earned a 2005 Wisconsin Library Award for Outstanding Achievement. Her flash fiction collection, Morbid Curiosities, won the New Delta Review Chapbook Contest. Her prose has been set to music, translated into Polish, and carved into woodblocks and letter-pressed by steamroller. Read more about her writing here.

A native Ohioan, Dr. Meacham holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati.

In addition to directing The Teaching Press, Professor Meacham founded and directs the UW-System’s only BFA in Writing, co-chairs the English department and advises the undergrads who produce the international journal of the arts, Sheepshead Review. She is a past co-organizer of Green Bay's UntitledTown Festival, and current co-organizer of Door County Reads Fest. She also directs UW-Green Bay's partnership with TimeSlips, an international organization dedicated to co-creative storytelling with elders and caregivers. Her teaching and community collaborations have been recognized by both university and city-wide awards.

Meet the Interns

Since the Teaching Press works as an internship at UW-Green Bay, the staff tends to cycle through each semester. At times, staff doesn’t change much. Other times there is a whole new group of students that have to learn how everything works. However, there is one person who always stays consistent, and that is the current director and head of the Press, Professor Rebecca Meacham.

Spring 2022

Samantha Myers Press Manager
Samantha Myers
Press Manager

Majors: Writing and Applied Arts BFA, English (Creative Writing) BA

Teaching Press experience: Client Engagement Lead, Copy Writing, Marketing Manager, Project Manager for Call Me Morgue.

Samantha Vondrum Creative Co-Director
Samantha Vondrum
Creative Co-Director

Majors: English (Creative Writing) BA, Writing & Applied Arts BFA, Design Arts BA

Teaching Press experience: Editor, Designer, Project Lead for The Diary of Homes McGee: A Great Lakes Summer Vacation.

Kori Koehler Creative Co-Director
Kori Koehler
Creative Co-Director

Major: Design Arts BA, Minor: Studio Arts

Teaching Press experience: Book Designer for The Green Bay Way, Design Layout Editor for The Golden Age of Brown County Enterprise.

Shianne Draganowski Marketing Director
Shianne Draganowski
Marketing Director

Major: Writing & Applied Arts BFA

Teaching Press experience: Chief Copyeditor for The Golden Age of Brown County Enterprise.

Tabatha Zwicky Publicity Director
Tabatha Zwicky
Publicity Director

Major: English BA

Teaching Press experience: Copyediting Lead, Communications Lead, Project Manager for The Diary of Homes McGee: A Great Lakes Summer Vacation

Sarah Joslin Client Engagement
Sarah Joslin
Client Engagement

Major: Writing and Applied Arts BFA

Teaching Press experience: Operations, Copyediting, Marketing

Bruce Kong Chief Copyeditor
Bruce Kong
Chief Copyeditor

Major: Writing and Applied Arts BFA

Teaching Press experience: Copyeditor, Press Release Writer

Lydia Downey Project Manager for Call Me Morgue
Lydia Downey
Project Manager for Call Me Morgue

Major: Digital and Public Humanities, Writing & Applied Arts BFA

Ali Juul Book Designer & Illustrator for Call Me Morgue
Ali Juul
Book Designer & Illustrator for Call Me Morgue

Graduate, Writing & Applied Arts BFA 2021

Teaching Press experience: Copyeditor, Book Design, Developmental Editing

Cassidy MacArthur Operations and Development
Cassidy MacArthur
Operations and Development

Major: Writing and Applied Arts BFA

Mindy Mensen Operations and Development
Mindy Mensen
Operations and Development

Major: Writing and Applied Arts BFA