Tai Edwards and Farina King Receive 2022 AUPresses Stand UP Award

New York, NY, and Washington, DC—Historians Tai Edwards and Farina King are the recipients of this year’s Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses (AUPresses). Lisa Bayer, immediate past president of the Association and director of the University of Georgia Press, made the announcement yesterday during the AUPresses Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Plans are underway for a presentation ceremony later this year hosted by the University Press of Kansas, in whose defense Edwards and King stood up last year.

The Stand UP Award honors those who through their words and actions have done extraordinary work to support, defend, and celebrate the university press community. The award is intended to recognize advocates who stand up from within the communities that presses work with, speak to, and serve.

Professor Farina King (left), Professor Tai Edwards (right)