1. July 29, 2010
To whom it may concern:
I’m pleased to write on behalf of Jane Rowden, who was an intern in the acquisitions department at the
University of Georgia Press in the spring and summer of 2010. Jane was among the strongest interns I’ve
worked with in twelve years as a scholarly editor, first at Routledge and then Georgia. She will, I’m
convinced, excel in whatever field she chooses to pursue.
Jane began her work with me as an unpaid intern helping out with the history and geography programs at
the press. I was so impressed with her work that I invited her to stay on another semester, this time as a
paid intern supporting our Mellon Foundation-funded Early American Places initiative. In the former
position, Jane undertook routine administrative work, including filing, mailing, and tracking projects.
She also researched potential peer reviewers, wrote drafts of memos to our editorial board describing
projects under consideration, and helped prepare manuscripts for turnover to our managing editor. Jane
worked with a variety of software, including the Filemaker database program and Microsoft Excel, and
was comfortable evaluating digital art provided by authors. I was particularly struck by her ability to
write clearly about specialized material.
When Jane switched over to working primarily in support of the Mellon grant, I asked her to build a large
database including contact information for virtually every scholar of Colonial history currently working in
the United States. This database has been enormously helpful to the press, and I’m indebted to Jane’s
fine work pulling it together. I also asked Jane to assemble a list of potential authors for the Early
American Places series by combing through the faculty at every institution of higher education in several
states – a massive job that Jane performed with thoroughness and good cheer.
At several points during Jane’s tenure at Georgia, I asked her to handle unusual and / or sensitive tasks.
One notable case involved doing primary research to shore up a manuscript’s incomplete citations when
the project’s author went missing in action. I’ve always trusted Jane to successfully undertake this kind
of work, and am very fortunate to have had her assistance over the past eight months.
Please don’t hesitate to be in touch if there’s anything more you’d like to know about Jane’s time at the
University of Georgia Press.
Best wishes,
Derek Krissoff
Senior acquisitions editor
706.369.6488
dkrissoff@ugapress.uga.edu