About

Hilary Claggett is Senior Acquisitions Editor of Global Business and the Global Economy for Georgetown University Press. She has two decades of experience as a Senior Acquisitions Editor, having signed and published approximately 600 titles for the Quorum, Praeger, and Potomac imprints. In 2019 and 2020, Hilary was honored to serve as a judge in the undergraduate division of the Columbia Venture Challenge.  She has an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and a BA in Politics and Russian Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.  An avid runner since 2007, she has run nearly 200 races of varying distances, from 5K to 50K, including 15 marathons, but is currently taking a break to train her two Pembroke Welsh corgi puppies, Brando and Stella.

 

Georgetown University Press is based in Washington, DC, a vibrant nexus for business, government, and international relations that uniquely positions us to emphasize the global scope of these fields in our publishing program. Georgetown University, founded in 1789, includes the Walsh School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business, two highly ranked institutions that see business, politics, and public policy as intertwined. The press, founded in 1964, is poised to build upon its existing strengths in international affairs and security studies, world languages, and ethics.

 

The Global Business publishing program recognizes that global problems demand global solutions, and that the business sector is a prime player. We are particularly interested in the transformation of the global economy wrought by advances in artificial intelligence, automation and robotics (“future of work”); disruption of global supply chains; FinTech and digital currencies; the sharing economy; the gig economy; the underground economy; income inequality; and climate change and sustainability. All these subjects are held together by a recognition that business, politics, and international affairs are interrelated, and that global business exists not merely to generate revenue but also, sometimes, to serve society.

 

To learn more about the Press, register for our new series of ongoing live streamed interviews with Georgetown faculty and Press authors about their books—past, present, and prospective, Books for a Better World, at https://georgetownuniversitypress.tumblr.com/.