About

John McLeod (john_mcleod@unc.edu) is Director of the Office of Scholarly Publishing Services (OSPS) at the University of North Carolina Press. The OSPS was formed in August of 2015 to serve all seventeen schools in the University of North Carolina System by providing access to a range of sustainable, mission-driven publishing models and solutions. John was previously Assistant Director & Rights Manager at the University of Texas Press where he focused on intellectual property and oversaw the digital publishing program. John started his career in marketing, working on all aspects of book sales and promotion in previous positions at the University of Georgia Press, and at two trade publishers, Counterpoint Press and Algonquin Books.