David Pecker Distinguished Professorship
The David J. Pecker Distinguished Professorship enables Pace University to recruit and invite chief executive officers of major publishing companies and other industry leaders to teach and lecture within the Master of Science in Publishing Program. The Professorship allows Pace publishing students to learn from the most successful, innovative, and influential people in the publishing world; deepens the connection between students and the industry; exposes students to the latest insights, innovations, and trends in the business; enhances the Program’s already-glowing reputation and allows it to compete both locally and nationally.
Book Banning Panel Recap
“It’s vitally important for kids to be able to see themselves in the pages, but it’s also vitally important for other kids to be able to see other people’s humanity and perspectives and history. That’s what we want” -Meg Medina On October 22nd, we had the honor to...
Book Banning Panel Announcement
We are excited to announce that the MS in Publishing program is scheduled to host the Distinguished Professor Lecture entitled “Book Banning” on October 22nd at 6PM. This will be an online event and an opportunity for students and faculty to learn more the state of...
Distinguished Professor Lecture’ 23 with Michael Pietsch
On Thursday, November 2nd, 2023, Micael Pietsch, the Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Book Group will address students at Pace University in a Zoom lecture entitled A Few Lessons I’ve Picked Up Along the Way. The event will take place from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. ...
John Sargent Returning for Spring ‘23 Lecture
The David Pecker Distinguished Professor for the 2022-2023 school year is back for his Spring 2023 lecture. John Sargent, the previous CEO of Macmillan and executive VP of the Holtzbrick Publishing Group, will return to campus on April 27th. He’s received both the...
Introducing our Distinguished Professor for 2022-2023
John Sargent, the previous CEO of Macmillan and Executive VP of the Holtzbrick Publishing Group, is a prominent figure in the publishing world. He won several awards for his commitment to protect publishers, authors, and intellectual property rights.
2021-2022 Distinguished Professor Lecture: Progressive Publishing in an Intolerant World
Progressive Publishing in an Intolerant World Virtual panel. Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 6:00PM to 7:30PM The world is at a crossroad. On the one hand significant progress has been made in terms of concepts like antiracism, equity, and privilege being recognized in the...
2021-2022 Distinguished Professor Lecture: Jason Low
Jason Low is a publisher and co-owner of LEE & LOW BOOKS, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the country. Joining LEE & LOW in 1997 as a web designer, Mr. Low became a publisher in 2004. Since then, he has presented on the importance of...
2020-2021 Distinguished Visiting Professors
Wade Hudson is president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publisher of books for children and young adults which he founded with his wife, Cheryl. His career as a writer spans more than three decades and has resulted in more than 30 published books for...
Fall 2019 Distinguished Professor Lecture
The lecture, titled Publishing: Past and Future, takes place on October 10, 2019. Sarnoff will cover a variety of themes related to the intersection of digital technology and publishing and how they’ve transformed the industry over the past few decades.
2019-2020 Distinguished Professor
The M.S in Publishing program is delighted to announce the 2019-2020 Distinguished Professor Richard Sarnoff