Stanford University Press Employee Directory
Book and Periodical PublishingCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Stanford University Press is a scholarly publisher affiliated with Stanford University Libraries, operating within the book and periodical publishing industry. Founded in 1892, it releases about 130 new titles each year across the humanities, social sciences, law, and business, and maintains a catalog of more than 3,000 books in print. Its work centers on peer-reviewed scholarship intended to inform academic discourse and foster global and cross-cultural discussion, with distribution through physical and online retailers worldwide. As a division of Stanford University Libraries, the press sits within an academic research ecosystem and is a member of professional associations such as the Association of American University Presses and the Association of American Publishers. Based in Redwood City in the San Francisco Bay Area, the press serves researchers, educators, librarians, and general readers seeking credible scholarly works, and a 2025 collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched aims to coordinate library subscription services for select journals.