Richard Koffler, PhD, Senior Book Editor

Dr. Koffler brings over 30 years of distinguished editorial/publishing experience to the HPP, with a solid background in the social sciences and health care, among other disciplines. His academic career includes a BA from Yale University, an MA from New York University, and a PhD in comparative literature from Rutgers University; he subsequently held Fulbright and Old Dominion fellowships. Dr. Koffler taught at MIT, and then served as Program Officer for Publications at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dr. Koffler followed up his tenure as Vice President, Editorial, for Associate Faculty Press/Kraus with a brief stint as Executive Editor for Rowman & Littlefield, and a long and fruitful period as Executive Editor for Aldine de Gruyter, the American division of Walter de Gruyter of Berlin, Germany. He later joined the relatively new firm of Questia Media in Houston, Texas, as Director of Publisher Relations.

Dr. Koffler also held the position of Executive Director for the Association of American University Presses and served as a board member for the nonprofit educational organization.

More recently, Dr. Koffler joined The Haworth Press, Inc., as Senior Book Editor. Since Haworth was sold to the Taylor & Francis Group/Routledge, Dr. Koffler has been teaching humanities courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in addition to his position as Senior Book Editor with Harrington Park Press.