More than 30 university presses and hundreds of authors are part of Path to Open, a new program that supports the publishing of open access scholarly monographs. The first 100 books will be released on JSTOR in the fall of 2023, with an additional 300 titles being published annually during the term of the pilot, 2024-2026.
The first 100 titles feature peer-reviewed monographs in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on works that bring forward diverse perspectives and ideas.
To help in identifying titles that would be most impactful for libraries and scholars, titles were selected that were associated to disciplines with the highest overall usage and were associated to the highest used search terms on JSTOR.
This process allowed for titles to be published from 33 presses who submitted titles in 2023 and across 36 JSTOR disciplines.
Path to Open books will be available DRM free with unlimited user access and integrated with other scholarly content on the JSTOR platform, including thousands of books, journals, and primary source collections.
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| Abraham Lincoln and the Bible: A Complete Compendium Author(s): Gordon Leidner Press: Southern Illinois University Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature; Religion |
| An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans, Revised and Updated Edition Author(s): Lydia Maria Child; edited by Carolyn Karcher Press: University of Massachusetts Press Discipline(s): African American Studies; Language & Literature |
| Apartheid’s Leviathan: Electricity and the Power of Technological Ambivalence Author(s): Faeeza Ballim Press: Ohio University Press Discipline(s): Sociology; Technology |
| As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American Identity Author(s): Jennifer Eastman Attebery Press: University of Wisconsin Press Discipline(s): Sociology; Folklore; Cultural Studies |
| Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution Author(s): Marlene L. Daut Press: University of North Carolina Press Discipline(s): Latin American Studies; History |
| Beyond Othering: A Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution in India and Pakistan Author(s): Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra and Seema Shekhawat Press: Syracuse University Press Discipline(s): Political Science; Peace & Conflict |
| Blood and Ink: The Barbary Archive in Early American Literary History Author(s): Jacob Crane Press: University of Massachusetts Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature; History |
| Book Anatomy: Body Politics and the Materiality of Indigenous Book History Author(s): Amy Gore Press: University of Massachusetts Press Discipline(s): American Indian Studies; Language & Literature |
| Cantonese Since the Nineteenth Century Author(s): Hung-nin Samuel Cheung Press: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press Discipline(s): Linguistics |
| Captivity’s Collections: Natural History and the British Transatlantic Slave Trade Author(s): Kathleen S. Murphy Press: University of North Carolina Press Discipline(s): History; Environmental Science |
| Central American Migrations in the Twenty-First Century Author(s): Mauricio Espinoza, Miroslava Rosales Vasquez, and Ignacio Sarmiento Press: University of Arizona Press Discipline(s): Population Studies; Sociology |
| Christan Colleges and Universities: An Empirical Guide Author(s): Perry L. Glanzer, Theodore L. Cockle, and Jessica Martin Press: ACU Press Discipline(s): Religion; Education |
| Composting Utopia: Experimental Infrastructures for Organics Recycling in New York City Author(s): Guy Schaffer Press: University of Massachusetts Press Discipline(s): Science & Technology Studies; Environment Studies |
| Continuous Pasts: Frictions of Memory in Postcolonial Africa Author(s): Sakiro Adebayo Press: University of Michigan Press Discipline(s): Sociology |
| Covid and…: How to Do Rhetoric in a Pandemic Author(s): Edited by Emily Winderman, Allison L. Rowland, and Jennifer Malkowski Press: Michigan State University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; Health Sciences |
| Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America Author(s): Peter Radan Press: University Press of Kansas Discipline(s): Law; Political Science |
| Cultural History of British Alternative Cabaret (1979-1991) Author(s): Ray Campbell Press: Liverpool University Press Discipline(s): Cultural Studies; History |
| Disrupting Colonial Pedagogies: Theories and Transgressions Author(s): Ford and Jaramillo Press: University of Illinois Press Discipline(s): African American Studies; Feminist & Women’s Studies |
| Ecologies of Imperialism Author(s): Brock Cutler Press: University of Nebraska Press Discipline(s): Environmental Studies; African Studies |
| Ethnicity, Identity, and Conceptualizing Community in Indian Ocean East Africa Author(s): Daren E. Ray Press: Ohio University Press Discipline(s): African Studies; Anthropology |
| Faking It: Victorian Documentary Novels Author(s): Ellen Stockstill Press: Clemson University Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature |
| Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism Author(s): Helen Dell Press: Manchester University Press Discipline(s): Music |
| Ferenczi Dialogues: On Trauma and Catastrophe Author(s): Raluca Soreanu, Jakob Staberg, and Jenny Willner Press: Leuven University Press Discipline(s): Psychology; Language & Literature; Cultural Studies |
| From Jesus to J-Setting: Religious and Sexual Fluidity among Young Black People Author(s): Sandra L. Barnes Press: University of Georgia Press Discipline(s): Religion; Sociology; Gender Studies |
| Genre Networks and Empire: Rhetoric in Early Imperial China Author(s): Xiaoye You Press: Southern Illinois University Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature; Communicaton Studies |
| Graceful Resistance: How Capoeiristas Use Their Art for Activism and Community Engagement Author(s): Griffith Press: University of Illinois Press Discipline(s): Anthropology; Performing Arts |
| Han Heroes and Yamato Warriors: Competing Masculinities in Chinese and Japanese War Cinema Author(s): Amanda Weiss Press: Hong Kong University Press Discipline(s): Film Studies; Asian Studies |
| Hillary Clinton’s Career in Speeches: The Promises and Perils of Women’s Rhetorical Adaptivity Author(s): Shawn J. Parry-Giles, David S. Kaufer, and Xizhen Cai Press: Michigan State University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; Political Science |
| Hong Kong Public and Squatter Housing: Geopolitics and Informality, 1963–1985 Author(s): Alan Smart and Fung Chi Keung Charles Press: Hong Kong University Press Discipline(s): Asian Studies; Developmental Studies; Political Science |
| Hottest of the Hotspots: The Rise of Eco-precarious Conservation Labor in Madagascar Author(s): Benjamin Neimark Press: University of Arizona Press Discipline(s): Development Studies; Sustainability |
| Imagining Musical Pasts: The Queer Literary Musicology of Vernon Lee, Rosa Newmarch, and Edward Prime-Stevenson Author(s): Kristin M. Franseen Press: Clemson University Press Discipline(s): Music |
| Influential Machines: The Rhetoric of Computational Performance Author(s): Miles C. Coleman Press: University of South Carolina Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; Technology |
| Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and Healing in New York City, 1845–1870 Author(s): Meredith Linn Press: The University of Tennessee Press Discipline(s): Public Health; Anthropology |
| J. A. Rogers: Selected Writings Author(s): Edited by Louis Parascandola Press: The University of Tennessee Press Discipline(s): African American Studies |
| Lacandón Maya in the Twenty-First Century: Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation in Mexico’s Tropical Rainforest Author(s): James D. Nations Press: University Press of Florida Discipline(s): Anthropology; Sustainability; Cultural Studies |
| Lagos Never Spoils: Nollywood and Nigerian City Life Author(s): Connor Ryan Press: University of Michigan Press Discipline(s): African Studies; Film Studies |
| Lieder in America: On Stages and In Parlors Author(s): Heather Anne Platt Press: University of Illinois Press Discipline(s): Music; History |
| Limiting Privilege: Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland Author(s): Agata Zysiak Press: Purdue University Press Discipline(s): Education; Political Science |
| Living Ceramics, Storied Ground: A History of African American Archaeology Author(s): Charles E. Orser Jr. Press: University Press of Florida Discipline(s): Archaeology; American Studies |
| Living Politics in the City: Architecture as Catalyst for Public Space Author(s): Marion Hohlfeldt; edited by Carmen Popescu Press: Leuven University Press Discipline(s): Urban Studies; Political Science |
| Local Government and Democracy in the United Kingdom Author(s): Neil Barnett and J. A. Chandler Press: Manchester University Press Discipline(s): Political Science; Public Policy & Administration |
| Mapping the Stars: Celebrity, Metonymy, and the Networked Politics of Identity Author(s): Claire Sisco King Press: The Ohio State University Press Discipline(s): Film studies; Communication Studies |
| Masculine Pregnancies: Modernist Conceptions of Creativity and Legitimacy, 1918-1939 Author(s): Aimee Armande Wilson Press: SUNY Press Discipline(s): Gender Studies |
| Maya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War Author(s): Christine Kray Press: University Press of Colorado Discipline(s): Anthropology; History |
| Middlebrow 2.0 and the Digital Affect: Online Reading Communities of the New Nigerian Novel Author(s): Hannah Pardey Press: Liverpool University Press Discipline(s): Cultural Studies; Language & Literature |
| Migrant World Making Author(s): Edited by Sergio Fernando Juárez, Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Michael Lechuga, and Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Press: Michigan State University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; Sociology |
| Monsters on Maple Street: The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream Author(s): David J. Brokaw Press: University Press of Kentucky Discipline(s): Film Studies; American Studies |
| Neobugarrón: Heteroflexibility, Neoliberalism, and Latin/o American Sexual Practice Author(s): Ramon Soto-Crespo Press: The Ohio State University Press Discipline(s): Anthropology; Gender Studies; Latin American Studies |
| New Deal Archaeology in the West Author(s): Edited by Kelly J. Pool and Mark L. Howe; Contributors: Darby C. Stapp and Robert R. Mierendorf, Nancy Mahoney, Danny N. Walker, Steven R. James, Todd W. Bostwick, Jeanne S. Stephens and Peter J. Pilles Jr., John D. Schelberg, Thomas C. Windes, and Carla R. Van West, Timothy K. Perttula, and Bernard K. Means Press: University of Utah Press Discipline(s): Archaeology; American Studies; History |
| Nuclear Decolonization: Indigenous Resistance to High-Level Nuclear Waste Siting Author(s): Danielle Endres Press: The Ohio State University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; American Indian Studies |
| On Music Theory and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone Author(s): Phil Ewell Press: University of Michigan Press Discipline(s): Music; African American Studies |
| Our Hidden Landscapes: Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Eastern North America Author(s): Lucianne Lavin and Elaine Thomas Press: University of Arizona Press Discipline(s): Anthropology; American Indian Studies |
| Our People Are Warlike: Civil War Pittsburgh and Home-Front Mobilization Author(s): Allen York Press: The University of Tennessee Press Discipline(s): History |
| Outcasting Armenians: Tanzimat of the Provinces Author(s): Talin Suciyan Press: Syracuse University Press Discipline(s): Middle East Studies; History |
| Paradoxes of Emancipation: Radical Imagination and Space in Neoliberal Greece Author(s): Dimitris Soudias Press: Syracuse University Press Discipline(s): Political Science |
| Phenomenology in an African Context: Contributions and Challenges Author(s): Edited by Abraham Olivier, M. John Lamola, and Justin Sands Press: SUNY Press Discipline(s): Philosophy |
| Power and Place: Preservation, Progress, and the Culture War over Land Author(s): Melinda Bollar Wagner Press: University Press of Kentucky Discipline(s): Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Economics |
| Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana Author(s): Lydia Pelot-Hobbs Press: University of North Carolina Press Discipline(s): Sociology; Criminology & Criminal Justice |
| Publishing Contemporary Foreign Poetry: Transnational Exchange in the Italian Publishing Field Author(s): Mila Milani Press: Liverpool University Press Discipline(s): Linguistics |
| Reclaiming Time: The Transformative Politics of Feminist Temporalities Author(s): Tanya Ann Kennedy Press: SUNY Press Discipline(s): Feminist & Women’s Studies; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies |
| Reconstructive Memory Work: Trauma, Witnessing and the Imagination in Writing by Female Descendants of Harkis Author(s): Clíona Hensey Press: Liverpool University Press Discipline(s): Cultural Studies; Ethnic Studies |
| Recovering Women’s Past: New Epistemologies, New Ventures Author(s): Severine Genleys-Kirk Press: University of Nebraska Press Discipline(s): Feminist & Women’s Studies; Gender Studies; History |
| Reimagining the Educated Citizen: Creole Pedagogies in the Transatlantic World: 1685-1896 Author(s): Petra Hendry Press: University of Michigan Press Discipline(s): History; Education |
| Remaking the World: Decolonization and the Cold War Author(s): Jessica Chapman Press: University Press of Kentucky Discipline(s): Peace & Conflict Studies; International Relations |
| Research as More Than Extraction: Knowledge Production and Gender-Based Violence in African Societies Author(s): Annie Bunting Press: Ohio University Press Discipline(s): Sociology; Gender Studies |
| Serial Mexico: Storytelling across Media, from Nationhood to Now Author(s): Amy E. Wright Press: Vanderbilt University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; Folklore |
| Sonic Strategies: Performing Mexico’s War on Drugs, Mourning, and Feminicide Author(s): Christina Baker Press: Vanderbilt University Press Discipline(s): Performing Arts |
| Southern Enclosure: Settler Colonialism and the Postwar Transformation of Mississippi Author(s): John H. Cable Press: University Press of Kansas Discipline(s): History; American Indian Studies |
| Staging Existence: Chekhov’s Tetralogy Author(s): Svetlana Evdokimova Press: University of Wisconsin Press Discipline(s): Performing Arts; Language & Literature |
| Stories of Our Living Ephemera: Storytelling Methodologies in the Archives of the Cherokee National Seminaries, 1846-1907 Author(s): Emily Legg Press: Utah State University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies; American Indian Studies |
| Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940 Author(s): Elizabeth O’Brien Press: University of North Carolina Press Discipline(s): Gender Studies; Latin American Studies; Public Health |
| The Cost of Voting in the American States Author(s): Michael J. Pomante II, Scot Schraufnagel, and Quan Li Press: University Press of Kansas Discipline(s): Political Science |
| The Coup and the Palm Trees: Agrarian Conflict and Political Power in Honduras Author(s): Andrés León Araya Press: University of Georgia Press Discipline(s): Peace & Conflict Studies; History |
| The Cretan Collection in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Volume III: Metal Objects from Gournia Author(s): Philip P. Betancourt, Susan C. Ferrence, and Alessandra Giumlia-Mair Press: INSTAP Academic Press Discipline(s): Archaeology; Anthropology |
| The End of the Future: Trauma, Memory, and Reconciliation in Peruvian Amazonia Author(s): Bartholomew Dean Press: Vanderbilt University Press Discipline(s): Peace & Conflict Studies |
| The Hispanic Faculty Experience: Opportunities for Growth and Retention in Christian Colleges and Universities Author(s): Benjamin Espinoza and Octavio Esqueda Press: ACU Press Discipline(s): Religion; Education |
| The Lost Texts of Confucius’ Grandson: Guodian, Zisi, and Beyond Author(s): Kuan-yun Huang Press: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature; Philosophy |
| The New Star Chamber and Other Essays: Annotated Edition Author(s): Edgar Lee Masters; edited by Jason Stacy Press: Southern Illinois University Press Discipline(s): Political Science; American Studies |
| The Race for America: Black Internationalism in the Age of Manifest Destiny Author(s): R. J. Boutelle Press: University of North Carolina Press Discipline(s): African American Studies; Language & Literature |
| The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century Author(s): Edited by Mauricio Espinoza and Jared List Press: University Press of Florida Discipline(s): Film Studies |
| The Souls of Jewish Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois, Anti-Semitism, and the Color Line Author(s): James M. Thomas Press: University of Georgia Press Discipline(s): Sociology |
| The Urgency of Indigenous Values Author(s): Philip P. Arnold Press: Syracuse University Press Discipline(s): American Indian Studies; Religion; Environmental Studies |
| The Visible Hands That Feed: Responsibility and Growth in the Food Sector Author(s): Ruzana Liburkina Press: University of Nebraska Press Discipline(s): Food Studies |
| The Vulnerability of Public Higher Education Author(s): Michael Bernard-Donals Press: The Ohio State University Press Discipline(s): Education; Communication Studies |
| Toward a Gameic World Author(s): Ben Whaley Press: University of Michigan Press Discipline(s): Cultural Studies; Technology |
| Transnational Families in Africa: Migrants and the role of Information Communication Technologies Author(s): Maria Marchetti-Mercer, Leslie Swartz, and Loretta Baldassar Press: Wits University Press Discipline(s): Technology; Sociology; Communication Studies |
| Tuberculosis Control and Institutional Change in Shanghai, 1911–2011 Author(s): Rachel S. Core Press: Hong Kong University Press Discipline(s): Public Health; Anthropology; Public Policy & Administration |
| Understanding Agatha Christie Author(s): Tison Pugh Press: University of South Carolina Press Discipline(s): Language & Literature |
| Uniting Against the Reich: The American Air War in Europe Author(s): Luke W. Truxal Press: University Press of Kentucky Discipline(s): Peace & Conflict Studies; History |
| Unsettling Agribusiness: Indigenous Protests and Land Conflict in Brazil Author(s): LaShandra Sullivan Press: University of Nebraska Press Discipline(s): Environmental Studies; Agriculture |
| Unsettling Archival Research: Engaging Critical, Communal, and Digital Archives Author(s): Edited by Gesa E. Kirsch, Romeo García, Caitlin Burns Allen, and Walker P. Smith Press: Southern Illinois University Press Discipline(s): Communication Studies |
| Unwilling to Quit: The Long Unwinding of American Involvement in Vietnam Author(s): David L. Prentice Press: University Press of Kentucky Discipline(s): Peace & Conflict Studies; Political Science |
| Urban Indigeneities: Being Indigenous in the Twenty-First Century Author(s): Edited by Dana Brablec and Andrew Canessa Press: University of Arizona Press Discipline(s): Development Studies; Anthropology |
| Violence and Inequality: An Archaeological History Author(s): Edited by Thomas Leppard and Sarah C. Murray Press: University Press of Colorado Discipline(s): Archaeology; Cultural Studies |
| Violence and the Mimetic Unconscious: Vol. 2 The Affective Hypothesis Author(s): Nidesh Lawtoo Press: Michigan State University Press Discipline(s): Philosophy |
| Violence and the Oedipal Unconscious: Vol. 1, The Catharsis Hypothesis Author(s): Nidesh Lawtoo Press: Michigan State University Press Discipline(s): Philosophy |
| Voices of Indigenuity Author(s): Michelle Montgomery Press: University Press of Colorado Discipline(s): Anthropology; Environmental Studies; American Indian Studies |
| Waterhouses: Landscapes, Housing, and the Making of Modern Lagos Author(s): Mark Duerksen Press: Ohio University Press Discipline(s): Architecture; Urban Studies |
| Womb Work: Womb-Centered Health Narratives as Reparative Praxis in Black Women’s Fiction Author(s): Belinda Monique Waller-Peterson Press: Clemson University Press Discipline(s): Feminist & Women’s Studies |
| Women, Nationalism, and Social Networks in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1848-1918 Author(s): Edited by Marta Verginella Press: Purdue University Press Discipline(s): Gender Studies; Political Science |
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