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<h1 align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:29.25pt"><span class="tinymce-placeholder"><span style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">Kelley
Squazzo Appointed Director of Project MUSE</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/9k5h8l/1akos12/1iaqhub" target="_self"><span style="color:#E8552D">Johns Hopkins University Press</span></a>
has appointed Kelley Squazzo as the new Director of Project MUSE, effective immediately. With 25 years of experience in scholarly and educational publishing, Kelley brings a dynamic vision, deep industry expertise, and an unwavering passion for digital innovation
in the humanities and social sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">Kelley has been central to Project MUSE’s expansion and transformation since 2018, most recently serving as Director of Library & Publisher Partnerships. In that role, she was instrumental
in the launch of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/9k5h8l/1akos12/hbbqhub" target="_blank"><span style="color:#E8552D">Subscribe to Open (S2O)</span></a>
</span></em>for journals and the expansion of<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/9k5h8l/1akos12/x3bqhub" target="_blank"><span style="color:#E8552D"> Spanish-language books from Latin American university presses</span></a>—demonstrating her commitment to equity,
global visibility, and innovation in scholarly publishing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">Her career includes key positions at Johns Hopkins University Press and Wolters Kluwer, where she successfully managed high-performing teams, initiated sustainable publishing models,
and championed digital transformation. Kelley is a tireless advocate for the humanities, and her strategic thinking, bold creativity, and collaborative leadership style make her ideally suited to lead MUSE into its next chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">Under Kelley’s leadership, Project MUSE will continue to expand its global impact, enhance user experiences with cutting-edge technology, and support scholarship that matters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">Please join us in congratulating Kelley Squazzo on this well-deserved promotion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">About Project MUSE</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62"><a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/9k5h8l/1akos12/dwcqhub" target="_blank"><span style="color:#E8552D">Project MUSE</span></a> has offered libraries
affordable access to essential humanities and social science research for nearly 30 years, as an integral part of the scholarly communications ecosystem and platform of choice for respected not-for-profit publishers. Currently, Project MUSE is the trusted
and reliable source for over 800 journals and over 100,000 books, from nearly 400 of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. MUSE also hosts thousands of open access books and several open access journal titles, freely available to
anyone worldwide. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">About Johns Hopkins University Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#254A62">At
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/9k5h8l/1akos12/p9eqhub" target="_blank"><span style="color:#E8552D">Hopkins Press</span></a> we publish trusted scholarship and connect people to evidence-based knowledge from leading experts, in alignment with Johns Hopkins
University’s mission to bring the benefits of discovery to the world. Our vision—that every person’s life be strengthened by knowledge—serves to energize us every day. Whether through our expansive book collection, broad catalog of scholarly journals, vast
and immersive aggregation of humanities and social sciences content with Project MUSE®, or book distribution and sales services via Hopkins Fulfillment Services, we embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and access as we strive to bring enhanced knowledge to
all. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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