University Press of Mississippi

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| headquarters = Jackson, Mississippi

| distribution = self-distributed (US)
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The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi),{{Cite web |title=About the Press |url=https://www.upress.state.ms.us/About-the-Press |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi}} making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.{{Cite book |last=Parsons |first=Paul |url= |title=Getting Published: The Acquisition Process at University Presses |date=1989 |publisher=University of Tennessee Press |isbn=0-87049-611-5 |edition= |location=Knoxville, TN |pages=25 |oclc=}}

A member of the Association of University Presses since 1976,{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=Association of University Presses}}{{cite book |title=The Association of American University Presses Directory 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Association of American University Presses |location=Washington, DC |isbn=9780945103356}} the University Press of Mississippi issues around 85 new books each year,{{Cite web |title=University Press of Mississippi |url=https://www.oah.org/meetings-events/oah20/virtual-exhibit-hall/university-press-of-mississippi/ |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=Organization of American Historians}} and as of 2022, it has published over 2000 titles.{{cite web |last1=Ownby |first1=Ted |title=Book Publishing |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/book-publishing/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |publisher=Center for the Study of Southern Culture |access-date=January 29, 2023|date=February 16, 2022}} The press is best known for its works pertaining to African American history, children's literature, pop culture media (e.g., film, television, and comic books), and regional studies.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Carl |title=UPM director: 'We publish to, for and about the people of Mississippi' |url=https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2022/10/upm-director-we-publish-and-about-people-mississippi |publisher=Mississippi State University |access-date=January 29, 2023 |date=2022}}