Shef Rogers
Election
Position
Name
Shef Rogers
Candidate statement
Shef Rogers. Associate Professor in English, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ.
I first attended SHARP in 1994 and have attended increasingly frequently ever since. I joined the Board of Directors of SHARP in 2014 and was appointed Chair of the Board in 2016. I was elected Vice-President in 2017 and became President by appointment after last year’s conference. My research interests focus on eighteenth-century British book publishing and New Zealand book history. I edit Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and NZ and co-direct the University of Otago Centre for the Book with Dr. Donald Kerr.
As President, I have overseen the recent revision of the Constitution. Over the next two years, I will work with the EC to refine governance policies further and to establish investment and endowment structures for the Society. I aim to continue the recent emphasis on internationalisation and to re-establish a newsletter to sustain SHARP’s proud tradition of collegiality and to encourage wider involvement in all aspects of the Society’s work.
I first attended SHARP in 1994 and have attended increasingly frequently ever since. I joined the Board of Directors of SHARP in 2014 and was appointed Chair of the Board in 2016. I was elected Vice-President in 2017 and became President by appointment after last year’s conference. My research interests focus on eighteenth-century British book publishing and New Zealand book history. I edit Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and NZ and co-direct the University of Otago Centre for the Book with Dr. Donald Kerr.
As President, I have overseen the recent revision of the Constitution. Over the next two years, I will work with the EC to refine governance policies further and to establish investment and endowment structures for the Society. I aim to continue the recent emphasis on internationalisation and to re-establish a newsletter to sustain SHARP’s proud tradition of collegiality and to encourage wider involvement in all aspects of the Society’s work.