The University of Minnesota Press is a self-sustaining unit of the University of Minnesota, authorized and governed by Board of Regents Policy and guided editorially by a faculty committee, the All-University Committee on the Press, appointed by the Vice President for Research. Order books and explore useful information about UMP and its many books and series, journals, test division, catalogs, publicity and media, events, blog and other social media activities, editorial program, how to contact us, and much more.