We are pleased to introduce the marketing team for International Law at Oxford University Press. Cailin, Jo, Erin, Jeni, Kathleen, and Ciara work with journals, online reference, and books which are key resources for students, scholars, and practitioners worldwide. The OUP portfolio in international law covers international criminal law, international human rights law, international economic and trade law, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, diplomacy, law of territory and statehood, law of the sea, criminal and transitional justice, history of international law, dispute settlement, foreign investment law, and more. Get to know more about the team below and continue following developments from the OUP International Law marketing team on Twitter and Facebook.
Cailin Deery
What is your role in OUP’s International Law department?
I am the Marketing Manager of OUP’s international law journals and the leader of our social media strategy group.
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
I was studying literature and sociolinguistics at NC State University with the distant dream of working in publishing as a lexicographer. Thankfully, I had the good fortune to find myself in publishing much earlier than expected – a week after graduation – in Journals Marketing (undoubtedly a better fit for me!). I moved to the United Kingdom four years ago.
Who is your international law inspiration?
I am privileged to work with many inspiring international law academics through my journal editorial boards, so it’s difficult to choose one. I was very fortunate to know and work with Antonio Cassese on the Journal of International Criminal Justice, and he continues to be an inspiration.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
Working with the international law group is truly among the most exciting projects I’ve been a part of at OUP. Working with the editorial boards of new journal launches is also very enjoyable and rewarding, whether the journal is brand new, such as the London Review of International Law or Journal of Law and the Biosciences – or in its early age – such as Journal of International Dispute Settlement or International Journal of Transitional Justice.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Absorbing, collaborative, and forward-looking.
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
Nothing too strange at the moment, though I do have my desk covered with pictures and cards and have a mini lunchtime library accumulating.
What are you reading right now?
I’m finishing Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon, Kim’s memoir of her life leading up to the formation of Sonic Youth through their last show, and spent some of Saturday afternoon dipping into Susan Sontag’s On Photography essays.
Jo Wojtkowski
What is your role in OUP’s International Law department?
I am the Assistant Marketing Manager for the US Law Division. I work specifically on end-user marketing for our books and online products.
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
Before moving to the United States, I worked for OUP in our UK office, as a Senior Sales Executive and Account Manager for the law department. Prior to OUP, I was a Welfare Manager at an International English Language School based in Oxford, UK.
Who is your international law inspiration?
M. Cherif Bassiouni, often referred to by the media as “The Godfather of International Criminal Law” and a “war crimes expert.” Professor Bassiouni has been appointed to 22 United Nations positions including Chair and then member of the Commission of Inquiry for Libya, and Independent Expert on Human Rights for Afghanistan. He has served as a consultant to the US Department of State and Department of Justice on projects relating to international traffic of drugs, international control of terrorism, the defence of the US hostages in Iran, governance and democracy projects in the Middle East and North Africa, and the future of the Iraqi justice system.
Among the many distinctions, awards and medals he has received are the Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize (1999); Hague Prize for International Law (2007); World Peace Through Law Award (2010); United Nations Association’s Adlai E. Stevenson Award (1993); and Stockholm Human Rights Award (2013).
I had the pleasure of working with Professor Bassiouni on the release of the Sixth Edition of International Extradition: United States Law and Practice.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
The launch of our International Law Twitter channel: @OUPIntLaw. We started the account back in September 2013, and we now have over 3,000 followers. This was a real collaborative effort, involving many members of the marketing, editorial, and social media departments. Social media is still a relatively new area, so it was exciting to be one of the founding members of this channel.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Collaborative, creative, diverse.
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
A stone-carved trinket box, in the shape of the African continent. One of the countries secretly opens the box. I will not tell you which one…but it begins with K!
What are you reading right now?
The New York Times #1 bestseller, The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. I have a four-month-old daughter and this is a bedtime story favorite in our house.
Erin Fegely
What is your role in OUP’s International Law team?
I am a Product Marketer and Brand Manager for a range of Oxford’s digital resources including the family of products on Oxford Public International Law.
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
I started at Oxford directly after graduating from Pennsylvania State University where I double-majored in Public Relations and International Studies with a French minor.
Who is your international law inspiration?
Although not technically a lawyer, I would be remiss not mention our own John Louth, Editor in Chief of Academic Law here at OUP. He is certainly one of my favourite individuals to brainstorm with! Outside of this, there is no one person that I would like to recognize, but I am always drawn to anything in the field of Human Rights and myself take a large interest in the work done to raise awareness of modern day slavery and human trafficking.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
One of my favourite projects that I have been a part of since I started at OUP was the relaunch of Oxford Handbooks Online in the fall of 2012. We completely altered the publishing model and updated all site functionality. It was the first major relaunch I was able to manage and involved a lot of branding work and innovative digital marketing tools, including our first (and award-winning) digital brochure.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Central communication hub
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
A strongly scented geranium (the ‘flavor’ is Attar of Rose) that I am trying very hard to keep alive!
What are you reading right now?
Depending on my mood, I am currently switching between The Circle by Dave Eggers; Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair; and Nicholas Kristof’s A Path Appears.
Jeni Payne
What is your role in OUP’s International Law department?
I am the Marketing Manager of UK books for the International Law team.
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
After graduating from Lincoln University with a degree in Journalism and Media, my first job was at OUP as a Marketing Assistant. In 2003 I left to work at Blackwell Publishing where I worked on their nursing products, but five years ago, the opportunity to come back to work at OUP came up and I jumped at the chance.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
To be honest, it is working with the International Law team. It is great to be able to work so closely with colleagues in different departments and countries, and to be part of a team that has the same goals and visions.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Busy, diverse, and challenging
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
A half-chewed bike pedal that had to be replaced after my dog mistook it for a dog toy!
What are you reading right now?
I am re-reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, which is one of my all-time favourite books.
Kathleen Sargeant
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
Prior to joining the International Law team at OUP, I was studying English Literature and Modern History at the University of St Andrews.
Who is your international law inspiration?
My international law inspiration is Leora Bilsky, Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University. I find her study of Israeli political trials, and of the Adolf Eichmann trial in particular, fascinating. My MA dissertation considered the role of eyewitness testimony in different aspects of Holocaust studies, and I continue to be captivated by the part that witnesses play in international criminal tribunals.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
I’ve been very lucky to have been involved in the creation and promotion of a number of themed article collections since joining the International Law team. The most exciting of these for me was a collection created in recognition of Human Rights Day 2014. This collection was so interesting because the articles we included covered many aspects of human rights law, and I was given the opportunity to work with some very talented authors during the process.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Creative, varied, challenging
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
I am a huge fan of a decorated desk, and so mine is engulfed in weirdness. But the strangest item currently nestled amongst my myriad of postcards – and one photograph of Michael Redgrave – is a crooked blue elephant that I crocheted a while back. His name is Napoleon.
What are you reading right now?
I find it difficult to focus on one book at a time, probably because, as a student, I was often wading through volumes of poetry, alongside textbooks on the history of medicine, and the complete works of Bertolt Brecht. I am currently reading Sarah Waters’ new novel The Paying Guests, with regular breaks for My Swordhand is Singing (an old favourite) by Marcus Sedgwick.
Ciara O’Connor
What is your role in OUP’s International Law department?
I’m a marketing associate for the US law division.
What was your background before you started working at OUP?
This is my first job after graduating from college in 2013. I previously interned with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and at a law firm doing marketing and copywriting.
Who is your international law inspiration?
Yasmine Akbaba, one of my political science professors in college who got me interested in international relations during my freshman year and advised my senior seminar research on international relations and religion. She is a great teacher and mentor.
What is the most exciting project you have been a part of while working at OUP?
I’ve enjoyed preparing for the American Society of International Law’s annual meeting in April. There are a lot of logistics but I’m excited to see everything come together and to highlight our new international law books.
How would you sum up your job in three words?
Unpredictable, fun, and challenging
What is the strangest thing currently on your desk?
Three empty flower vases left behind by the person who used to sit at my desk. She must have been very popular!
What are you reading right now?
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I’m about half way through and can’t wait to see how it ends.
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