Susan Arellano

Fellow of Practice

Former Publisher at Templeton Press

Susan Arellano is a long-time publishing professional who has operated in a variety of roles within the publishing industry. From 2008 until 2023, she was the publisher of Templeton Press, a subsidiary of the John Templeton Foundation where she acquired research-based books in public policy, the behavioral and social sciences and the natural sciences. At Templeton Press, she also co-published with Yale University Press, a book series titled Foundational Questions in Science and created and managed an online magazine, Acculturated. Prior to joining Templeton Press, from 2002 to 2008, she was a New York literary agent at Inkwell Management and the Susan Rabiner Agency. At these agencies, she represented notable scholars in the behavioral and social sciences who were writing books for popular audiences. From 1999 to 2002, Susan was an executive editor at Yale University Press where she developed a highly regarded education list along with a trade list in the behavioral and social sciences. From 1991 to 1999, she was a senior editor at The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, where she acquired and edited several bestselling books in psychology, parenting, business, education, sociology and religion. Prior to joining The Free Press, from 1989 to 1991, she was the behavioral and social sciences editor at Basic Books where she published a number of award-winning books. Susan began her career as a college textbook editor acquiring psychology textbooks at Holt, Rinehart & Winston from 1987 t0 1989.

Currently, she is writing a trade book on the ideas industry and acting as a consultant to scholars who are interested in writing books for a popular audience. Susan has an MA in Critical Theory from University of California at Irvine.