Sheryl Stebbins, who recently took over as executive director of editorial at Kaplan Publishing, announced several promotions and new hires at the company this week.
Jennifer Farthing assumes the new position of executive director of product development and will oversee the development of Kaplan’s Learning Materials projects. Farthing has been with Kaplan since 2004, in editorial and product development roles. Shannon Berning has been promoted to director of product development for graduate, post-graduate, nursing, medical, and legal projects. Berning joined Kaplan in 2006 as an acquisitions editor and has acquired more than 85 trade titles.
Sunny Hwang has been hired as the new math and science editor/subject matter expert. She was previously an assistant professor at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY. Adam Hinz is expanding his position to become Kaplan’s instructional designer. He will work on developing a consistent pedagogical approach, writer’s guidelines, and editorial guidelines for Kaplan’s new and existing products. Laura Modigliani has been promoted to editor. She has been with Kaplan since October 2009. Finally, Tracy Clough has joined Kaplan as a development editor. Clough was most recently an associate editor at Pearson Education.
